rieve

English

Verb

rieve (third-person singular simple present rieves, present participle rieving, simple past and past participle rieved)

  1. 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.

Anagrams

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)

  1. (Ripuarian) to rub
  2. (Ripuarian) to grate

Derived terms

  • Rievkooche
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