douve – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of douve

Noun: douve
Sg.douve
Pl.douves

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • lo I ſende ȝou as ſcheep in þe myddil of wolues / þerfoꝛ be ȝe ſliȝ as ſerpentis .· and ſymple as dowues (So I'm sending you out like sheep in amongst wolves, so be shrewd like snakes and harmless like doves.) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Matheu 10:16, folio 4, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]

Nouns inflected like douve

schimeringe, synger, serche, sengle, snoute, saucer, sauter, sapour, saphir, sachel, sculle, scrape, scrowe, scisme, sclate, schyfe, schyve, schole, schere, schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English *dūfe.

Verbs referencing "douve"

English Nouns dove.

Translations