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rive1 (1121-25)
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rive1 (1121-25)

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ryve  (rivee,  ruve  TLL ii 3)  
  FEW:  ripa 10,410b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  rive 10,579c TL: rive 8,1330 DEAF:  rive  DMF:  rive  TLF:  rive  OED:  rive n.1  MED:  rive n.1  DMLBS:  ripa 1 2841a / rivus 2 2844a

The term is derives its primary sense from Classical Latin ripa ‘bank’ with a secondary sense by metonymy, ‘water that flows between the banks’.

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1geog.marit.shore, bank, edge (of a body of water): 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Vers la rive plus ne descent  S Brend mup 1191
( c.1135; MS: 1267-67 )  Qui poesté as en abime E a la mer rive donas, Enfer brisas, Sathan lias  S Marg wace (A) 323
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Cist veneit chevauchant par la rive de mer  Horn 132
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiim )  Nus venimes par la rive de la mer passant  Vitas 4342
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xivm )  si se dressa l'Emperour devers la rive de meer pur sa terre defendre  Rich I 23.52
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  Et nous qi demurrons pres de monde [...] et habitz sur la ryve de monde [... ]  Sz Med1 91.25
2geog.marit.small stream, rivulet: 
( c.1192; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Peissuns i ad – çoe sacez bien – Ke nus trovum en nostre rive (:plentive) (var. (D: s.xiii3/4) rivee)  Pr Jean3 (Y) 128.390-1
rive a rive
geog.(from) shore to shore: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Ces ydles sunt: primes Bretaigne, Ke de nul bien n'est baraigne Pus Engleterre la plentive, E dunc Yrlande rive a rive  Pet Phil 1174
rive la reine
toponymQueenhithe, ward of the City of London on the banks of the Thames: 
( MS: s.xiii1/4 )  De mangonibus bladi. Nul mangun de blé ne doit estre en Lundres fors ces ki sunt en la rive de la roine  London Mun Coll 724
( c.1216-20; MS: 1419 )  des saks de layne queux veignent par Thamise en la rive la reigne  Lib Alb 245
( 1327 )  seel que vient a la rive la roine (M.E. Quenehethe)  Corr Lond 68.303
mettre a rive
marit.ship.to land, put ashore: 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  en sun bat le receit. De l'autre part le met a rive  S Edw paris ANTS 2085
pescher a deus rives
pescher2
venir a rive
marit.ship.to land, come to shore: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii )  En Itaire est venu a rive  Brut WACE 33
( c.1321 )  E quant il averunt passé le pount de Loundres e il serront venu a rive, si attendent deus ebbes e un flod  London English 115
♦fig.marit.to reach the shore, i.e. be saved: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Em peril sui, ne puis venir a rive  Adam2 574

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See also:

ripare  ripe1  rivage  rivail1  rivale  riveer  river1  river2  rivere1  riverete  rivet  rivol 
This is an AND2 Phase 5 (R-S) entry. © 2018-21 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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