shrive

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.).
2. (transitive) To free from guilt, to absolve.
3. (transitive) To prescribe penance or absolution.
4. (intransitive, reflexive) To confess, and receive absolution.

Sinonieme

confess

absolve

ordain

Vertalings

confesser

absoudre

εξομολογούμαι

εξομολογώ

assolvere

confessare

absolver

confesar

إعترف

itirafını dinleyip affetmek

beichten

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈʃɹaɪv/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: shryven

Geërf van Old English: sċrīfan

Verwante met Fries: skriuwe

Verwante met Nederduits: schrieven

Verwante met Nederlands: schrijven

Verwante met Duits: schreiben

Verwante met Deens: skrive

Verwante met Sweeds: skriva

Verwante met Yslands: skrifa

In summary

From Middle English shryven, shriven, schrifen, from Old English sċrīfan (“1. to decree, pass judgement, prescribe, 3. (of a priest) to prescribe penance or absolution”), from Proto-West Germanic *skrīban, from late Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, a borrowing from Latin scrībō (“write”).
Compare West Frisian skriuwe (“to write”), Low German schrieven (“to write”), Dutch schrijven (“to write”), German schreiben (“to write”), Danish skrive (“to write”), Swedish skriva (“to write”), Icelandic skrifa (“to write”). More at scribe and scribble.