culfre

== Old English == === Alternative forms === culufre, culefre === Etymology === Unknown. Speculated to be from Latin columbula, from Latin columba, though there are multiple phonetic and adoptive difficulties. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkul.fre/, [ˈkuɫ.vre] === Noun === culfre f dove; pigeon Synonyms: culfer, cūsċeote, *dūfe c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle" c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle" ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== wuduculfre ==== Related terms ==== culfer ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: culvere, colvere, colvore, colvre, culver, culvre, cullfre (Ormulum)English: culver === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “CULFRE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.