flutterby

butere (Old English)

Butter.

flȳġe (Old English)

buttorfleoge (Old English)

Butterfly.

butterfly (English)

(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.. (transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it. (now, rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable. [from 17th c.]. A flying insect of [...]

flutterby (English)

(childish) butterfly.