bireven
Middle English
/biˈrɛːvən/
verb
Definitions
- To cause someone to lose something:
- To kill; to murder or end the life of.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English berēafian (bereave, despoil, take away, deprive of, rob, seize) derived from Proto-Germanic *biraubōną (bereave) affix from Middle English reven.
Origin
Middle English
reven
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bereavable English
- bereave English
- bereavement English
- bereaver English
- reave English
- *biraubōną Proto-Germanic
- bereafian Old English
- berēafian Old English
- berēofan Old English
- rēafian Old English
- ġerēfan Old English
- reven Middle English
- revere Middle English
- revyng Middle English
- biroubon Old High German
- 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌽 Gothic
- birōvon Old Dutch
- birovon Old Saxon