- ceafor
- m (ceafres/ceafras) cock-chafer, beetle, chafer
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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Chafer — Chaf er, n. [AS. ceafor; akin to D. kever, G k[ e]fer.] (Zo[ o]l.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chafer — noun Etymology: Middle English cheaffer, from Old English ceafor; probably akin to Old English ceafl jowl more at jowl Date: before 12th century any of various scarab beetles (as a cockchafer) that feed on leaves and flowers and whose larvae feed … New Collegiate Dictionary
Käfer, der — Der Käfer, des s, plur. ut nom. sing. Diminut. das Käferchen, Oberd. Käferlein, eine allgemeine Benennung aller geflügelten Insecten mit harten Flügeldecken, die Heuschrecke mit ihren Arten ausgenommen. Es gibt ihrer eine große Menge, wovon die… … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
eorðcafer — m ( es/ as) an earth chafer, a cockchafer [ceafor] … Old to modern English dictionary
cockchafer — [18] Etymologically, cockchafer (a medium sized beetle) is probably a ‘large gnawer’. The second part of the word, which goes back to Old English times (ceafor), can be traced to a prehistoric base *kab ‘gnaw’, source also of English jowl. The… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
chafer — (n.) kind of beetle, O.E. ceafor beetle, cock chafer, from P.Gmc. *kabraz (Cf. O.S. kevera, Du. kever, O.H.G. chevar, Ger. Käfer), lit. gnawer, from PIE *gep(h) jaw, mouth … Etymology dictionary
chafer — [ tʃeɪfə] noun a large flying beetle of a group within the scarab family including many kinds destructive to plants, such as the cockchafer and June bug. Origin OE ceafor, cefer, of Gmc origin … English new terms dictionary
chafer — /ˈtʃeɪfə/ (say chayfuh) noun any scarabaeid beetle. {Middle English cheaffer, chaver, Old English ceafor. Compare German Käfer} …
ĝep(h)-, ĝebh- — ĝep(h) , ĝebh English meaning: jaw, mouth Deutsche Übersetzung: “Kiefer, Mund; essen, fressen” Material: With ph: Av. zafar , zafan “mouth, Rachen”, participle Med. vī zafüna, compare sstem (besides r/n stem) in ϑrizafah… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
cockchafer — [18] Etymologically, cockchafer (a medium sized beetle) is probably a ‘large gnawer’. The second part of the word, which goes back to Old English times (ceafor), can be traced to a prehistoric base *kab ‘gnaw’, source also of English jowl. The… … Word origins
