"terve" meaning in English

See terve in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: terves [present, singular, third-person], terving [participle, present], terved [participle, past], terved [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v Etymology: From Middle English terven, tervien, from Old English *tyrfian (“to cast down, tumble, fall”) (in compound ġetyrfan, ġetyrfian (“to assail with missiles; attack, assault”), ġetorfian (“to stone”)), from Proto-Germanic *tirbijaną, *tarbijaną (“to wind, twirl, fling”), from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“to wind, twist”). Cognate with Old High German zerben (“to spin, rotate”). Also in compound in Middle English overterven, in toppe overterve > topsytervy > English topsy-turvy. Compare tervy, tirfe. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*derbʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|terven}} Middle English terven, {{inh|en|ang|*tyrfian||to cast down, tumble, fall}} Old English *tyrfian (“to cast down, tumble, fall”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tirbijaną}} Proto-Germanic *tirbijaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*derbʰ-||to wind, twist}} Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“to wind, twist”), {{cog|goh|zerben||to spin, rotate}} Old High German zerben (“to spin, rotate”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} terve (third-person singular simple present terves, present participle terving, simple past and past participle terved)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To fall; be thrown down. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-terve-en-verb-b-4G22iU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old English links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 51 2 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 46 50 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 24 25 2 0 1 6 0 1 1 1 10 2 22 0 1 0 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 29 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 1 12 1 17 0 0 0 1 1
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To dash down; cast; throw: in combination with over; to overthrow; overturn. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-terve-en-verb-ZwbgYXuK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old English links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 51 2 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 46 50 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 24 25 2 0 1 6 0 1 1 1 10 2 22 0 1 0 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 29 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 1 12 1 17 0 0 0 1 1
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To turn down or back; roll or fold over. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-terve-en-verb-kg9iIMLU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: topsy-turvy
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