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English
Etymology
See steven (“voice”).
Verb
stevvon (third-person singular simple present stevvons, present participle stevvoning, simple past and past participle stevvoned)
- (Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) To speak (especially loudly) or shout.
1862, C. Clough Robinson, The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood, page 67:Says he, whispering, — "Ah wunder'd what yer'd goan art for; keep it art o't' seet ur yer'll hev Somb'dy darn on yer pretty quick;" an' cocking up his head agean he stevvons art "Silernce!"
1963, Bill Cowley, A Cleveland anthology: dialect poems from Cleveland and the North Yorkshire Moors:Then sez Mattha: "Ah've felted a bottil Aback o' yon cam-dyke near-by, An Ah lay at a sup wad be welcome," An t'rist on us stevvoned oot: "Aye! " Seea Mattha e grobbed iv is jacket, Then let oot 20.
2015, LT Wolf, The Reckoning:The amazon saw her and stevvon'd, “Get back upstairs!”