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rive homograph 3

verbverb

to splash out, to stand a round (in rive i)

EtymologyOpphav

kanskje av norrønt rífr ‘ettertraktet, gild’, jamfør i dialekter riv ‘raus’ perhaps from Old Norse rífr 'sought-after, fine', compare dialectal riv 'generous'

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

rive i spandere to treat people (to something) Eng. phraseto splash out
  • rive i drinker på hele gjengen to stand the whole gang a round of drinks