† to-rivev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To rive or tear asunder; to split open, cleave. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > tear [verb (transitive)] > tear apart
to-loukc890
to-braidc893
to-tearc893
to-teec893
to-rendc950
to-breakc1200
to-tugc1220
to-lima1225
rivea1250
to-drawa1250
to-tosea1250
drawa1300
rendc1300
to-rit13..
to-rivec1300
to-tusec1300
rakea1325
renta1325
to-pullc1330
to-tightc1330
tirec1374
halea1398
lacerate?a1425
to-renta1425
yryve1426
raga1450
to pull to (or in) piecesc1450
ravec1450
discerp1483
pluck1526
rip1530
decerp1531
rift1534
dilaniate1535
rochec1540
rack1549
teasea1550
berend1577
distract1585
ream1587
distrain1590
unrive1592
unseam1592
outrive1598
divulse1602
dilacerate1604
harrow1604
tatter1608
mammocka1616
uprentc1620
divell1628
divellicate1638
seam-rend1647
proscind1659
skail1768
screeda1785
spret1832
to tear to shreds1837
ribbon1897
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1953 Hwo haues the thus ille maked, Thus to-riuen, and al mad naked?
13.. Sir Beues (A.) 2159 Þat hors..His rakenteis he al te-rof.
a1400 K. Alis. (Bodl.) 6216 Schippes..Ful ycharged of her clay, Þat men clepeþ Butumay, Þat water non ne may to Ryue Ne irne ne steel ne metal to dryue.
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1196 Þer-for my ioye watz sone to-riuen.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 379 His ryche robe he to rof of his rigge naked.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xxviii. 75 The shyp..was al to ryuen.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1234 The king..the rod all-to roofe right to his honde.
2. intransitive. To burst asunder; to split, cleave, splinter, shiver.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst
to-burstc893
forbursta1000
springOE
to-flyc1000
to-shootc1000
to-springc1000
to-drevea1225
to-resea1225
to-breakc1230
to go shiversc1275
to-drivec1275
to-rivec1275
to-shenec1275
to-wendc1275
debruise1297
lash13..
to-dashc1300
to-scatter13..
to-shiver13..
shiverc1330
bequash1377
shinderc1390
brasta1400
bursta1400
to-shiderc1450
to fly in pieces1488
sprent1488
splindera1500
reavec1560
dishiver1562
shatter1567
disshiver1586
split1590
slent1608
besplit1638
disrupt1657
splintera1661
rupture1734
explode1784
to ding in staves1786
to break, knock etc., or go, to smash1798
spell1811
to go (also run) smash1818
to play smash1841
bust1844
splitter1860
disrump1886
to fall into staves1895
smash1904
c1275 Laȝamon Brut 7844 Mani sip al to-rof.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 170 Þat schip salle alle toryue.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 296 The mast tobrak, the Seil torof.
c1440 York Myst. xiii. 153 Was neuer wight sa wa, for ruthe I all to ryff.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur viii. xxxviii. 330 A wynde drofe hem..vpon this yle of seruage..and there the Barget all to rofe.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 52 The tre to-raiff and fruschit euire-deille.
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