A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300Coleridge, Herbert
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A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300
Coleridge, Herbert
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Reve, _sb._ == sheriff or reeve. HD. 1627. M. Ode, st. 129. AS. geréfa
Reve, _sb._ == depredation, spoiling. O. and N. 458. AS. reáf
Rever, _sb._ == robber. AS. reáfere
Reverence, _sb._ 115 B. Alys. 793
Reverye, _sb._ == robbery. RG. 193
Revest, _v. a._ == put on. RG. 537; part. ‘irevested.’ St Swithin, 139
Reving, _sb._ == robbery. Ps. xvi. 12. M. Ode, st. 128
Rewe, _sb._ == streak. 2218 B. Probably the same as ‘row’
---- _v. n._ == show a streak? ‘Ere the dai _rewe_.’ Pol. S. 239
Reynes, _sb._ == realms. Wright’s L. P. p. 31
Reȝel, _sb._ == dress. O. and N. 562. AS. hrægl. Cf. O. Eng. ‘night-rail,’
for a night-dress
Rhinoceros, [rinocertis]. Alys. 6529
Rhyme, _sb._ HD. 21
Rib, _sb._ RG. 22
Ribald, _sb._ Pol. S. 155, 237. Fr. ribald; from OHG. hrûpa, a prostitute.
See Burguy on this word
Ribaldry, _sb._ [ribaudye] == a ribald story. Alys. 21
Rich, _adj._ RG. 377; [ruche]. RG. 13
Riche, _sb._ == kingdom. Wright’s L. P. p. 94. O. and N. 357
Richesse, _sb._ RG. 433
Richly, _adv._ RG. 377
Ride, _v. n._ RG. 463; pret. ‘rode.’ RG. 375; part. ‘riding.’ RG. 377
Rife, _adj._ == frequent. RG. 4, 252; comp. ‘rifer.’ RG. 260. AS. ryf
Right, _sb._ == redress for an injury. RG. 374
---- == in plur. ‘rights,’ ‘to maintain their rights.’ 171 B.
Right, _adj._ == dexter. Wright’s L. P. p. 25
---- == good, excellent. Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Right, _adv._ == just, exactly. RG. 8
---- == rightly. Wright’s L. P. p. 30
---- _v. a._ == to set right. Ps. xvii. 36
Righteous, _adj._ [ryhtwise]. Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Righteousness, _sb._ Ps. iv. 2
Rightful, _adj._ RG. 501; comp. ‘rightfuller.’ RG. 266
Rightfulness, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 53
Righting, _sb._ == a setting right. Ps. xcvi. 2
Rightness, _sb._ 1629 B.
Rightwished, _sb._ Ps. xviii. 10
Rimefrost, [ren-forst]. _sb._ Fr. Sci. 232. AS. hrím
Rind, _sb._ Alys. 6187. AS. rind
Rine, _sb._ == a course, hence a course of years, life; ‘for to rine’ ==
for ever? Ps. xliv. 11. AS. ryne
Ring, _v. a._ RG. 509
---- _v. n._ == resound. Wright’s L. P. p. 43
Ring, _sb._ RG. 489
Ringing, _sb._ St Swithin, 45
Ripe, _adj._ == applied to young birds. RG. 177. AS. ríp, harvest. _adj._
rípe
Ripeness, _sb._ == the ripeness of the day, i. e. full day. Ps. cxviii.
147
Rippe, _sb._ == a fish-basket. HD. 893. ON. hrip
Ris, _sb._ == a branch. Wright’s L. P. pp. 26, 30. Pol. S. 149. Dan. riis
Rise, _v. n._ == arise. Pol. S. 149
---- _v. a._ == raise. 1082 B.
Ritte, _v. a._ == rip. HD. 2495. ON. rista
Rivage, _sb._ == river bank. Alys. 6079
Rive, _v. n._ == arrive. RG. 14, 16
Rive, _v. a._ == split, snap. Rel. S. i. 14
Rive, _sb._ == bank. Alys. 4090
Rivel, _v. n._ == become wrinkled. Rel. Ant. ii. 211
River, _sb._ RG. 1
Rivering, _sb._ == hawking by a river’s side. Alys. 678
Rixe, _v. a._ == rule. Moral Ode, st. 190. AS. ricsian
Ro, _sb._ == rest. Wright’s L. P. p. 37; [roo]. Ibid. p. 32. AS. row. ON.
ró
Road, _sb._ Body and Soul, 209; [rude]. Wright’s L. P. p. 32. AS. rád
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