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ríþ

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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ríþ, es; m. (v. eá-ríþ) : e; f. : ríþe, an; f .A rithe (v. Halliw. Dict. and Leo A. S. Names of Places, p. 86 : the word is still to be found in North Frisian in the form ride, rie, to denote the bed of running water),
a small stream
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  • Ríþ rivus ... lytel ríþ rivulus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 20-27 :

    rivus,

      80, 62.

  • Burne ł ríþe

    latex,

      Hpt. Gl. 447, 4.

  • Norþ tó blacan ríþe, andlang ríþe,

      Cod. Dip. B. i. 296, 33.

  • On fúlan ríþe, andlang ríþe,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 257, 32.
  • On áne ríþe, andlang ríþes (cf. of ðære ríþe, 24), iii. 385, 28-29 : 386, 5.

  • Hinc ad ælrithe, ab ipso rivo ad fraxinum unum,

      373, 19.

  • Ðǽr fleów of ðam flinte wæter ... ðæt hí druncon of ðære ánre ríþe,

      Num. 20, 11.

  • Ríþe

    rivo,

      Hpt. Gl. 490, 30.

  • On ða ríþe,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 10, 25.

  • Óþ ða litlan ríþe, andlang ríþe ... tó ða ríþe, ðon andlang ríþe,

      12, 15-21.

  • Swá swá sum mical ǽwelm, and irnon manige brócas and ríþan (ríþa,

      Cott. MS.) of, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 20.

  • Ríþa

    torrentum, rivulorum,

      Hpt. Gl. 499, 54.

  • Ríþum

    rivulis,

      448, 61.

  • Hríþum,

      477, 37.

  • Eorþan ríþum

    terrae rivulis,

      Hymn. Surt. 17, 12.

  • Ic geseah ða wlitegan swilce culfran ástígende ofer streámlicum ríþum,

      Homl. Th. i. 444, 10.

  • Swelce hit ealllytlum ríþum tórinne,

      Past. 38; Swt. 277, 12 : 65; Swt. 469, 5 : Met. 5, 20.

  • Tó ðam lande ðe fléwþ on ríþum meolce and hunies,

      Num. 16, 14.
  • v. wæter-r-iþe and next word.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ríþ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/25934.

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