▪ I. deave, v. Now Sc. and north. dial.
(diːv)
In 4–6 (9) deve, (4–5 dewe), 6 Sc. deiv(e, 9 deeve.
[OE. déafian in adéafian (f between vowels = v) to wax deaf. The trans. type *d{iacu}efan, *d{yacu}fan to make deaf, corresp. to Goth. (ga)daubjan, OHG., MHG. touben, töuben, Ger. (be)täuben, does not appear in OE., and the trans. seems to be an extension of the intrans. use in ME.: cf. dead v.]
† 1. intr. To become deaf. Obs. rare.
| [c 1050 Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 179/25 Obsurduit adeafede.] 13.. in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 224 Hyse eres shullen dewen, And his eyen shullen dymmen. |
2. trans. To deafen; to stun or stupefy with noise (formerly also with a blow); to bewilder, worry, or confuse, esp. by ‘dinning’ in one's ears.
| c 1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1286 Þe dunte þat schulde hym deue. a 1400 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 348 Wyttys ben revid, Erys ben devid. c 1420 Anturs of Arth. xxii, Alle the Duseperis of Fraunse [are] with your dyn deuyt. c 1470 Henry Wallace x. 285 Dewyt with speris dynt. 1500–20 Kennedie Flyting w. Dunbar 360 Thow devis the deuill, thyne eme, wyth dyn. 1597 Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 671 He greuis vs and deues vs With sophistries and schiftis. 1792 Burns Willie's Wife ii, She has..A clapper tongue wad deave a miller. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. v, Dinna deave me wi' you nonsense. 1825 in Brockett, Deave. 1874 G. W. Dasent Tales fr. Fjeld 31 It deaved one to hear. 1888 Sheffield Gloss., Deave, to deafen; to embarrass, to confuse. Also in Glossaries of Northumb., Cumbrld., Lanc., Cheshire, Cleveland, Whitby. |
Hence ˈdeaving ppl. a.
| 1832 Motherwell in Whistle-Binkie (Sc. Songs) Ser. i. 45 The deavin' dinsome toun. 1883 Reade Tit for Tat i. in Harper's Mag. Jan. 251/2 A new peal of forty church bells, mounting..from a muffin man's up to a deaving dome of bell-metal. |
▪ II. deave
obs. inflex. of deaf a.