shrive

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Thou shalt find there a sin no prayer may shrive --

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  1. transitive verb To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent).
  2. transitive verb To obtain absolution for (oneself) by confessing and doing penance.
  3. intransitive verb Archaic To make or go to confession.
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  1. Middle English schriven, from Old English scrīfan, from Latin scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also shrieve; from Middle English shriven, shryven, schriven, schryven, schryfen (preterit shrove, shrof, schrof, schraf, past participle shriven, schriven, scriven, screffe, y-shryve), from Anglo-Saxon scrīfan (preterit scrāf, past participle scrifen), prescribe penance, hear confessions, =OFries. skrīva, shrive; cf. Icelandic skripta, shrive, confess, impose penance, =Swedish skrifta =Danish skrifte, confess (from the noun represented by English shrift); usually identified, as orig. ‘write,’ with Old Saxon scrībhan =OFries. skrīva =D. schrijven =Middle Low German schrīven =Old High German scrīban, Middle High German schrīben, German schreiben, write, from Latin scribere, write, draw up (a law, decree, charge, etc.), enroll: see scribe, v. Cf. shrift, Shrovetide.
  2. Origin obscure; the form suggests a confusion of shive with shred or shroud in similar meanings.
 

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