Definitions
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- noun Northern England, Scotland
Voice , especially when loud or strong. - verb dialectal, Northern England To
call withstrength ofvoice ;shout at lustily; fill the hearing of. - verb dialectal, Northern England To
speak in anauthoritative orcommanding tone . - verb dialectal, Northern England To
blow hard,bluster . - noun dialectal, Northern England
Force ;loudness ; a loudnoise ;outcry ;din .
Etymologies
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From Middle English steven, stefne, from Old English stefn ("a voice, sound uttered by the mouth"), from Proto-Germanic *stebnō (“voice, sound”). More at steven.
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From Middle English stevenen, stefnen, from Old English ġestefnian, āstemnian ("to speak up to, give voice for, appoint"), from Proto-Germanic *stebnōnan, *stemnōnan (“to voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *stemno-, *stomen- (“mouth, muzzle”). Cognate with Old Norse stefna, stemna. More at steven.
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