- culfre
- f (-an/-an) culver, pigeon, dove (2)
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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Culver — Cul ver (k? v?r), n. [AS. culfre, perh. fr. L. columba.] A dove. Culver in the falcon s fist. Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Culver Down — seen from Sandown Bay, 2003 Elevation 104 m (341 ft) … Wikipedia
Changes to Old English vocabulary — This article is part of a series on: Old English Dialects … Wikipedia
culver — /kul veuhr/, n. Brit. Dial. a dove or pigeon. [bef. 900; ME; OE culfer, culfre < VL *columbra, for L columbula, equiv. to columb(a) dove + ula ULE] * * * … Universalium
Culver — This interesting and unusual name has two possible origins, the most likely being an English metonymic occupational name for a keeper of doves, from the Old English pre seventh Century word culfre , dove, from the Late Latin Columba a popular… … Surnames reference
Culverhouse — This is a topographic name at the culver house deriving from the Olde English culfre a dove and hus a house. Dove or pigeon houses were a feature of the medieval landscape and were attached to all large manors. A culver was a keeper of pigeons, a … Surnames reference
Kirvell — This very rare name is a development from the Olde English and specifically Cornish West Country personal name Cuvel . In the modern idiom it is usually found as Kivell, Kevell or Kivelle but Kirvell also occurs occasionally. The meaning of the… … Surnames reference
Kulvear — Recorded as Culver, Colver, Kulver and Kulvear, this interesting and unusual surname has two possible origins. The first and most likely being a medieval English occupational name for a keeper of doves. This is from the Old English pre seventh… … Surnames reference
Kulver — Recorded as Culver, Colver, Kulver and Kulvear, this interesting and unusual surname has two possible origins. The first and most likely being a medieval English occupational name for a keeper of doves. This is from the Old English pre seventh… … Surnames reference
culufre — see culfre … Old to modern English dictionary
