Sever

Sever
This interesting surname with variant spellings Severs, Seaver, Seavers and Severe has two possible origins. Firstly it may derive from an unrecorded female given name "Saefaru", which is composed of the Old English pre 7th Century elements "sae" meaning sea and "faru" a passage. "Seuare" a late variant of the name is recorded in the Knights Templars of Somerset (1185). It may also have derived from a nickname "the severe", referring to someone who is harsh or stern. Early recordings of the surname include Walter Sefare, registered in the Pipe Rolls of Bedfordshire (1230), Ralph Seffare, noted in the Subsidy Rolls of suffolk (1327), and Henry Sever in the History or Norfolk (1441). On May 8th, 1598, William Sever married Katherine Ball at St. Mary Aldermary, London, and on August 17th 1600, Thomas Sever, son of John Sever was christened in the same place. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Seuare, which was dated 1185, Pipe Rolls of Cornwall, during the reign of King Henry 11, "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • sever — SEVÉR, Ă, severi, e, adj. 1. (Despre oameni; adesea adverbial) Care judecă şi pedepseşte fară indulgenţă; exigent, pretenţios, riguros. ♦ Care nu admite abateri de la normele sau regulile stabilite, care nu admite circumstanţe atenuante; rigid.… …   Dicționar Român

  • Sever — may refer to:Parishes in Portugal: *Sever, Moimenta da Beira, a parish in the municipality of Moimenta da Beira *Sever, Santa Marta de Penaguião, a parish in the municipality of Santa Marta de Penaguião *Sever do Vouga, Aveiro, a municipality in… …   Wikipedia

  • Sever — Wappen Karte Basisdaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • şever — ŞÉVER, şevere, s.n. Unealtă în formă de disc, cremalieră sau melc, confecţionată din oţel aliat, folosită pentru şeveruire. – Din rus. şever, engl. shaver. Trimis de LauraGellner, 29.04.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  şéver s. n., pl. şévere Trimis de… …   Dicționar Român

  • Sever — Sev er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Severed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Severing}.] [OF. sevrer, severer, to separate, F. sevrer to wean, fr. L. separare. See {Separate}, and cf. {Several}.] 1. To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sever — sev·er / se vər/ vt sev·ered, sev·er·ing 1: to end (a joint tenancy) by ending one or all of the unities of time, title, possession, or interest (as by conveying one tenant s interest to another party) 2: to separate (as a contract) into… …   Law dictionary

  • sever — sev‧er [ˈsevə ǁ ər] verb [transitive] COMMERCE to end a business relationship or connection with someone because of a disagreement: • He has severed all financial ties with his former firm. • A business dispute caused the company and its… …   Financial and business terms

  • sever — [sev′ər] vt., vi. [ME severen < OFr sevrer, severer < VL * seperare < L separare, to SEPARATE] 1. to separate; make or become distinct; divide [severed from his family by the war] 2. to part or break off, as by cutting or with force; cut …   English World dictionary

  • Sever — Sev er, v. i. 1. To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish. [1913 Webster] The Lord shall sever between the cattle of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sever — [v1] cut apart bisect, carve, cleave, cut, cut in two, detach, disconnect, disjoin, dissect, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, part, rend, rive, separate, slice, split, sunder; concepts 98,176 Ant. combine, join, unite sever [v2] dissociate …   New thesaurus

  • Sevēr — (v. lat.), ernst, strenge, hart; Severĭtät, Ernst, Strenge, Härte …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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