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.

Synoniemen

confess

absolve

ordain

Vertalingen

confesser

absoudre

εξομολογούμαι

εξομολογώ

assolvere

confessare

absolver

confesar

إعترف

itirafını dinleyip affetmek

beichten

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈʃɹaɪv/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: shryven

Overgenomen van Oudengels: sċrīfan

Verwant aan Fries: skriuwe

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: schrieven

Verwant aan Nederlands: schrijven

Verwant aan Duits: schreiben

Verwant aan Deens: skrive

Verwant aan Zweeds: skriva

Verwant aan IJslands: 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.