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
A.S.
_rinc_. O.N. _reckr_.
Renne, run, B. 527, 1392.
Renoun, A. 986, 1182.
Renowleȝ, renews, A. 1080.
Renyschly, fiercely, B. 1724. See _Runische_.
Reparde, kept back, A. 611.
Repayre, _vb._ A. 1028.
Repente, A. 662.
Repreue, reprove, A. 544.
Requeste, A. 281.
Rere, rise, B. 366, 423; C. 188; raise, B. 873; proceed, A. 160.
Rert, if not _rered_, raised = _ert_, powerful, A. 591. Cf. _ertid_.
T. B. 2641, 4841.
Res, onset, assault, B. 1782. See _Raas_.
Reset, resting place, seat, abode, A. 1067.
{Resonabele, Resounable,} A. 523; B. 724.
Resoun, A. 665, 716; B. 1633.
Respecte, “in respecte of,” A. 84.
Respyt, A. 644.
Resse, “on resse,” in course, A. 874. See _Raas_.
Restay, keep back, restrain, A. 716, 1168.
Restleȝ = restless, unceasing, B. 527.
Restore, A. 659; B. 1705.
Retrete, treat of, A. 92.
Reue, bereave, C. 487. A.S. _refian_, _reafian_. O.Fris. _râva_.
Reuel, B. 1369.
Reuer, river, A. 105.
{Reuerence, Reverens,} B. 10, 1318.
Rewarde, A. 604.
Rewfully, sorrowfully, A. 1181.
Rewled, ruled, ordered, B. 294.
Reynyeȝ, reins, B. 592.
Reȝtful, rightful, B. 724.
Rial, royal, B. 1082.
Rialté, royalty, B. 1321.
Ridlande, dropping (as out of a sieve), oozing, B. 953. A.S.
_hriddel_, a sieve; _hridrian_, to sift.
Riboudrye, ribaldry, B. 184.
Rigge, back, C. 379. A.S. _hrycg_.
Rifteȝ, pieces, fragments, B. 964.
Ring = rink, man, B. 592. See _Renk_.
Robbor, B. 1269.
Roborrye, B. 184.
Roche, rock, B. 537.
Rode, cross, A. 705; C. 96.
Rok, crowd, throng, B. 1514. Sc. _rok_. O.Sw. _rok_, cumulus.
Rollande, curly, waving, B. 790.
Rome = roam, go, C. 52.
Romy, roar, howl, B. 1543. A.S. _reomian_, to cry out. O.E. _rome_.
Sc. _rame_. Sw. _raama_.
Ronk = rank, fine, A. 844; bold, A. 1167; C. 490; bad, B. 455, 760;
full grown, B. 869; _sb._ boldness, C. 298.
Ronkly, fiercely, C. 431.
Rop, rope, C. 150.
Rop, gut, intestine, C. 270. N.Prov.E. _ropps_, the guts. A.S.
_roppas_, the bowels, entrails, the _raps_. Cf. A.S. _rop_-weorc,
the colic.
“Huervore he (the liar) is ase the gamelos (chameleon), thet
leveth by the eyr, and naȝt ne heth ine his _roppes_ bote wynd,
and heth ech manere colour, thet ne heth non (of) his oȝen.”
--(The Ayenbite of Inwyt, E. E. T. S. p. 62.)
Rore, roar, cry, B. 390, 1543.
Rose, praise, B. 1371. Sc. _ruse_. Sw. _rosa_. Dan. _rose_, to praise.
{Rot, Rote,} root, A. 26.
Rote, _sb._ rot, decay, B. 1079.
Rote, lyre of seven strings, B. 1082. O.H.G. _hrotta_. M.H.G. _rotte_.
W. _crwth_. Eng. _crowd_.
Roþeled, prepared, B. 59; rushed, hastened, B. 890. A.S. _hrathian_,
to be quick. Or from Welsh _rhuthr_, a sudden gust, onset, assault.
Lanc. _rhute_, passion. Sc. _ruther_, uproar.
Roþer, rudder, B. 419.
Roþun, rush, B. 1009. See _Roþeled_.
Roum, room, B. 96.
Roun = rune, discourse, C. 514. A.S. _rún_, a letter, character,
mystery, council, conversation.
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