A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Realte, sb. royalty, royal state, PP; reaulte, PP; reaute, PP; roialtee, C3.—­AF. realte; Late Lat. regalitatem.

Realyche, adv. royally, S2; realy, S2; rially, CM.

Reame, sb. kingdom, S2; see Rewme.

Rearde, sb. voice, cry, S2; see Rerd.

ReaA deg.e, adv. quickly, S; see Rathe.

ReaA deg.liche, adv. quickly, S; see Rathly.

Reaume, sb. realm, kingdom, C2, S2; see Rewme.

Rebekke, sb. a kind of fiddle, SkD; see Rybybe.

Rebounden, v. to re-echo; rebownden, to sound again, reboare, Prompt.; rebounde, pt. s., S2.—­AF. rebundir, to re-echo, cp.  OF. bundir, to resound (Roland, 3119); inchoative verb, from Late Lat. bombitare.

Receyt, sb. receipt, recipe, retreat, Prompt., Manip.; receit, C3, WW, Manip., S3; receite, WW; reset, place of refuge, B.—­AF. receite; Late Lat. recepta (Ducange).

Reche, sb. smoke, S3; see Reke.

Recheles, adj. careless, S, PP; reccheles, PP; retcheles, S3; rekkeles, S3; recchelees, S2, C2; rechlesse, S3.—­AS. rA(C)celA(C)as, also reccelA(C)as.

Rechelesnesse, sb. carelessness, PP; recchelesnes, PP.

Rechen, v. to care, reck, S, HD; reke, H; recche, S, HD, S2, C2; rekke, HD, C2; rekA3/4, pr. s., S; reches, S2; ro3*te, pt. s., S; roughte, C2; roght, H; rohten, pl., S; roucht, pt. s., subj., S2.—­AS. rA(C)can:  OS. rA cubedkian; also, AS. *_reccan_.

Rechen, v. to explain, S; rA|cchen, to relate, S; rechede, pt. s., S.—­AS. reccan:  OS. rekkian:  OHG. rachjan, in OtfrA-d rachA cubedn.

Rechen, v. to reach, attain, SkD, PP; rauhte, pt. s., PP, S2; rau3*te, PP; raghte, PP; raughte, C2; raught, S3; raght, pp., S2.—­AS. rA|*can (BT), also rA|*cean, to get into one’s power, pt. s. rA|*hte, see Sievers, 407.

Reclayme, v. to bring a hawk to the wrist by a call, C3; recleymyn, to make tame, Prompt.; recleymyd, pp. redomitus (used of hawks), Prompt.—­OF. reclaimer, recleimer, reclamer; cp.  AF. reclame, pp., reclaimed (as a falcon).

Recles, sb. incense, S; see Rekels.

Recluse, sb. a female anchorite, SkD; ‘ankyr, anachorita’ Prompt.—­AF. reclus; recluse, a f. pp. from OF. reclure, to shut up; Late Lat. recludere.

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