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

1. 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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.