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ridder en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English ridder, rydder, from Old English hridder (“sieve”) (also as Old English hriddel > English riddle (“sieve”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hrīdrā, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, *hrīdrǭ (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide; part; separate; sift”). Cognate with German Reiter (“sieve”).

Meanings

1. (dialectal) a sieve

Forms

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ridders	Number=Plur		lexicographic

ridder en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English riddren, from Old English hridrian, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrōną (“to sieve; sift”), from the noun. See above.

Meanings

1. (transitive) to sieve; sift; riddle

Forms

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riddering	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
ridders	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
riddered	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
riddered	Tense=Past		lexicographic

ridder en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

From rid + -er.

Meanings

1. One who, or that which, rids.

Forms

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ridders	Number=Plur		lexicographic