eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) Epil. 469 Sume hine lætað ofer landscare riðum torinnan.
eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius (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 (1994) 176 Up andlang cucanbroces oð þær smæl rið ut scyt, up on smæl riðe oða æwylman.
OE Ælfric (St. John's Oxf.) 313 Riuus, rið [c1225 Worcester riþ].
OE Ælfric (Claud.) xvi. 14 Þu gelæddest us in to ðam lande þe eall flewð on riðum meolce & hunige[s].
a1225 (c1200) (1888) 95 Ðo teares ðe comen ierninde from ðare well-riðe of rewnesse.
c1261 ( Bounds (Sawyer 1165) in S. E. Kelly (2015) 112 Of þere wich to yuhurste rithe, of þere riþe to Siþuuodehagan.
a1728 W. Kennett (BL Lansdowne MS 1033) (at cited word) Rithe.
1769 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 Ride, a little stream.
1856 C. J. Longcroft (1857) 288 The rifes surrounding and debouching into the main channel, on either side.
1868 D. E. Hurst Gloss. Rythe, a small stream, usually one occasioned by heavy rain.
1894 H. Jackson I. 433 Jest as dey overed de rife an cum upan de brow.
1925 A. Moore vii. 216 In the channels and rithes of Chichester Harbour the water is generally smooth.
1986 (Chichester Harbour Conservancy) He has a roving mission between Prinsted, Langstone Bridge and the Hayling Island rythes.
2001 (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.