derven

From Middle Dutch darven, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch tharvon, from Proto-West Germanic *þarbēn, from Proto-Germanic *þarbāną. Unrelated to bederven and verderven.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛrvə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: der‧ven
• Rhymes: -ɛrvən

derven

1. (transitive, archaic) to lack, want

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdervən/

derven

1. Alternative form of darven

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”).

derven (third-person singular simple present derveth, present participle dervende, first-/third-person singular past indicative darf, past participle ydorven)

1. (intransitive) To labour.
2. (transitive) To trouble; grieve; hurt; afflict; molest.

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• deorrflike
• derf
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