calveren
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English calveren, alteration of calver (“calves”), from Old English cealfru (“calves”), plural of cealf (“calf”), equivalent to calf + -ren.
Noun[edit]
calveren
- Obsolete or dialectal plural of calf.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From calver (“calves”) with pleonastic addition of the plural suffix -en; compare children, eyren, lambren.
Noun[edit]
calveren
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- Middle English terms suffixed with -en (noun plural)