† derve, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 deorfan, 2–4 derue(n; pa. tense 3 derfde, 4 deruede; pa. pple. 3 idoruen, idorve, iderued, 4 deruet.
[ME. derven str. and weak; the str. vb. app. = OE. deorfan (pa. tense dearf, durfon, pa. pple. dorfen) to labour: besides this there probably existed a causal weak vb. dierfan (dierfde) to cause to labour, afflict, grieve; confusion of this with the strong vb., as in burn, etc. would account for the ME. forms and sense. OE. deorfan was app. cognate with the stem of OFris. forderva, and OLFrankish fardurvon, transl. ‘perierunt’ Ps. lxxii. 19.]
1. intr. To labour. (Only in OE.)
| a 1000 in Thorpe Hom. II. 516/26 (Bosw.) Ne wiðcweðe ic to deorfenne ᵹyt, ᵹif ic nydbehefe eom ᵹyt ðinum folce. |
2. trans. To trouble, grieve, hurt, afflict, molest.
| c 1205 Lay. 8731 Hunger him derfde. Ibid. 18715 Swiðe he murnede, his mod wes iderued. a 1225 Ancr. R. 106 He was idoruen in alle his oðre wittes. a 1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 211 Þinge þat me derueð mest. c 1320 Cast. Love 676 None kunnes asaylyng Ne may him deruen. a 1375 Joseph Arim. 47 Beo þou no þing a-dred, for non schal þe derue. |
| absol. a 1225 Ancr. R. 112 A lutel ihurt i þen eie derueð more þen deð a muchel iðe hele. |