rith

Plural: riths

Noun

A small stream or channel.

Examples

"They waded further up the rith."

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English rīth (“a small stream”), rithe, from Old English rīþ m (“a small stream”), rīþe f, from Proto-West Germanic *rīþ, from Proto-Germanic *rīþaz, *rīþǭ (“stream, beck, brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, arise”).
Cognate with Old Frisian rīth, rīd (“stream, beck”), Old Saxon rīth (“stream, torrent”) (> Middle Low German rîde), Old Dutch rīth (“stream, beck”), German -reide (“stream”, in placenames).

Synonyms

beck, bourn, brooklet, burn, crick, fresh, freshet, gill, race, rill, rindle, rivulet, run, runlet, runnel, streamlet

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