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单词 rithe
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rithen.

Brit. /rʌɪθ/, U.S. /raɪθ/
Forms:

α. Old English hriþ, Old English riþe, Old English riðe, Old English ryð, Old English–early Middle English riþ, Old English–early Middle English rið, early Middle English rith, early Middle English rithe; English regional (south-eastern) 1700s–1800s ride, 1800s– rithe, 1800s– rythe.

β. English regional (chiefly Sussex) 1800s– rife, 1900s– reif.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian rīd, Old Dutch rīth (Middle Dutch rijt, Dutch rijt (with secondary change of the final consonant)), Middle Low German rīde < a derivative (with dental extension) of the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit rī- to flow, Old Church Slavonic rinǫti (used reflexively) to rush, Old Russian rinuti to throw, push (Russian rinut′) and rinutisja to rush (Russian rinut′sja).In Old English usually a strong feminine (rīþ ); occasionally also a weak feminine (rīþe ) or a strong masculine (rīþ ). A prefixed strong neuter form gerīþ (compare y- prefix) is also occasionally attested. Attested early in place names (all from southern England), as Cillarið, Berkshire (10th cent.; now Childrey), Scottarith, Warwickshire (11th cent. in a copy of a charter of c700; now Shottery), Henret (1086; 13th cent. as Hennariþ in a copy of a charter of 956; now Hendred), Ceauride, Essex (1086; now Chaureth), Colrið, Hampshire (12th cent. in a copy of a charter of the 10th cent.; now Coldrey), la Ride, Isle of Wight (1257; now Ryde), etc., and in topographical surnames, as Will. de la Rithe (a1272), Ric. atte Rythe (1305), etc.
English regional (south-eastern) in later use.
A small stream or channel.In Middle English also in well-rithe n. Obsolete a stream flowing from a spring (in quot. figurative).
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eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) Epil. 469 Sume hine lætað ofer landscare riðum torinnan.
eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xx. 471 Swa swa sum micel æwelm and diop, and irnen m[æneg]e brocas and riða of.
OE Bounds (Sawyer 830) in D. Hooke Pre-Conquest Charter-bounds Devon & Cornwall (1994) 176 Up andlang cucanbroces oð þær smæl rið ut scyt, up on smæl riðe oða æwylman.
OE Ælfric Gloss. (St. John's Oxf.) 313 Riuus, rið [c1225 Worcester riþ].
OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Num. (Claud.) xvi. 14 Þu gelæddest us in to ðam lande þe eall flewð on riðum meolce & hunige[s].
a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 95 Ðo teares ðe comen ierninde from ðare well-riðe of rewnesse.
c1261 ( Bounds (Sawyer 1165) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Chertsey Abbey (2015) 112 Of þere wich to yuhurste rithe, of þere riþe to Siþuuodehagan.
a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words (BL Lansdowne MS 1033) (at cited word) Rithe.
1769 Eng. Displayed I. 97/2 Besides these branches, there are several rithes or channels, where the small men of war ride at their moorings.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Ride, a little stream.
1856 C. J. Longcroft Topogr. Acct. Hundred of Bosmere (1857) 288 The rifes surrounding and debouching into the main channel, on either side.
1868 D. E. Hurst Horsham Gloss. Rythe, a small stream, usually one occasioned by heavy rain.
1894 H. Jackson Southward Ho I. 433 Jest as dey overed de rife an cum upan de brow.
1925 A. Moore Last Days Mast & Sail vii. 216 In the channels and rithes of Chichester Harbour the water is generally smooth.
1986 Harbour News (Chichester Harbour Conservancy) He has a roving mission between Prinsted, Langstone Bridge and the Hayling Island rythes.
2001 This is Brighton & Hove (Nexis) 17 July There is no shortage of pond water. This comes into play at the opening hole and there is a rife on the second cutting into the fairway.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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