tiver
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English *tever, teapor, teafur, from Old English tēafor (“red, red lead, vermilion, purple; a material used in making salve; pigment, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *taubr, from Proto-Germanic *taubrą (“magic, sorcery”). Cognate with Dutch toverij (“sorcery, witchcraft”), German Zauber (“magic”), Icelandic töfrar (“magic, spells”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɪvə/
- Rhymes: -ɪvə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]tiver
- A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English *teveren, from Old English tēofrian, *tīefran (“to mark in red or purple, colour; depict, portray”), from tēafor as above.
Verb
[edit]tiver (third-person singular simple present tivers, present participle tivering, simple past and past participle tivered)
- (transitive, regional England) To mark with tiver, as sheep.
References
[edit]- “tiver”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
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Portuguese
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Verb
[edit]tiver
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of ter
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] (Harry Potter; 2), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 217:
- Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca.
- When you are in doubt, go to the library.
- (nonstandard) Alternative form of estiver
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