rieve
English
Verb
rieve (third-person singular simple present rieves, present participle rieving, simple past and past participle rieved)
- Archaic form of reave.
- 1904, The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume 9, page 208:
- The Borderers on the English side rieved, harried, and plundered each other with as much keenness and audacity as did the Scots on the other side.
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- frieve (Ripuarian variant)
- reiwe (Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Middle High German (w)rīven, from Old High German *(w)rīvan, northern variant of rīban, from Proto-West Germanic *wrīban, from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną. Middle Ripuarian still regularly retained the wr-onset, which was later either reduced or merged with fr-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʀiːvə/
Verb
rieve (third-person singular present riev, past tense revv, past participle jerevve)
Derived terms
- Rievkooche
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