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CULFRE

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
CULFRE, culufre , culefre , an;f: culfer , e ; f.
A dove , CULVER , pigeon ; columba
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  • Se hálega Gást astáh swá án culfre

    descendit Spiritus sanctus sicut columba,

    • Lk. Bos. 3,
      • 22: Wrt. Voc. 77,
    • 20: 280,
      • 31.

  • Wæs culufre of cófan sended

    a dove was sent from the ark,

    • Cd. 72
      • ;
    • Th. 88,
      • 12;
    • Gen. 1464
      • .

  • Culfer

    columba,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 37
      • ;
    • Som. 63,
      • 2;
    • Wrt. Voc. 29,
      • 25.

  • Ðæt híg offrunge sealdon, twegen culfran briddas

    ut darent hostiam, duos columbæ pullos,

    • Lk. Bos. 2, 24: Ps. Th. 67,
      • 13.

  • On culfran hiwe

    in likeness of a dove,

    • Homl. Th. i. 104,
      • 21 .

  • Fyðeras culefran oferseolfrade

    pennæ columbæ deargentatæ,

    • Ps. Lamb. 67,
      • 14.

  • He asende út áne culfran

    emisit columbam,

    • Gen. 8, 8, 10,
      • 12.

  • He forlét háswe culufran

    he let out a livid dove,

    • Cd. 72
      • ;
    • Th. 87, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 1451: 72
      • ;
    • Th. 89, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 1477
      • .

  • Ða hálgan apostolas wǽron swilce culfran

    the holy apostles wen as doves,

    • Homl. Th. i. 586, 1: Homl. Blick. 23, 27
      • .

  • Bilwyte swá culfran

    simplices sicut columbæ,

    • Mt. Bos. 10, 16: Ps. Th. 54, 6
      • .
Etymology
[Wyc. culver, culvere :
Chauc. culver :
Piers P. colvere:
R. Glouc. colfren,
pl: Orm. cullfre:
Laym. culveren
,
pl: Lat. columba.
]
Derived forms
wudu-culfre
Linked entries
v.  culufre.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CULFRE.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6798.

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