- hridder
- n (hriddres/-) sieve
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Reiter — Tab * * * Rei|ter [ rai̮tɐ], der; s, , Rei|te|rin [ rai̮tərɪn], die; , nen: Person, die reitet: sie war eine begeisterte Reiterin. Zus.: Dressurreiter, Dressurreiterin, Turnierreiter, Turnierreiterin, Zirkusreiter, Zirkusreiterin. * * * Rei|ter1… … Universal-Lexikon
Riddle — Rid dle, n. [OE. ridil, AS. hridder; akin to G. reiter, L. cribrum, and to Gr. ??? to distinguish, separate, and G. rein clean. See {Crisis}, {Certain}.] 1. A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
Reiter — Sf Sieb per. Wortschatz reg. (8. Jh.), mhd. rīter, ahd. rītera, as. hrīdra Stammwort. Aus wg. * hreidrō f. Sieb , auch in ae. hridder n. Außergermanisch vergleichen sich (mit verschiedenen Dentalen) air. críathar, l. crībrum (aus dh ) n. Sieb .… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
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 — I rid•dle [[t]ˈrɪd l[/t]] n. v. dled, dling 1) a question framed so 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) to propound… … From formal English to slang
riddle — I. /ˈrɪdl / (say ridl) noun 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. any enigmatic or… …
(s)ker-4, (s)kerǝ-, (s)krē- — (s)ker 4, (s)kerǝ , (s)krē English meaning: to cut Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schneiden” Material: I. A. O.Ind. ava , apa skara “Exkremente (Ausscheidung)”; kr̥ṇüti, kr̥ṇōti “verletzt, slays “ (lex.), utkīrṇ a “ausgeschnitten,… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
riddle — riddle1 [rid′ l] n. [ME ridil < OE rædels, akin to rædan, to guess, READ1] 1. a problem or puzzle in the form of a question, statement, etc. so formulated that some ingenuity is required to solve or answer it; conundrum 2. any puzzling,… … English World dictionary
