nivelv.

Brit.

/ˈnɪvl/, U.S.

/ˈnɪv(ə)l/

Forms: early Middle English nifle, early Middle English niuel, early Middle English niwel, Middle English neuel, Middle English nyuel, Middle English nyuyl, 1800s– nivel (English regional (south-western)); Irish English 1900s– nivel.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps the reflex of an unattested Old English verbal derivative of hnifol brow, forehead (of unknown origin). Compare Old English snyflung snivelling n., and later snivel v.

Now rare and British regional.

intransitive. To look downcast; to grimace, or wrinkle one's nose; to snivel.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)] > look dejected

nivel?c1225

to hang the head (down)c1275

lourc1290

gloomc1400

gluma1500

mumpc1610

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 158 Ha schulen ham seolf grennen & niuelen [a1300 Caius niwelen] & makien sur semblant for þe muche anguise inþe pine of helle.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 176 Ha drinkeð þet drunh ne beo hit nese bitter..Hwen hit is al ouere. spit & schakeð þet heaued. feð on forto niuelin & make grim chere.

?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 171 (MED) I nese, i nappe, i nifle, i nuche, And al þis wilneþ eld.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. 135 Now awaketh wratthe with two whyte eyen And nyuelynge [v.rr. neuelynge, sneueling] with þe nose [c1400 C text a nyuylynge nose] and his nekke hangynge.

1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester 104 A boy asked the meaning of ‘disdain’, when Goliath disdained David, answered ‘He nivelled at un.’

1996 D. Ó Muirithe Words we Use 15 Nivel means to turn up the nose in disdain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nivel
释义	nivelv. Brit. /ˈnɪvl/, U.S. /ˈnɪv(ə)l/ Forms: early Middle English nifle, early Middle English niuel, early Middle English niwel, Middle English neuel, Middle English nyuel, Middle English nyuyl, 1800s– nivel (English regional (south-western)); Irish English 1900s– nivel. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps the reflex of an unattested Old English verbal derivative of hnifol brow, forehead (of unknown origin). Compare Old English snyflung snivelling n., and later snivel v. Now rare and British regional. intransitive. To look downcast; to grimace, or wrinkle one's nose; to snivel. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)] > look dejected nivel?c1225 to hang the head (down)c1275 lourc1290 gloomc1400 gluma1500 mumpc1610 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 158 Ha schulen ham seolf grennen & niuelen [a1300 Caius niwelen] & makien sur semblant for þe muche anguise inþe pine of helle. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 176 Ha drinkeð þet drunh ne beo hit nese bitter..Hwen hit is al ouere. spit & schakeð þet heaued. feð on forto niuelin & make grim chere. ?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 171 (MED) I nese, i nappe, i nifle, i nuche, And al þis wilneþ eld. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. 135 Now awaketh wratthe with two whyte eyen And nyuelynge [v.rr. neuelynge, sneueling] with þe nose [c1400 C text a nyuylynge nose] and his nekke hangynge. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester 104 A boy asked the meaning of ‘disdain’, when Goliath disdained David, answered ‘He nivelled at un.’ 1996 D. Ó Muirithe Words we Use 15 Nivel means to turn up the nose in disdain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.?c1225
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