Obs. exc. dial. [Frequentative f. OE. beofian to tremble (see BIVE): as glimmer f. gleam. Cf. LG. beveren, Du. bibberen to tremble.] intr. To tremble, shake, quiver. (Still widely spread in the dialects.)
1470–85. Malory, Arthur, I. xv. And they were so couragyous that many knyghtes shoke and beuerd for egrenes.
1808. Jamieson, Sc. Dict., Bever, baiver, bevver, to shake, tremble, esp. from age or infirmity.
1864. Capern, Devon Provinc., Bevver, to shake with the cold.
