rivera

rivera, ~us, ~ia, ~ium [ME river, AN rivere, rivier] 1 river; b (passing into surname). 1199 ad ~um de Hausse Fines RC II 44; s1199 inter ‥ ~am de Andeli et ~am de Ethe R. Howd. IV 95 (cf. W. Coventr. II 149: reiveram de Andeli); 1247 possit piscari et pisces capere sine quodam instrumento quod vocatur wase in rivario de W. Cart. Sallay 540; 1274 rumores venerunt ‥ de quadam femina mortua fluctuante in rivario Sabrine Hund. I 168b; omnes ipsius ~i pontes fractos reperit Meaux III 56; 1428 sunt communes piscatores in ~ia domini CourtR Carshalton 44.  b a1183 testibus ‥ Johanne de Rivario ‥ Cart. Osney IV 463; 1230 Ricardus de ~a Pat 351. 2 bank of a river, land beside river; b (w. ref. to hawking or hunting waterfowl). 1167 reddit compotum de xj m. quia non paraverat viam regis in rivaria Pipe 204; c1183 xl s. in molendino ‥ in rivaria de B. Act. Hen. II II 348; 1203 equitans et itinerans in ~io et alibi CurR II 253; per vineam, ortum, et super ~am deambulare Obs. Barnwell 206.  b 1121 habebunt decimam ‥ volatilium que capientur per suas ~ias MonA VI 209b; 12‥ in moris et marescis, in rivariis et piscaturis Reg. S. Thom. Dublin 177; 1305 in alaudis, perdricibus, et aliis volucribus de ~a, xviij d. KR Ac 309/7; 1241 diligenter inquirat qui riveaverunt per ryveram de Kenet’ postquam ~a illa prohibita est Cl 375.