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English
Etymology
From Middle English rithe, rith, from Old English rīþ m, rīþe f (“small stream, rithe”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīþ, from Proto-Germanic *rīþaz, *rīþǭ (“stream, beck, brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, arise”).
Cognate with Old Frisian rīth, rīd (“stream, beck”), Old Saxon rīth (“stream, torrent”) (> Middle Low German rîde), Old Dutch rīth (“stream, beck”), German -reide (“stream”, in placenames).
Noun
rithe (plural rithes)
- (dialect) A small stream.
Anagrams
Irish
Verb
rithe
- present subjunctive analytic of rith
Noun
rithe
- plural of rith
Norman
Etymology
From Old French rire, from Late Latin rīdere, from Latin rīdēre.
Verb
rithe (gerund rithie)
- (Jersey) to laugh
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Derived terms
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish frie.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
rithe (emphatic rithese)
- third-person singular feminine of ri: with her, with it
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