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biver

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
biv-er
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shiver; to tremble, shake, quiver.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English biveren, beveren (“to tremble”), frequentative form of Old English beofian, bifian (“to tremble, be moved, shake, quake”), from Proto-West Germanic *bibēn, from Proto-Germanic *bibāną (“to quake, shiver”). Cognate with West Frisian bibberje (“to shiver”), Dutch bibberen (“to shiver, quiver”), Low German beveren (“to shiver”), German Low German bevern (“to tremble”), German bibbern (“to shiver”). Related also to Dutch beven (“to quake”), German beben (“to quake, tremble”), Swedish bäva (“to quake, tremble”), Icelandic bifa (“to budge, be moved”), Latin foedus (“disgusting, shocking, abominable, heinous”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: biveren, beofian, *bibēn, *bibāną

Usage

Inflected Forms

bivers (present, singular) bivering (participle, present) bivered (participle, past) bivered (past)

Questions

What does biver mean?
To shiver; to tremble, shake, quiver.
Where does biver come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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