An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Riffel

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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.

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