Citations:steven

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English citations of steven

(Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) stevvon: to speak (especially loudly) or shout

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  • 1875, "A Riding Song", in The Oracle, volume 12, page 11:
    'Tis sweet to stay up in the evening,
    Heigho! Heigho! Heigho!
    With laughing and chaffing and stevening
    (A word that means shouting, you know.)

Middle English citations of steven

  • 1460, Towneley Plays (1994) I.ii.17:
    God that shope both erth and heuen, I pray to the thou here my steven.