culvere

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkulvər(ə)/

Noun

culvere (plural culveres or culveren)

  1. A dove (Columba spp.)
    Synonym: douve
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[1], published c. 1410, Joon 2:16, page 45r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      And he ſeide to hem þat ſelden culueris / take ȝe awei from hennes þeſe þingis .· ⁊ nyle ȝe make þe hous of my fadir an hows of marchaundiſe
      And he said to those who sold doves: "Take those things out of here; you won't make my father's house a place of business!"
  2. An affectionate term of familiarity.

Descendants

  • English: culver

References

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