saven

saven c

1. definite singular of sav

saven

1. genitive singular of savi

• vasen, vesan

Borrowed from English save + German -en

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛɪ̯vn̩]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: sa‧ven

saven (weak, third-person singular present savt or (proscribed) savet, past tense savte or (proscribed) savete, past participle gesavt or gesaved or (proscribed) gesavet, auxiliary haben)

1. (colloquial) to save

• As with other verbs of English origin where ⟨a⟩, ⟨i⟩ correspond to [ɛɪ̯], [aɪ̯], the conjugated forms commonly (but unofficially) retain the -e- (as in er *savet, sie *savete etc.).

• German verbs borrowed from English can optionally form the past participle (Partizip II) in -ed in two cases^[1]
  1. The English verb ends in a silent ⟨e⟩:

     English like → German liken → geliked (previously only gelikt)

  2. The verb's past participle is usually not inflected:

     English relax → German relaxen → relaxed (previously only relaxt)

• But -ed- is not permitted when the participle is inflected, thus:

  meine gelikten Bilder (not meine *gelikeden Bilder)

  ein relaxter Abend (not ein *relaxeder Abend)

• Saven, Saver, Saverei
• savend, gesavt

Borrowed from Old French salver, sauver, from Latin salvō, salvāre; equivalent to sauf (“safe”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• saave, salve, save, savi, savun, savye, savyn
• (early) salvin, sauven, sauvin, sawvin
• (Northern) safe, saffe, sauve, sayve
• (Kent) sovy

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːvən/, /ˈsau̯vən/

saven (third-person singular simple present saveth, present participle savynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle saved)

1. (ambitransitive) To save (prevent from harm or difficulty):
   1. To rescue from danger or death, or effort.
   2. To protect from danger; to safeguard.
   3. (religion) To deliver from eternal torment.
2. (ambitransitive) To preserve or store:
   1. To preserve or maintain; to keep intact.
      • c. 1335-1361, William of Palerne (MS. King's College 13), folio 34, recto, lines 2028-2029; republished as W. W. Skeat, editor, The Romance of William of Palerne‎^[1], London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1867, →OCLC, page 70:

        foꝛ ſoþe ſire quaþ aliſaundrine ⁊ · to ſaue ȝour mensk / i wol ȝou telle tiȝtly · what turn ſche as wꝛouȝt […]

        "Truthfully, sir" said Alexandrine, "to save your honour, I'll tell you all about the thing she's done […]

   2. To securely keep or lock away (goods or a person)
   3. To save (store away or conserve).
3. To adhere to a regulation, agreement or dictate.
4. To heal or better; to improve health, emotions, or morals.
5. (rare) To recover or get back; to have restored.
6. (rare) To store or accumulate; to be filled with.

• English: save
• Geordie: syev
• Scots: safe, sauf

• “sāven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

saven

1. alternative form of savyne

saven

1. definite singular of sav

• vasen