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Inherited from Old English rīxian, rīcsian (“to reign, dominate, tyrannize, prevail”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīkisōn (“to rule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“chief, king”). Cognate with Middle High German richsen (“to reign”), Lithuanian rikis (“knight”).
rixen (Early Middle English)
- “rīxen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.