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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English steorfa, from Proto-West Germanic *sterbō, from Proto-Germanic *sterbô; compare sterven.
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /ˈstœrvə/
Noun
steorve (uncountable) (Early Middle English)
- demon, evil creature
- (rare) pestilence
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