haiver

• haver

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• IPA^(key): [ˈheːvər]

haiver (third-person singular simple present haivers, present participle haiverin, simple past and past participle haivered or haivert)

1. to haver, talk in a foolish or trivial manner, speak nonsense, babble, gossip
   • 1999, Iain W. D. Forde, “Ower the Brig ti Aiberdour” (chapter 3), in Hale Ir Sindries (The Fons Scotiae Thriesum; 2)‎^[1], Scotlandwell: Fons Scotiae, →ISBN; republished Glasgow: University of Glasgow, via the Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speech:

     “Dinna haiver,” admoneist thair mither, “This is a verra sairious maitter.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to make a fuss about nothing
3. to make a pretence of being busy
4. to dawdle, potter about
5. to saunter, lounge

• English: haver

• “haiver, v., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
• Eagle, Andy, editor (2026), “haiver”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎^[2]