rivel

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English

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Etymology 1

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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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rivel (third-person singular simple present rivels, present participle rivelling, simple past and past participle rivelled)

  1. (intransitive) To shrivel, wrinkle (up).
  2. (transitive) To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , 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 []

Noun

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rivel (plural rivels)

  1. (obsolete) A wrinkle; a rimple.

Etymology 2

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Probably from (Pennsylvania German, from) Palatine Rhine Franconian Riwwel, Ribbel, Riebel (compare Volga German Rievel, Ribel, Riebel).

Noun

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rivel (plural rivels)

  1. (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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