tiver

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.

Verb

To mark with tiver, as sheep.

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈtɪvə/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: *tever

Herdado de Old English: tēafor

Relativo a neerlandés: toverij

Relativo a alemán: Zauber

Relativo a islandés: töfrar

Herdado de Middle English: *teveren

Herdado de Old English: tēofrian

In summary

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”).