(a) To die, perish; cease to exist; also fig.; also, die spiritually; (b) ben storven, to die; ppl. storven, dead; also, as noun: those who have died, the dead [1st quot.]; (c) to die of hunger; -- also impers.; also in proverbs; ~ to deth (unto the deth); (d) fig. to fade away, pass away; ~ to the world, die to the world, sever one's interest in secular concerns; ppl. sterving as adj.: transitory; (e) ~ after the deth, to die the death afterwards; don (forto) ~, cause (sb.) to die; have (sb.) put to death; maken (forto, to) ~, kill (sb.); (f) ppl. sterving as adj., of death: ?lingering.

(a) To die in a specified state or condition: ~ in sinne (sorwe, soth bileve, etc.), die in an unregenerate state (wretched condition, state of true belief, etc.); ~ in servise, die in (the devil's) service; (b) to die of a specified cause or under particular circumstances: ~ for, die of (cold, fear, hunger, etc.); also, die for (man's redemption); ~ in armes, ben storven under stele wedes, die in arms, die fighting; ~ o (on, upon), die on (the cross); ~ of, die from (hunger, disease); ~ under fot (sted), be trampled to death; ~ under hond, die by (someone's) hand.

To rot, decay; fig. of seed: die; ppl. storven, spoiled; also, ?withered, rotted [2nd quot.].

To kill (sb.); destroy (sth.); also, ?destroy or cut off (someone's head); -- ?error for *scerfen (cp. scearfen v.) or kerven v.

?Errors for swerven v.