"derven" meaning in Middle English

See derven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: derveth [present, singular, third-person], dervende [participle, present], darf [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], ydorven [participle, past]
Etymology: From Old English deorfan (“to exert oneself, labor; be in peril, perish, be wrecked”), from Proto-West Germanic *derban, from Proto-Germanic *derbaną (“to perish, work”). Some senses (transitive) apparently from Old English *dierfan, from Proto-Germanic *darbijaną, causative of the above. Cognate with Dutch bederven, verderven (“to spoil, corrupt, pervert”), Low German verdarven (“to spoil”), German verderben (“to ruin, spoil, corrupt”), Icelandic fordjarfa (“to disgrace”), Lithuanian dìrbti (“to work”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|deorfan||to exert oneself, labor; be in peril, perish, be wrecked}} Old English deorfan (“to exert oneself, labor; be in peril, perish, be wrecked”), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*derban}} Proto-West Germanic *derban, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*derbaną|t=to perish, work}} Proto-Germanic *derbaną (“to perish, work”), {{der|enm|ang|*dierfan}} Old English *dierfan, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*darbijaną}} Proto-Germanic *darbijaną, {{cog|nl|bederven}} Dutch bederven, {{cog|nds|verdarven||to spoil}} Low German verdarven (“to spoil”), {{cog|de|verderben||to ruin, spoil, corrupt}} German verderben (“to ruin, spoil, corrupt”), {{cog|is|fordjarfa||to disgrace}} Icelandic fordjarfa (“to disgrace”), {{cog|lt|dìrbti||to work}} Lithuanian dìrbti (“to work”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} derven, {{enm-verb|derveth|dervende|darf|ydorven}} derven (third-person singular simple present derveth, present participle dervende, first-/third-person singular past indicative darf, past participle ydorven)
  1. (intransitive) To labour. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-derven-enm-verb-bHZjUSO-
  2. (transitive) To trouble; grieve; hurt; afflict; molest. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-derven-enm-verb-Al5n1rtV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: derving Related terms: deorrflike, derf, ȝedeorf

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(intransitive) To labour."
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        "(intransitive) To labour."
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