culfre
Old English
Alternative forms
- culufre, culefre
Etymology
Unknown. Speculated to be from Latin columbula, from Latin columba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkulvre/
Noun
culfre f
- dove; pigeon
Declension
Declension of culfre (weak)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | culfre | culfran |
accusative | culfran | culfran |
genitive | culfran | culfrena |
dative | culfran | culfrum |
Derived terms
- wuduculfre
Descendants
- Middle English: culvere, colvere, culver
- English: culver
References
- CULFRE in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary