Talk:Chilver
Chilver is (West) English dialect and means ewe chilver-lamb (ewe-lamb), chilver-sheep (ewe-sheep). The origin is the Old English cilfor (or cealfor) -lamb, ewe-lamb]. [1] Also, refers to the mutton of a ewe sheep (Gloucester dialect). [2]
It would be nice to explain how chilver lamb and mutton tastes different from male lamb and mutton.
194.78.217.240 (talk) 15:18, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
- ^ Source: Surnames of the United Kingdom, A Concise Etymological Dictionary; Henry Harrison; Vol.1 & 2.; The Eaton Press, 190 Ebury Street, London, S.W; 1912.
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-cQRAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA305&lpg=PA305&dq=%22chilver%22+sheep&source=web&ots=5sGN6-8vEw&sig=ERQG89X2nAzcN02OoXOI04hZ0RQ&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result