Old English · noun

calwer

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ˈkɑl.wer/
[ˈkɑɫ.wer]
Syllables: ˈkɑl · wer (2 syllables)
Modern English: jelly calver pressed curds

Meaning

jelly
pressed curds

Declension

Declension of calwer
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	calwer	calweras
Accusative	calwer	calweras
Genitive	calweres	calwera
Dative	calwere	calwerum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kalwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz, possibly from a metathetic form of *glew- (“to ball up; clump; stick”). Compare also Middle Low German keller (“thickened or curdled milk”), Swedish kalvdans and Norwegian Nynorsk kalvedans.

Descendants

calver

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