different between weive vs reive
weive
English
Verb
weive (third-person singular simple present weives, present participle weiving, simple past and past participle weived)
- Obsolete form of waive.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?)
Middle English
Verb
weive
- Alternative form of weyven (“to avoid”)
weive From the web:
- what weave
- what weave means
- what weave looks the most natural
- what weaver means
- what weave is linen
- what weave made of
- what weave is polyester
- what weaves between the vertebrae in the spine
reive
English
Verb
reive (third-person singular simple present reives, present participle reiving, simple past and past participle reived or reft)
- Archaic spelling of reave.
- 1567 July 19, Proclamation by the Earl of Bedford, quoted in Calendar of State Papers, foreign series, of the Reign of Elizabeth, 1566-8 (1871), volume 10:
- [The earl] commands all within his charge to abstain from reiving or stealing from the subjects of Scotland. For such riefs as have been made upon them, the Queen minds to have the same mended by justice.
- 2014, Peter T. Leeson, Anarchy Unbound ?ISBN:
- So, although many borderers regularly engaged in reiving, most were also part-time agriculturalists, raising crops such as oats and rye, as well as livestock.
- 1567 July 19, Proclamation by the Earl of Bedford, quoted in Calendar of State Papers, foreign series, of the Reign of Elizabeth, 1566-8 (1871), volume 10:
Anagrams
- revie, rieve, verie
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Central Franconian rieve
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra??v?/
Verb
reive
- to rub
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Northern Sami
Etymology
Borrowed from Norwegian brev, Swedish brev.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?rej?ve/
Noun
reive
- letter (message)
Inflection
Alternative forms
- breava
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
reive From the web:
- what are reivers
- what are border reivers
- what is portal.reivernet.com
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