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語源

From 中期英語 taven, from Old Norse *tafa, from Proto-Germanic *tabōn (“to grope, feel”). Cognate with Faroese tava (“to endeavour, exert oneself”), Norwegian Nynorsk tava (“to toil in vain”), German zabeln (“to move convulsively, sprawl, flounder”).

動詞

tave (third-person singular simple present taves, present participle taving, simple past and past participle taved)

1. (intransitive) To sprawl with the arms and legs; kick or fidget with the feet.
2. (intransitive) To toss or tumble oneself about; act violently, rage, throw a fit.
3. (intransitive) To struggle, toil, strive, labour.
4. (intransitive) To trudge, walk heavily.
5. (ambitransitive) To wrestle.
6. (intransitive, dialectal) To hurry along; gad about.
7. (transitive, dialectal) To distress, overtire.

名詞

tave (plural taves)

1. (dialectal) A difficulty, struggle.
2. (dialectal) A hurry, stir, commotion.

Further Reading

• According to Gersum Project, OED suggests a connection with teuelyng (“labour, deeds”), from teulen (English toil).