- hriddel
- n (hriddles/-) riddle, sieve
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riddle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English redels, ridel, from Old English rǣdelse opinion, conjecture, riddle; akin to Old English rǣdan to interpret more at read Date: before 12th century 1. a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
krei- — To sieve, discriminate, distinguish. Derivatives include garble, crime, certain, excrement, crisis, and hypocrisy. 1. Basic form with variant instrumental suffixes. a. Suffixed form *krei tro . riddle1, from Old English … Universalium
riddle — riddle1 /rid l/, n., v., riddled, riddling. n. 1. a question or statement so framed as to exercise one s ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum. 2. a puzzling question, problem, or matter. 3. a puzzling thing or person. 4 … Universalium
Redler — This interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and is an occupational name for a sifter. The derivation of the name is from an agent derivative of the Middle English rid(e)len , to sift, from the Olde English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
Riddler — This most interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a variant of Ridler, which derives ultimately from the Olde English hriddel , a sieve, and the Middle English rid(e)len , to sift. This was probably an occupational name for a sifter… … Surnames reference
Ridler — This most interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a variant of Ridler, which derives ultimately from the Olde English hriddel , a sieve, and the Middle English rid(e)len , to sift. This was probably an occupational name for a sifter… … Surnames reference
riddle — rid|dle1 [ˈrıdl] n [: Old English; Origin: rAdelse opinion, guess, riddle ] 1.) a question that is deliberately very confusing and has a humorous or clever answer →↑puzzle ▪ See if you can solve this riddle . 2.) something that you do not… … Dictionary of contemporary English
crisis — (n.) early 15c., from Latinized form of Gk. krisis turning point in a disease (used as such by Hippocrates and Galen), lit. judgment, result of a trial, selection, from krinein to separate, decide, judge, from PIE root *krei to sieve,… … Etymology dictionary
riddle — {{11}}riddle (n.) A word game ot joke, comprising a question or statement couched in deliberately puzzling terms, propounded for solving by the hearer/reader using clues embedded within that wording [Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore], O.E.… … Etymology dictionary
riddle — riddle1 noun a question or statement phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning. ↘a person or thing that is difficult to understand. verb archaic speak in or pose riddles. ↘explain (a riddle) to. Derivatives riddler… … English new terms dictionary
