shrive

Etymology
From, , , from , from , from late , a borrowing from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at.

Verb

 * 1)  To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.).
 * 2)  To free from guilt, to absolve.
 * 3)  To prescribe penance or absolution.
 * 4)  To confess, and receive absolution.
 * 5) * c. 1798-1845, unknown author, 
 * 'Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and shrive.
 * 1)  To prescribe penance or absolution.
 * 2)  To confess, and receive absolution.
 * 3) * c. 1798-1845, unknown author, 
 * 'Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and shrive.
 * 'Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and shrive.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: изповядвам
 * Czech: vyzpovídat
 * German: die Beichte abnehmen
 * Polish: ,


 * German: die Vergebung der Sünden gewähren, die Absolution erteilen, eine Buße auferlegen