bequivered

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi

Proto-Germanic *bider.

Proto-Germanic *bi-

Proto-West Germanic *bi-

Old English be-

Middle English bi-

English be-

English quivered

English bequivered

From be- + quivered.

Adjective

bequivered (not comparable)

1. Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows; or, sheathed as in a quiver.
   • 1819, Jane Porter, The Scottish Chiefs, page 348:

     Whenever Apollo, or any other bequivered god, or mortal, catches me affecting such maudling company […] he is welcome to transfix me with his sharpest arrow.

   • 2010, “English Translation of Parthenio”, in Louise George Clubb, transl., Pollastra and the Origins of Twelfth Night: Parthenio, commedia (1516) with an English Translation, translation of Parthenio by Giovanni Pollastra, →ISBN, page 173:

     How unhappy is the condition of lovers / and of whoever is subject to the bequivered god!

   • 2015, Andy Kind, The Unfortunate Adventures of Tom Hillingthwaite, →ISBN, page 31:

     He remembered the prayer he'd promised to arrow up for her boy — a prayer which remained bequivered in his soul.

Synonyms

• quivered

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi

Proto-Germanic *bider.

Proto-Germanic *bi-

Proto-West Germanic *bi-

Old English be-

Middle English bi-

English be-

English quiver

English bequiver

English -ed

English bequivered

From bequiver + -ed.

Verb

bequivered

1. simple past and past participle of bequiver