- tearflian
- wv/i2 3rd pres téarflað past téarflode ptp is getéarflod to turn, roll, wallow
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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topsy-turvy — 1520s, but prob. in popular use from an earlier period [OED], likely from tops, plural of TOP (Cf. top) (n.1) highest point + obsolete terve turn upside down, topple over, from O.E. tearflian to roll over, overturn, from P.Gmc. *terbanan (Cf. O.H … Etymology dictionary
topsy-turvy — /tɒpsi ˈtɜvi / (say topsee tervee) adverb 1. with the top where the bottom should be; upside down. 2. in or into a reversed condition or order. 3. in or into a state of confusion or disorder. –adjective 4. turned upside down; inverted; reversed:… …
derbh- — derbh English meaning: to wind, put together, *scratch, scrape, rub Deutsche Übersetzung: “winden, zusammendrehen” Material: O.Ind. dr̥bháti “joined, patched together, winded “, participle sándr̥bdha “group of shrubs planted… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
tirl — I. ˈtərl transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: probably alteration (influenced by obsolete English tirve to tirl, from Middle English tirven) of Old English tearflian to turn, roll; akin to Old High German zerben to turn over, Old English… … Useful english dictionary
top´sy-tur´vi|ness — top|sy tur|vy «TOP see TUR vee», adverb, adjective, noun, plural vies. –adv. adjective. 1. upside down. 2. Figurative. in confusion or disorder: »A lively child is a godsend, even if she turns the whole house topsy turvy (Harriet Beecher Stowe).… … Useful english dictionary
top´sy-tur´vi|ly — top|sy tur|vy «TOP see TUR vee», adverb, adjective, noun, plural vies. –adv. adjective. 1. upside down. 2. Figurative. in confusion or disorder: »A lively child is a godsend, even if she turns the whole house topsy turvy (Harriet Beecher Stowe).… … Useful english dictionary
top|sy-tur|vy — «TOP see TUR vee», adverb, adjective, noun, plural vies. –adv. adjective. 1. upside down. 2. Figurative. in confusion or disorder: »A lively child is a godsend, even if she turns the whole house topsy turvy (Harriet Beecher Stowe). –n. confusion; … Useful english dictionary
