derven

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch darven, derven, from Old Dutch tharvon, from Proto-West Germanic *þarbēn, from Proto-Germanic *þarbāną. Unrelated to bederven and verderven. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɛrvə(n)/ Hyphenation: der‧ven Rhymes: -ɛrvən === Verb === derven (transitive, archaic) to lack, want ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Middle Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdervən/ === Verb === derven alternative form of darven == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English deorfan (“to exert oneself, labor; be in peril, perish, be wrecked”), from Proto-West Germanic *derban, from Proto-Germanic *derbaną (“to perish, work”). Some senses (transitive) apparently from Old English *dierfan, from Proto-Germanic *darbijaną, causative of the above. Cognate with Dutch bederven, verderven (“to spoil, corrupt, pervert”), Low German verdarven (“to spoil”), German verderben (“to ruin, spoil, corrupt”), Icelandic fordjarfa (“to disgrace”), Lithuanian di̇̀rbti (“to work”). === Verb === derven (third-person singular simple present derveth, present participle dervende, first-/third-person singular past indicative darf, past participle ydorven) (intransitive) To labour. (transitive) To trouble; grieve; hurt; afflict; molest. ==== Derived terms ==== derving ==== Related terms ==== deorrflike derf ȝedeorf