bever
English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) baviere, from (deprecated template usage) baver.
Alternative spellings
Noun
bever (plural bevers)
- A movable covering for the mouth and chin on a close helmet.
- Quotations
- 1786: Some close helmets have a farther improvement called a bever, the bever when closed covers the mouth and chin, and either lifts up by revolving on the same pivots as the visor, or lets down by means of two or more pivots on each side near the jaws, in which case the bever consists of several laminæ or plates, one shutting over the other. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 8.
- Quotations
Etymology 2
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman (deprecated template usage) bever, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) beivre (French (deprecated template usage) boire), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) bibō.
Pronunciation
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Noun
bever (plural bevers)
- A drink.
- A snack or light refreshment between meals.
- 1604:"Thirty meals a day and ten bevers" — Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus, page 29
- 1980: “Very softly I boiled water, made a sandwich from the remains of the luncheon roast chicken, scalded the Twining creature. Then I softly carried my bever to the study on a tray” — Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Verb
bever (third-person singular simple present bevers, present participle bevering, simple past and past participle bevered)
- To shiver.
- Quotations
- "Wherefore King Ban and King Bors made them ready, and dressed their shields and harness, and they were so courageous that many knights shook and bevered for eagerness." — Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, page 25
- Quotations
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
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Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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parameter) IPA(key): /ˈbɛvɛr/ - Hyphenation: ver
Verb
(deprecated template usage) bever
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German bever (compare Dutch (deprecated template usage) bever, German Biber and English beaver). The word replaced Old Norse bjórr (compare Norwegian Nynorsk bjor).
Noun
bever m (definite singular beven, indefinite plural beve or bevre or bevrer, definite plural beverne or bevrene)
- beaver (aquatic mammal)
- En bever kan veie opptil 40 kg.
- A beaver can weigh up to 40 kg.
- En bever kan veie opptil 40 kg.
- a beaver's fur
- Kåpen er av bever.
- The coat is made of beaver fur.
- Kåpen er av bever.
- a 6 to 8 year old member of the Scouting
References
- “bever” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “bever” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Article in Store norske leksikon ("great Norwegian encyclopedia") on beavers.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German bever (compare Dutch (deprecated template usage) bever, German Biber and English beaver). The word replaced Old Norse bjórr (compare Norwegian Nynorsk bjor).
Noun
bever m (definite singular beveren, indefinite plural beverar, definite plural beverane)
- beaver (aquatic mammal)
- Ein bever kan vege opptil 40 kg.
- A beaver can weigh up to 40 kg.
- Ein bever kan vege opptil 40 kg.
- a beaver's fur
- Kåpa er av bever.
- The coat is made of beaver fur.
- Kåpa er av bever.
- a 6 to 8 year old member of the Scouting
Synonyms
References
- English terms derived from Old French
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Latin
- English verbs
- nl:Mammals
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian verbs
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns