Etymology

Formed on ryue (v.).

PGmc Ancestor

*rīfan-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

rífa ‘to tear, rend’
(ONP rífa (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far ríva, Icel rífa, Norw riva, Dan rive, Sw riva

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

B2a

Attestation

Widespread in later ME.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 747*

Bibliography

MED rīving(e (ger.1), OED rive (v.1), Dance ryue (v.), de Vries rífa, Mag. rífa, Bj-L. rive (1), Seebold reif-a-, Orel *rīfanan, Kroonen *rīfan- ~ *rīpan-