Quivering

There are three meanings to quiver:

1st meaning:

quiver (plural quivers) (Weapon) A container for arrows, crossbows or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

Etymology 1
From Middle English via Anglo-Norman quiveir, from Old French quivre and cuevre, from West Germanic *kokar-, whence also Old English cocer, Old High German kohhar


2nd meaning:

Adjective quiver (comparative more quiver, superlative most quiver)
Positivequiver
Comparative more quiver
Superlative most quiver (archaic) Nimble, active. 1598: ... there was a little quiver fellow, and 'a would manage you his piece thus; and 'a would about and about, and come you in and come you in. — William Shakespeare, Henry V, Part II, Act III, Scene II, line 281.

Etymology 2
From Middle English cwiver, from Old English *cwifer


3rd meaning:

Verb to quiver (intransitive)
To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver. 1593: The birds chaunt melody on every bush, The snake lies rolled in the cheerful sun, The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind And make a checker'd shadow on the ground. — William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act II, Scene III, line 12.

Etymology 3
From Middle English quiveren (“‘lang-enm’”), probably from the adjective.





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