Old English · noun
hæfern
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxæ.fern/[ˈhæ.verˠn]
- Syllables
- ˈxæ · fern (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- crab
Meaning
-
crab
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from hæf (“water, sea”) + ærn (“house, home, dwelling”), in reference to its shell.
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