Dictionary:driva

Nynorn

Etymology

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Shetland use

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

drive, vb., to drive, sometimes in some applications handed down from Norn, used somewhat diff. from Eng. drive; thus: to d., or d. at somet’in’ [‘-thing’], to work or to be occupied with something; de young men never drave [‘drove’] de haf like de auld [‘old’] men, the young men did not attach importance to deep-sea fishing as the old men did (L.); what does du d. at? what is your work? (Uⁿ.). Thus: No. driva paa, Fær. dríva uppá, Da. drive på.

Pronunciation

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Alternate Forms

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Verb

driva

1. drive
2. run something

Inflection

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Synonyms

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