culfre

Old English

Alternative forms

culufre, culefre

Etymology

Unknown. Speculated to be from Latin columbula, from Latin columba.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkul.fre/, [ˈkuɫ.vre]

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

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “CULFRE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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