Etymology

tiver

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Today it means: A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England. Full definition →

Middle English *tever ← Old English tēafor ← Proto-West Germanic *taubr
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tiver · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*taubrą“magic, sorcery”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*taubr
  3. Old English · inherited fromtēafor“red, red lead, vermilion, purple; a material used in making salve; pigment, salve”
  4. Middle English · inherited from*tever
  5. English todaytiver

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”).

tiver · verb2

  1. Old English · inherited fromtēofrian
  2. Middle English · inherited from*teveren
  3. English todaytiver

From Middle English *teveren, from Old English tēofrian, *tīefran (“to mark in red or purple, colour; depict, portray”), from tēafor as above.

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