† chivenn.

Etymology: perhaps the same as chivin , chevin n., chub, ‘a very shy fish, which hides in holes’. But compare also chivie adj.

Obsolete. rare.

Only in phrase, to play the chiven (Nares chivan): ‘to run away precipitately’ (Nares).

ΚΠ

c1660 Robin Hood & Stranger (Ritson ii. xi. 30) ‘Go play the chiven’ the stranger said, ‘Make haste and quickly go’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	chiven
释义	† chivenn. Etymology: perhaps the same as chivin , chevin n., chub, ‘a very shy fish, which hides in holes’. But compare also chivie adj. Obsolete. rare. Only in phrase, to play the chiven (Nares chivan): ‘to run away precipitately’ (Nares). ΚΠ c1660 Robin Hood & Stranger (Ritson ii. xi. 30) ‘Go play the chiven’ the stranger said, ‘Make haste and quickly go’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1660
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