Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding. · A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving. · The act of wandering; a ramble.
To shoot with arrows (at). · To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area. · To roam or wander through. · To card wool or other fibres.
Probably from Middle English *roven, a Midlands variant of Northern Middle English raven (“to wander”), from Old Norse ráfa (“to rove; stray about”). Cognate with Icelandic ráfa (“to wander”), Scots rave (“to wander; stray; roam”).
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