Old English · noun

cealf

Normalised ċealf

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong z-stem
IPA: /t͡ʃæ͜ɑlf/
[t͡ʃæ͜ɑɫf]
Syllables: t͡ʃæ͜ɑlf (1 syllable)
Modern English: calf veal fawn

Meaning

calf (young cow)
veal
fawn

Declension

Declension of cealf
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ċealf	ċealfru
Accusative	ċealf	ċealfru
Genitive	ċealfes	ċealfra
Dative	ċealfe	ċealfrum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kalb, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz. Cognate with Old Frisian *kalf, Old Saxon kalf, Old Dutch kalf, Old High German kalb. Also Old Norse kalfr, which was a masculine a-stem, and Gothic (kalbō), which was a feminine ōn-stem.

Descendants

calf

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