lambren
English
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editFrom Middle English lambren, alteration of Middle English lambre (“lambs”), from Old English lambru (“lambs”), from Proto-Germanic *lambizō, plural of Proto-Germanic *lambaz (“lamb”), corresponding to lamb + -ren. Compare Saterland Frisian Loumere (“lambs”), Dutch lammeren (“lambs”), German Low German Lammer (“lambs”).
Noun
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- Obsolete or dialectal plural of lamb.
Middle English
editEtymology
editFrom lamber (“lambs”) with pleonastic addition of the plural suffix -en; compare calveren, children, eyren.
Noun
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