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Ripuarian, a. and n.|rɪpjʊˈɛərɪən|
[f. med.L. Ripuāri-us (also Ribuāri-us); that this is a derivative of L. rīpa is very doubtful.]
A. adj.
1. The distinctive epithet of the ancient Franks living on the Rhine between the Moselle and Meuse.
1839Keightley Hist. Eng. I. 129 Lands were given to those who were named the Limitanean and Ripuarian soldiery, the latter from their location on the banks of the great frontier rivers. 1861J. G. Sheppard Fall Rome iv. 190 A great multitude..burst over the Rhine, easily overcoming the feeble resistance offered by the Ripuarian Franks.
2. The distinctive epithet of the code of law observed by the Ripuarian Franks.
1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxviii. (1787) III. 585 note, The Ripuarian law declares..this indulgence in favour of the plaintiff. 1804Ranken Hist. France III. iii. iii. 292 By the consuetude of Roman and Gothic law in the south and west counties: of the Salic, Ripuarian, and Burgundian, on the north and east. 1875Maine Hist. Inst. x. 284 Under the Ripuarian Law he goes through the expressive formality of standing at his door with a drawn sword.
3. Designating a northern dialect of Middle Franconian German.
1910Encycl. Brit. XI. 779/2 The boundary-line between Low and High German..may roughly be indicated by the..place-names, on the understanding..that the Ripuarian dialect..is to be classed with High German. 1934Priebsch & Collinson German Lang. ii. vii. 323 Within Middle Franconian the Ripuarian dialect..keeps unshifted rp.
B. n.
1. pl. The Ripuarian Franks.
1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxviii. (1787) III. 584 Within the same period, the customs of the Ripuarians were transcribed and published. 1862Chambers's Encycl. IV. 494/2 The Ripuarians..on both sides of the Rhine as far up as the Main. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. I. 513 In the hands of the Franks the city was the metropolis of the Ripuarians until the time of Charlemagne.
2. The name of a dialect of Middle Franconian German.
1910Encycl. Brit. XI. 780/1 Middle Franconian.., which..represents a kind of transition dialect to Low German, is itself divided into (α) Ripuarian or Low Rhenish with Cologne and Aachen..as centres, and (β) Moselle Franconian with Trier..as principal town. 1934Priebsch & Collinson German Lang. ii. i. 88 In Ripuarian—the Northern dialect of Middle Franconian—the unshifted form ūp (up) ‘auf’ is found. 1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. xi. 349 Middle Franconian appears in two sub-forms: Ripuarian in the north, and Moselle in the south. 1961R. E. Keller German Dial. vii. 249 Luxemburgish appears..as a relic area..separated..from Ripuarian by the Dorp/Dorf isogloss in the north. 1970Chambers & Wilkie Short Hist. German Lang. iii. 21 Middle Franconian, divided into Ripuarian (in the Cologne area) and Moselle Franconian. |
