shryven

Middle English

/ˈʃriːvən/

verb
Definitions
  • To confess, admit one's sins, shrive.
  • To confess or admit in other contexts.
  • To listen to or hear the sacrament of confession.
  • To impose either penance or absolution in response to a confession.
  • (usually in translation) To give thanks to God.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sċrīfan (pass judgement, prescribe, decree, to prescribe penance absolution) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skrībaną derived from Latin scrībō (write, I write, recruiter).

Origin

Latin

scrībō

Gloss

write, I write, recruiter

Concept
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Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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