tiver

Meanings

Noun

• A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.

Verb

• To mark with tiver, as sheep.

Origin

• From Middle English *tever, teapor, from Old English tēafor ("red, red lead, vermilion, purple; a material used in making salve; pigment, salve"), from Proto-Germanic *taubrą ("magic, sorcery"). Cognate with Dutch toverij ("sorcery, witchcraft"), German Zauber ("magic"), Icelandic töfrar ("magic, spells").
• From Middle English *teveren, from Old English tēofrian, tȳfrian, from tēafor.