theve
Middle English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editApparently a back-formation from thevethorn.
Noun
edittheve (uncountable)
- (rare) A copse; a group of shrubs (probably referring to the thevethorn)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “thẹ̄ve, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
editInherited from Old English *þeofu, from Proto-West Germanic *þebu.
Alternative forms
editNoun
edittheve (uncountable)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “thẹ̄ve, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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