laver

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See also: Laver and lavêr

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (a kind of water plant), from Old English læfer, leber (a rush (plant)), a borrowing from Latin laver (water plant).

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laver (countable and uncountable, plural lavers)

  1. A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
    • 1847, Margaret Dods [pseudonym; Christian Isobel Johnstone], “Roasting”, in The Cook and Housewife’s Manual. [], 8th edition, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd; London; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., →OCLC, paragraph 19, pages 106–107:
      To roast a leg, haunch, or saddle of mutton. [] A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout; or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup and seasonings.
  2. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
    1. Porphyra vulgaris
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English laver, lavour, from Old French lavor, lavur, laveor, laveour, laveoir, from Latin lavatorium. Doublet of lavatory.

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laver (plural lavers)

  1. One who laves: a washer.
  2. Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.
  3. That which laves, particularly a washbasin.
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Danish

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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laver c or n (lichen)

  1. indefinite plural of lav

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːvɐ/, [ˈlɛːwɐ], [ˈlɛːwɒ̽]

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laver

  1. present tense of lave

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French laver, from Latin lavāre, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (to wash).

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  • IPA(key): /la.ve/
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laver

  1. to wash
  2. (reflexive) to wash oneself

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Latin

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laver f (genitive laveris); third declension

  1. a water-plant, possibly water parsnip (Sium latifolium)[1]

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative laver laverēs
Genitive laveris laverum
Dative laverī laveribus
Accusative laverem laverēs
Ablative lavere laveribus
Vocative laver laverēs

Descendants

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  • Proto-West Germanic: *laberu (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • laver”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • laver in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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laver

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lavō

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English læfer.

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laver (plural lavers)

  1. A kind of water plant.
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laver

  1. Alternative form of lavour

Norman

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From Old French laver, from Latin lavō, lavāre.

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laver (gerund lav'thie)

  1. (Jersey) to wash

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Noun

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laver m or n

  1. indefinite plural of lav

Old French

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From Latin lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō.

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laver

  1. (transitive) to wash
  2. (reflexive, se laver) to get washed

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem lev distinct from the unstressed stem lav. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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