▪ I. tave, v. Now dial.
(teɪv)
Also 7 tauve, 8–9 taave, 9 teave.
[app. of Norse origin: cf. Norw. dial. tava to toil or struggle without much effect, to fumble, be exhausted.]
intr. To move the limbs ineffectually, to sprawl; to strike out at random with the arms or legs; to throw oneself about, as a person in a passion, in a fever, etc.; to act violently in any way; to strive, toil, labour, or struggle in work, difficult walking, etc.
| c 1350 St. Mary Magd. 401 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 85 Sethin it [the child] swelid and turned & tauyd. 14.. Beryn 2061 Sith yee of hym be sesid, howe evir so yee [? hee] taue, Let hym nevir pas. 1566 Drant Horace A iv, Where now and then (O just rewarde) in raginge surge sum taves. 1674 Ray N.C. Words 47 To Tave; Lincoln. to rage. 1691 Ibid. 73 Sick People are said to tave with the Hands when they catch at any thing. 1681 Hickeringill Black Non-Conf. Postscr., Wks. 1716 II. 168 Him that bespoke a Picture of a Horse lying (tauveing) upon his Back. 1790 Mrs. Wheeler Westmld. Dial. (1821) 40, I wur sae teerd wie maanderin up an dawn an teaavin ith ling, I laaid me dawn on a breaad Scar, an sean fel asleep. 1825 Brockett N.C. Words, Taving, irregular motion; picking the bed-clothes in febrile delirium. 1828 Craven Gloss., Tave, to kick with the feet like a distracted person. 1855 Robinson Whitby Gloss., To Teeave, to paw and sprawl with the arms and legs. 1891 T. Hardy Tess xii, See how I've got to teave and slave, and your poor weak father with his heart clogged like a dripping-pan. |
▪ II. tave
= to have: see t'1 and have v.