a. Obs. Forms: 5 ȝyueris, -us, ȝeuerus, ȝeferous. [f. YEVER + -OUS. The north. form giverous (see YEVER etym.) is found from 17th c. = ‘greedy, avaricious’ (1677 Nicolson in Ray, Coll. Words (1691), 141).] Eager, impetuous.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 357. So ȝonge and so yepe, ȝyuerus of wille. Ibid., 1242. Ȝyueris of hert.
1483. Cath. Angl., 426/1. Ȝeferous, ambroninus.
