An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/reffen

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

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2525960An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R — reffenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

reffen, verb, ‘to hatchel hemp or flax,’ from Middle High German reffen (a variant of raffen), ‘to tug, pluck.’ The Modern High German sense is probably based on a Low German word. Compare Dutch repel, ‘breaking flax,’ repelen, ‘to break flax,’ English ripple, ‘hatchel.’