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Middle English
Verb
ceorfan
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of kerven
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kerban, from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
ċeorfan
- to cut
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: cherven
- Middle English: kerven, carve, carven, cerven, karven, kerve, kirven, kyrvyn, ceorfan, ceorfæn, keorven (Early Middle English)