different between rifler vs thief

English

Etymology

rifle +? -er

Noun

rifler (plural riflers)

1. One who rifles; a robber.

Anagrams

• ferril

Danish

Noun

rifler c

1. indefinite plural of riffel

French

Etymology

From Old French rifler (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-West Germanic *r?fil?n via either Frankish *r?ffil?n or Old High German riffilon (“to tear by rubbing”), akin to rip, ripple. Compare Old English geriflian (“to wrinkle”), Old Norse rifa (“to tear, break”).

Verb

rifler

1. (archaic) to flay
2. (archaic) to rub

Conjugation

Derived terms

• rifler la mort

Further reading

• “rifler” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rifler m or f

1. indefinite plural of rifle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rifler f

1. indefinite plural of rifle

Old French

Alternative forms

• riffler, ryffler, rofler, rufler, rufeler

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *r?ffil?n (“to scrape, scratch, tear”), from Proto-Germanic *r?fil?n? (“to scrape, scratch, graze”). Alternatively borrowed from Old High German riffil?n of the same origin.

Verb

rifler

1. to scrape off, tear off, flay
2. to plane, shave
3. to plunder, despoil

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• Middle French: rifler, riffler
  • French: rifler (archaic)
  • ? Middle French: rafler (“take violently, abruptly remove”) (chiefly game term)
    • French: rafler (informal)
  • Picard: rafleu (Athois)
  • ? Middle French: arafler, arifler (“to scratch, scrape”)
• ? Middle English: riflen, ryflen
  • English: rifle
• ? Old French: *rifle, rufle (“plundering, robbing”)
  • ? Old French: rafle, raffle (“dice game”) [from late 14th c.]
    • Middle French: rafle
      • French: rafle
        • ? German: Raffel
        • ? Swedish: raffel
      • ? Dutch: rafel (archaic)
    • Picard: râfle (Athois)
    • ? Middle English: rafle, raful
      • English: raffle
    • ? New Latin: raffla

English

Alternative forms

• theef

Etymology

From Middle English thef, theef, þef, from Old English þ?of, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Spelling from Northern England, where /e?o/ became [i?] rather than [e?]. (Compare the spelling of deep from Old English deop.)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: th?f, IPA^(key): /?i?f/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?if/
• Rhymes: -i?f

Noun

thief (plural thieves)

1. One who carries out a theft.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thief
2. One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
3. (obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.
   • 1640, Joseph Hall, Divine Light

     But hear you , my Worthy Brethren : do not you , where you see a thief in the candle , call presently for an extinguisher

Hypernyms

• (one who carries out a theft): See Thesaurus:criminal

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• thieve

Translations

Anagrams

• feith, theif