Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
river , river.
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Examples
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The ryver is a good q'larter of a mile from Old Sarefbyri, and more, even where it is nereft, and that is at Stratford village fouth of it.
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Bourgres; 8 and there passe men a brigge of ston, that is upon the ryver of Marrok. 9 And men passen thorghe the lond of
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This watre rennethe, flowynge and ebbynge, be a syde of the mountayne: and in that ryver men fynden precious stones and perles, gret plentee.
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This watre rennethe, flowynge and ebbynge, be a syde of the mountayne: and in that ryver men fynden precious stones and perles, gret plentee.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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"Particulars of Land," McDonald MS. above referred to, it is spelt as shown in the following extract: "Warosquoiacke Plantation conteyning downewardes from Hogg island, 14 miles by the ryver side," &c., &c., p. 313.
Colonial Records of Virginia Various
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And whanne they came unto the ryver they fonde there a stone fletyng, _as hit were of reed marbel_, and therin stack a fair ryche swerd. '
The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan
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Thou limed [22] ryver, on thie linche [23] maie bleede
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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The stone was 'beneath at the river,' the damozel who comes to view the marvel 'came rydynge doune the ryver .... on a whyte palfroy toward them,' and there is mention of the river meads.
The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan
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He tourned toe ryver wyde, and roarynge rolled alonge.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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October, and after; and then thei merched from Berwik, and tended to the west, ever holding Tweid upoun thair one syd, and never camped from that ryver the space of a myle, during the hole tyme thei continewed in
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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