† drotev.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To stammer, stutter.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > speak inarticulately or with a defect [verb (intransitive)] > stammer or speak hesitantly
stammerc1000
wlaffe1025
stotec1325
humc1374
mafflea1387
stut1388
rattlea1398
famble14..
mammera1425
drotec1440
falterc1440
stackerc1440
hem1470
wallowa1475
tattle1481
mant1506
happer1519
trip1526
hobblea1529
hack1553
stagger1565
faffle1570
stutter1570
hem and hawk1588
ha1604
hammer1619
titubate1623
haw1632
fork1652
hacker1652
lispc1680
hesitate1706
balbutiate1731
haffle1790
hotter1828
stutter1831
ah1853
catch1889
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 133/2 Drotare, traulus, traula. Drotyn yn speche, traulo. Drotynge, traulatus. Drotyngly, traule.
Derivatives
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the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun] > one who speaks inarticulately > one who stammered or stuttered
wlaffer1340
buffera1382
droterc1440
stoterc1440
mafflardc1450
rattler1483
stammerera1513
fumbler1519
stutter1530
maffler1552
mantera1585
stutterer1598
hummer1820
c1440 [see main sense].
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the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [adjective] > stammering or stammered
wlaffinga1300
stammering1398
stuttinga1425
drotingc1440
stoting1567
maffling1577
hacking1583
stuttering1590
hackeda1603
doubling1605
hesitating1622
balbutient1642
hesitant1647
hesitatorya1734
hesitative1795
stammereda1858
stuttery1937
c1440 [see main sense].
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the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [adverb] > with a stammer
drotinglyc1440
stammeringly1545
stuttingly1548
stutteringly1563
falteringa1741
hesitatingly1800
hesitatively1881
c1440 [see main sense].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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