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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

kives.

to quarrel

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈkʰiːvəsˈkʰiːʊs]
  1. to quarrel

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish kiffue, from Old Norse kífa, either a cognate of or borrowed from Middle Low German kīven, Proto-Germanic *kībaną. Other cognates are German keifen and Dutch kijven.

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