An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Riffel

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2633054An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R — RiffelJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Riffel, Rüffel, neuter, ‘flax-comb, ripple; censure,’ probably allied to Middle High German riffeln, rifeln, ‘to comb or hatchel flax,’ riffel, ‘mattock,’ Old High German riffila, ‘saw.’ German has similar figurative terms for ‘to find fault with, inveigh against’ (similar to etwas durchecheln, ‘to censure’). Compare reffen.