tiver

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English *tever, teapor, from Old English tēafor (“red, red lead, vermilion, purple; a material used in making salve; pigment, salve”), from Proto-Germanic *taubrą (“magic, sorcery”). Cognate with Dutch toverij (“sorcery, witchcraft”), German Zauber (“magic”), Icelandic töfrar (“magic, spells”).

Noun

tiver

  1. A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *teveren, from Old English tēofrian, tȳfrian (“to mark in red or purple, colour; depict, portray”), from tēafor.

Verb

tiver (third-person singular simple present tivers, present participle tivering, simple past and past participle tivered)

  1. (transitive) To mark with tiver, as sheep.

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

tiver

  1. first-person singular future subjunctive of ter
  2. third-person singular future subjunctive of ter

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ti.ˈvɛɾ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.ˈvɛ(ʁ)/

Verb

tiver

  1. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of ter
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of ter
    • 2000, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Rocco, page 217:
      Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca.
      When you are in doubt, go to the library.
  3. (nonstandard) Alternative form of estiver
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