calveren

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English calveren, alteration of calver (“calves”), from Old English cealfru (“calves”), plural of cealf (“calf”), equivalent to calf +‎ -ren.

Noun

calveren

  1. Obsolete or dialectal plural of calf.

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology

From calver (“calves”) with pleonastic addition of the plural suffix -en; compare children, eyren, lambren.

Noun

calveren

  1. plural of calf (“young cow”)
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