earfe

Old English

Alternative forms

earbe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ervum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑr.fe/, [ˈæ͜ɑrˠ.ve]

Noun

earfe f

(rare) common vetch (Vicia sativa)

Declension

Declension of earfe (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	earfe	earfan
accusative	earfan	earfan
genitive	earfan	earfena
dative	earfan	earfum

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “earfe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “earfe”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I ⁠‎, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.

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