diven - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

dīven v.

Forms	dīven v. Also duven, duiven. Forms: p. dīved & deæf; ppl. dīved, ȝedīfed.
Etymology	OE dȳfan, dȳfde & dūfan, dēaf.

Note: Cp. deven (2).

(a) To immerse or submerge oneself; dive, sink; ~ doun, ~ in, ~ into, ~ under; (b) ~ in, to sink or plunge into (a solid object).

a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)126/35 : A bleddre ibollen ful of winde ne duueð [Corp-C: deueð; L mergitur] nout in to þeos deope wateres.
a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)423 : Sone he [the whale] diueð dun to grunde.
(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)284b/b : Þe elephant..Wonyeþ bysides ryueres and duyueþ in water anon to þe chynne and swymmeþ.
(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)295b/b : Swyn..dyueþ in slyme [L luto immergit] & bawdeþ himself þer wiþ.
c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.163 : Take two stronge men and in themese caste hem..Þat one hath connynge and can swymmen and dyuen.
c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)14.169 : In myres and in wateres Dompynges dyuyden.
(c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)40 : They [otters] swymmeþ in waters..and som tyme dyueþ vndir þe watir.
(c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)66 : Spaynels..ben taught to swymme and to be good..for foules whan þey byn dyued.
(1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)124 : Dyvyn vnder þe weter: Subnato.

c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6505 : Þet deor he smat a-nan uppe þat hæued-bæn þet þet sweord in deæf [Otho: held].
(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)97b/b : If þou þurstist þy fyngre þer vppon, hit dyueþ inne, for þe rennynge matiere wiþdrawiþ.
(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)228a/b : Rypenesse of fruyt is assayed..by gropyng and brusyng, if þe fynger dyueþ in þerto & fyndeþ it naisshe.

(a) To dip (sth.); submerge (sb.); (b) ~ onto dethe, to make (sb.) sink down dead, plunge to death.

?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)18/11 : Blac rammes wul on wæte ȝedifed.
a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)43 : Louerd, ne haue þu þat storm me duue [L demergat].