steorve

Middle English

Alternative forms

• steorfa, storve, sterve

Etymology

From Old English steorfa, from Proto-West Germanic *sterbō, from Proto-Germanic *sterbô; compare sterven.

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /ˈstœrvə/

Noun

steorve (uncountable) (Early Middle English)

1. demon, evil creature
2. (rare) pestilence

References

• “sterve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.