An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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1) To give birth to a calf.
2) Of a → glacier, to break off so as to give birth to an → iceberg. → glacier calving.

M.E. calven, O.E. (Anglian) *calfian, from → calf.

Gugidan, infinitive from gug "cow, bull," → cow.