hobben.
to toil, struggle, to be worn out
Meaning & usage
to toil, struggle, to be worn out
to plod, trudge
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch *hobben (attested only in the iterative hobbelen (“to move gently up and down, bob”)), from Old Dutch *hobbon, from Proto-West Germanic *hobbōn (“to move, stir, jump”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to bob, hop”).
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