† to-carveto-kervev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To cut to pieces, cut up; to cut off.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut to pieces
to-carvec950
forhewa1000
forcarveOE
to-hackc1000
to-hewc1000
to-slivec1050
to-brittenc1175
shredc1275
to-snedc1275
to-race1297
smitec1300
dismember1303
hewa1382
hew1382
to-cut1382
forcutc1386
brit?a1400
splatc1400
to-shredc1405
upshear1430
detrench1470
dispiece1477
thrusche1483
till-hew1487
despiecea1492
rip1530
share?1566
hash1591
shamble1601
becut1630
betrench1656
mincemeat1861
becarve1863
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > division by cutting > divide by cutting [verb (transitive)]
cutc1300
shed13..
tamec1400
to-carvec1400
discidea1513
share?1566
shred?1566
dissect1608
slit1638
disecta1690
sned1889
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark xiv. 47 Sum monn..ofslog esne hehsacerdas & tocearf [Ags. Gosp. of acearf] him ða earelipprica.
c1000 Ælfric Minster Hom. in Leg. Rood (1871) (Cott. MS.) 105 Þeah þe se beam beo to-coruen.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 3612 Þer nas man þat þer neye come, Þat he ne was to-corwen anon.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1700 & cowþe vche kyndam to-kerue & keuer.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 868 His suerd atwo the helmys al to-kerwith.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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