Значение

значений: 4
  1. (историческое)A serf or bondsman born into servitude.

    Sklave, Leibeigene

    рабrab, раба́rabá

  2. (Ирландия, Северная Англия, Шотландия)A clenched hand; fist.

  3. (Ирландия, Северная Англия, Шотландия)A handful or fistful.

  4. (Ирландия, Северная Англия, Шотландия)The handgrip of a sword or oar.

Переводы

языков: 3
Русский
По значениям 1
serf or bondsman born into servitude:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
serf or bondsman born into servitude:

Происхождение

From Old French [Term?], from Latin nativus (“natural”). Doublet of naif and native. From

From Old French [Term?], from Latin nativus (“natural”). Doublet of naif and native.

From Middle English neve (“the clenched hand, fist”), from Old Norse nefi, hnefi (also knefi) ("hand, fist, handful"), from Proto-Germanic *hnefô, from Proto-Indo-European *knep- (“to scrape, scratch, grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Scots neif (“fist”), Norwegian neve, Danish næve, Swedish näve, Middle High German nevemez (“handful”).

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