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quiv⋅er
1
[kwiv-er] 
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| 1. | to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble. |
–noun
| 2. | the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor. |
Origin:
1480–90; orig. uncert.; cf. MD quiveren to tremble
1480–90; orig. uncert.; cf. MD quiveren to tremble
Related forms:
quiv⋅er⋅er, noun
quiv⋅er⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
quiv⋅er⋅y, adjective
quiv⋅er
2 [kwiv-er] –noun
| 1. | a case for holding or carrying arrows. |
| 2. | the arrows in such a case. |
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < AF quiveir, var. of OF quivre; perh. < Gmc; cf. OE cocer quiver
1250–1300; ME < AF quiveir, var. of OF quivre; perh. < Gmc; cf. OE cocer quiver
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| quiv·er 1 (kwĭv'ər) intr.v. quiv·ered, quiv·er·ing, quiv·ers To shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement. See Synonyms at shake. n. The act or motion of quivering. [Middle English quiveren, perhaps from quiver, nimble (from Old English cwifer-; see gwei- in Indo-European roots).] quiv'er·ing·ly adv., quiv'er·y adj. |
| quiv·er 2 (kwĭv'ər) n.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman quiveir, variant of Old French cuivre, from Old Low Franconian cocar, probably from Medieval Latin cucurum, probably from Hunnish; akin to Mongolian kökür.] |
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Quiver
Quiv"er\, a. [Akin to AS. cwiferlice anxiously; cf. OD. kuiven, kuiveren. Cf. Quaver.] Nimble; active. [Obs.] " A little quiver fellow." --Shak.Quiver
Quiv"er\, n. The act or state of quivering; a tremor.Quiver
Quiv"er\, n. [OF. cuivre, cuevre, coivre, LL. cucurum, fr. OHG. chohh[=a]ri quiver, receptacle, G. k["o]cher quiver; akin to AS. color, cocur, cocer, D. koker. Cf. Cocker a high shoe.] A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person. Reside him hung his bow And quiver, with three-bolted thunder stored. --Milton.
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Language Translation for : quiver
Spanish:
estremecer(se),
German:
zittern,
Japanese:
震える
quiver (n.)
"case for holding arrows," 1322, from Anglo-Fr. quiveir, O.Fr. quivre, probably from P.Gmc. *kukur "container" (cf. O.H.G. kohhari, O.Fris. koker, O.E. cocur "quiver"); said to be from the language of the Huns.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Quiver
the sheath for arrows. The Hebrew word (aspah) thus commonly rendered is found in Job 39:23; Ps. 127:5; Isa. 22:6; 49:2; Jer. 5:16; Lam. 3:13. In Gen. 27:3 this word is the rendering of the Hebrew _teli_, which is supposed rather to mean a suspended weapon, literally "that which hangs from one", i.e., is suspended from the shoulder or girdle.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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