Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
N.Prov.E. _raise_, a mound, cairn. O.N.
_reysa_.
Ratted, rent, ragged, B. 144; from O.E. _ratte_, to tear, rend.
N.Prov.E. _rats_, pieces, fragments. Fris. _rite_, tear, pull.
“Thane the Romayns relevyde that are ware rebuykkyde,
And alle _to-rattys_ oure mene with theire risté horsses.”
--(Morte Arthure, E. E. T. S. 2235.)
{Rauþe, Rawþe,} = ruth, pity, sorrow, A. 858; B. 233, 972; mercy,
C. 21.
Raue, A. 363, 665.
Rauen, B. 455.
Rauyste, ravished, A. 1088.
Rawe, row, “vpon a _rawe_,” in a row, in order, A. 545.
Raweȝ, rows, borders, A. 105.
Raw-sylk, B. 790.
Raxled, roused up, A. 1174. A.S. _ræscian_, to shake, rustle. O.N.
_ruska_. Sc. _rax_, to stretch.
Ray, A. 160.
Raykande, going, flowing, A. 112; B. 382.
Rayke, go, B. 465, 671; C. 89. O.N. _reka_. N.Prov.E. _rake_, to go
about.
Raynande, raining, B. 382.
Rayn-ryfte, rain-fissure, B. 368.
Raysoun, reason, cause, A. 268; C. 191.
{Raȝt, Raȝte,} afforded, extended (_pret._ of _rache_), B. 561, 766,
1691. See _Rachche_.
Reame, realm, B. 1316.
Rebaude, ribald, B. 873. Fr. _ribald_, from O.H.G. _hrúpa_,
a prostitute. (Burguy.)
Rebel, B. 455.
Rebounde, B. 422.
Rebuke, A. 367.
Recen, tell, A. 827. A.S. _recan_.
Reche, reach, extend, B. 10, 1369.
{Rech, Reche,} reck, care, A. 333; B. 465. A.S. _récan_.
Reche = reke, smoke, B. 1009. A.S. _reác_.
Recorde, _sb._ A. 831; _vb._ B. 25.
Recoverer, recovery, B. 394.
Rede, _vb._ to counsel, advise, B. 1346; explain, B. 1578. A.S.
_rædan_.
{Redles, Redeles,} without counsel, uncertain, fearful, B. 1197;
C. 502.
Refete, feed, refresh, A. 88; C. 20.
Reflayr, smell, A. 46; odour, B. 1079. Fr. _flairer_, to smell. Prov.
Fr. _flairar_, to smell, sniff.
Refrayne, B. 756.
Reget, A. 1064.
Regretted, A. 243.
Regioun, A. 1178; B. 760, 964.
Rehayte, cheer, B. 127. O.Fr. _rehaiter._
Reiatéȝ, kingdoms, royalties, A. 769. O.Fr. _reiauté_ = _reialté_,
royalty.
Reken, beautiful, A. 5, 906; joyous, A. 92; merry, B. 1082; pious,
B. 10, 738; wise, B. 756. See Wright’s Lyrical Poems, p. 27. A.S.
_recan_. O.S. _recon_, to order, direct. Pl. D. _reken_, right,
straight, orderly.
Rekenly, nobly, princely, B. 127, 1318.
Rekken up, B. 2.
Relande, reeling, C. 270.
Rele, reel, roll, C. 147.
{Reles, Relece,} cessation, A. 956; B. 760.
Releue, C. 323.
Relusaunt, shining, A. 159. O.Fr. _reluire_, to shine.
Relygioun, B. 7, 1156.
Relyke, B. 1156, 1269.
Reme, realm, A. 448, 735.
Reme, lament, cry, A. 858, 1181; C. 502. A.S. _hreman_.
Remembre, C. 326.
Remnaunt, remainder, A. 1160; B. 433.
Remorde, grieved, A. 364.
{Remue, Remwe,} remove, A. 427, 899; B. 646, 1673.
Renay, reject, forsake, B. 105; C. 344.
{Renge, Rengne,} reign, B. 328, 1321.
Rengneȝ, courses, B. 527. A.S. _ryne_, course.
Renischche, foreign, strange, B. 96. See _Runische_.
{Renk, Renke,} a man, originally a warrior, B. 7, 96, 766, 969.
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