- bifian
- wv/i2 to tremble, be moved, shake, quake
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
bifian
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Bifrost — /biv rost/, n. Scand. Myth. the rainbow bridge of the gods from Asgard to earth. [ < ON Bifrost, equiv. to bif (root of bifa, c. OE bifian to shake) + rost, c. OHG rasta stretch of road] * * * … Universalium
beofian — see bifian … Old to modern English dictionary
beben — Vsw std. (8. Jh.), mhd. biben, ahd. bibēn, as. bi␢ōn Stammwort. Aus g. * bib ǣ (neben ō ) Vsw. beben , auch in anord. bifa, ae. bifian, afr. beva. Zugrunde liegt ersichtlich eine reduplizierte Präsensbildung, als deren Grundlage ig. * bheiə sich… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
tremble — (v.) c.1300, shake from fear, cold, etc., from O.Fr. trembler tremble, fear (11c.), from V.L. *tremulare (Cf. It. tremolare, Sp. temblar), from L. tremulus trembling, tremulous, from tremere to tremble, shiver, quake, from PIE *trem to tremble… … Etymology dictionary
Bifrost — /biv rost/, n. Scand. Myth. the rainbow bridge of the gods from Asgard to earth. [ < ON Bifrost, equiv. to bif (root of bifa, c. OE bifian to shake) + rost, c. OHG rasta stretch of road] … Useful english dictionary
