rivel
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English rivelen, from Old English rifelan, riflian (“to wrinkle”), from a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *ribjōną (“to wrap; wind; roll; twist; coil”), equivalent to rive + -el (frequentative suffix). Related to Old Norse rifja (“to rake (hay) into rows or furrows”).
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Verb
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- (intransitive) To shrivel, wrinkle (up).
- (transitive) To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel.
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.279:
- they crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies […]
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.279:
Noun
rivel (plural rivels)
- (obsolete) A wrinkle; a rimple.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
Etymology 2
Probably from (Pennsylvania German, from) Palatine Rhine Franconian Riwwel, Ribbel, Riebel (compare Volga German Rievel, Ribel, Riebel).
Noun
rivel (plural rivels)
- (US) A kind of small dumpling made from egg and wheat flour, often eaten in soup, especially among the Pennsylvania Dutch and other Germans.
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