givern.

Brit.

/ˈɡɪvə/, U.S.

/ˈɡɪvər/

Forms: α. Middle English ȝyvere, Middle English ȝever, yever(e, yevour. β. Middle English gifer, Middle English–1500s gevar, gevear, gever, gevour, gyver(e, giff-, gyfer, Middle English–1500s Scottish giffar, Middle English– giver.

Etymology: < give v. + -er suffix¹, = Old High German kebari (Middle High German and German geber), Middle Dutch gevere, Dutch gever, Swedish gifvare, Danish giver.

a. One who gives, in senses of the verb; a bestower, distributor, donor, grantor. Often preceded by a noun as object, as alms-, example-, law-, light-, etc. giver.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > giver

givera1300

bringera1400

donatorc1449

administerer1464

donora1513

tributor1548

administrator1561

accorder1861

α.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 95 Þeruore is ariȝt þe holy gost propre~liche yefþe and yevere vor he him yefþ and is y yeve.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. ix. 7 God loueth a glad ȝyuere.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 552 The ȝeuers trustiden that the receyuers wolden expende thilk good vertuoseli.

1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. i. §1 The Sellers feffours yevours or grauntours.

β. a1300 Cursor Mundi 28804 I to þe was first giuer.a1340 R. Rolle Psalter i. 3 God lufis wele cherid gifers.1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vii. 70 He that beggeth..but if he haue nede..he bigileth the gyuere [A. viii. 72 the ȝiuere].?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4368 God loues a gyfer glade.1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. *.v^v The haly spreit is giffar of all halynes.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 317 Well we may afford Our givers thir own gifts. c1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 211 The gift still prais'd, the giver still unknown.1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 11 Though they cost little to the giver, are not the less valuable to the receiver.1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xiii. 118 I returned it [a blow] to the giver, and with good interest too.1868 W. Whitman Chants Democratic i. Poems 67 The fresh free giver, the flowing Missouri.1884 Athenæum 25 Oct. 540 Givers of Dinners, Balls, and At Homes.

b. with adverb, as giver-in, giver out.

ΚΠ

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 68 Cotton Manufacture. Looming and Taping Room:..Giver-in. Odd Hands:..Weft Giver-out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	giver
释义	givern. Brit. /ˈɡɪvə/, U.S. /ˈɡɪvər/ Forms: α. Middle English ȝyvere, Middle English ȝever, yever(e, yevour. β. Middle English gifer, Middle English–1500s gevar, gevear, gever, gevour, gyver(e, giff-, gyfer, Middle English–1500s Scottish giffar, Middle English– giver. Etymology: < give v. + -er suffix¹, = Old High German kebari (Middle High German and German geber), Middle Dutch gevere, Dutch gever, Swedish gifvare, Danish giver. a. One who gives, in senses of the verb; a bestower, distributor, donor, grantor. Often preceded by a noun as object, as alms-, example-, law-, light-, etc. giver. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > giver givera1300 bringera1400 donatorc1449 administerer1464 donora1513 tributor1548 administrator1561 accorder1861 α. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 95 Þeruore is ariȝt þe holy gost propre~liche yefþe and yevere vor he him yefþ and is y yeve. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. ix. 7 God loueth a glad ȝyuere. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 552 The ȝeuers trustiden that the receyuers wolden expende thilk good vertuoseli. 1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. i. §1 The Sellers feffours yevours or grauntours. β. a1300 Cursor Mundi 28804 I to þe was first giuer.a1340 R. Rolle Psalter i. 3 God lufis wele cherid gifers.1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vii. 70 He that beggeth..but if he haue nede..he bigileth the gyuere [A. viii. 72 the ȝiuere].?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4368 God loues a gyfer glade.1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. .v^v The haly spreit is giffar of all halynes.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost* v. 317 Well we may afford Our givers thir own gifts. View more context for this quotationc1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 211 The gift still prais'd, the giver still unknown.1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 11 Though they cost little to the giver, are not the less valuable to the receiver.1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xiii. 118 I returned it [a blow] to the giver, and with good interest too.1868 W. Whitman Chants Democratic i. Poems 67 The fresh free giver, the flowing Missouri.1884 Athenæum 25 Oct. 540 Givers of Dinners, Balls, and At Homes. b. with adverb, as giver-in, giver out. ΚΠ ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 68 Cotton Manufacture. Looming and Taping Room:..Giver-in. Odd Hands:..Weft Giver-out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1300
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