heahfore

== Old English == === Alternative forms === hēafaru, hēafru, hēahfru, hēhfore hēhfaro, hēffere, hēhfare — Northumbrian === Etymology === This first element of this word is customarily identified with hēah (“tall, high”), beginning with Franciscus Junius's 17th-century Etymologicum Anglicanum; the remainder is now usually held to be from either faru (“journey”) or fearr (“bull”), though the latter is less likely. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑːx.fo.re/, [ˈhæ͜ɑːx.fo.re] === Noun === hēahfore f heifer ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: heyfre, haffer, hayfare, hayfre, hefere, heffere, heffre, heyfer, heyfor, heyfur, heekfar, hefker, hekfare, hekfere, hekfore (with fortition)English: heifer (obsolete dialectal hefker, hekfer)Scots: heiferYola: hiver === References ===