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erve

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of erven

• ever, veer, vere, vree

From Old Dutch ervi, from Proto-West Germanic *arbī, from Proto-Germanic *arbiją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-.

erve n

1. heritage, patrimony
2. real estate, unmovable property (i.e. land and house), which belongs to oneself and can be inherited
3. land, property

• erven

• Dutch: erf
  • Afrikaans: erf
  • → English: erf
  • Negerhollands: erfe
  • Petjo: erf

• “erve (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “erve (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

• erfe, erf, irve, yrfe

From Old English yrfe, ierfe, from Proto-West Germanic *arbī, from Proto-Germanic *arbiją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrv(ə)/, /ˈɛrf(ə)/

erve (plural erfes)

1. Stock, cattle; farm animals.
2. An individual farm animal.

• English: erf
• Scots: arff, airf

• “erve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-2.

From Old Norse erfa.

• erva (a-infinitive)

erve (present tense erver, past tense ervde, past participle ervd, passive infinitive ervast, present participle ervande, imperative erv)

1. to inherit

From Old Norse erfi.

erve n (definite singular ervet, indefinite plural erve, definite plural erva)

1. inheriting, line of succession

• “erve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• erve, ever, reve, vere