Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A wrinkle; a rimple.
To shrivel, wrinkle (up). · To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel.
From Middle English rivelen, from Old English rifelan, riflian (“to wrinkle”), from a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *ribjōną (“to wrap; wind; roll; twist; coil”), equivalent to rive + -el (frequentative suffix). Related to Old Norse rifja (“to rake (hay) into rows or furrows”).
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