# reven
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reːvən/, [ˈʁæːwn̩]

### Verb

reven
* past participle common of rive

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

reven
* plural of rif

### Anagrams

* erven, nerve, veren, never

## Galician
### Verb

reven
* third-person plural present indicative of rever

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English rēafian, from Proto-West Germanic *raubōn, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of robben.

#### Alternative forms

* rayve, ref, refe, reffe, reve, revyn, reeve
* ræven, reave, reaven, reavie, reavin, reawen (Early Middle English)
* ræfenn (Ormulum)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛːvən/

#### Verb

reven (third-person singular simple present reveth, present participle revynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative refte, past participle reft)
* To cause someone to lose something:
** To steal, or rob; to secretly loot.
** To loot, despoil, ravage; to bring to ruin.
** To grab, take, or confiscate with force or violence.
*** 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Monkes Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 90, verso:Of Hercules the souereyn conqueror / Syngen hise werkes laude and heigh renoun / For in his tyme of strengthe he was the flour / He slowe and rafte the skyn fro the leounSing about the works and high fame of Hercules the renowned conqueror, for in his prime he was the most excellent: He slew and took the lion's skin
** To lose an ability or knowledge.
* To ruin or destroy:
** To eliminate or terminate; to render unusable.
** To kill; to murder or end the life of.
** To chop or lop off
* To take into safety; to recover or liberate.
* To bring into a euphoric state.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) reven, reve | (to) reven, reve |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | reve | reved, refte |
| 2nd-person singular | revest | revedest, reftest |
| 3rd-person singular | reveth | reved, refte |
| subjunctive singular | reve | reved, refte |
| imperative singular | reve | — |
| plural$^1$ | reven, reve | reveden, revede, reften, refte |
| imperative plural | reveth, reve | — |
| participles | revynge, revende | reved, reft, yreved, yreft |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Related terms

* bireven
* reif
* revere
* revynge

##### Descendants

* English: reave (archaic)
* Scots: reve, refe, reif

##### References

* “rēven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English ġerēfan, plural of ġerēfa; equivalent to reve +‎ -en (plural suffix).

#### Noun

reven
* plural of reve

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

reven m
* definite singular of rev (Etymology 1)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

reven m
* definite singular of rev (Etymology 1)

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rèːʋən/

### Adjective

rẹ́vən (comparative rẹ́vnejši, superlative nȁjrẹ́vnejši)
* poor (having no possessions or money)

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “reven”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

## Swedish
### Noun

reven
* definite singular fishing line of rev c
* definite plural reef of rev n

### Anagrams

* vener