lambren

English

Alternative forms

• lamber
• lammer (Scotland)

Etymology

From 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

lambren

1. Obsolete or dialectal plural of lamb.

Middle English

Etymology

From lamber (“lambs”) with pleonastic addition of the plural suffix -en; compare calveren, children, eyren.

Noun

lambren

1. plural of lamb

   Synonyms: lambre, lambes