Belated Head-Slap

[chadu]

River:rive::Reaver:reave

Rive (Am. Herit. Dic.)
1. To rend or tear apart.
2. To break into pieces, as by a blow; cleave or split asunder.
3. To break or distress (the spirit, for example).
To be or become split.

Reave (Am. Herit. Dic

Comments

[boadiccea]

Wait a minute ... I thought you knew that!

(I mean, if *I* knew that, surely you knew that. Then again, Middle English is my friend.)

[chadu]

I knew definition of "rive" sure... but I'm not sure I put together "rive" and "River" in comparison to the Reavers.

CU

[boadiccea]

Language sure is funny. I've always associated the two in my mind.

[nixieq]

wow. see, that never even occured to me. in fact, i don't think i knew the word "rive".

[redsteve]

"You never studied..."

[noralita]

thanks!

[fenriss]

Gah! *headdesk*

[aynne_witch]

and the series has been officially off since ah - hmmmm - how long is it now?

sorry - I just had to nudge someone - because if I got it - it was not hidden deep enough.