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tiver¹

  • /ˈtɪvə/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪvə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

noun

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

tiver²

Where it comes from

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

verb tivers · tivering · tivered

  1. England, regional, transitive To mark with tiver, as sheep.

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"tiver." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tiver.

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@misc{tiver_2026,
  title = {tiver},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tiver},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}