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.

Rokken, v. to rock, Prompt.; y-rokked, pp., S2.

Romblen, v. to ramble; romblynge, pr. p., PP.

Romen, v. to rove about, to ramble, wander, roam, C2, C3, PP, SkD; rame, HD; raymen, PP, S2; rowme, PP; rombe, PP.  Cp.  OS. rA cubedmA cubedn, OHG. rAcmAn, to strive after (Otfrid).

Romere, sb. roamer, wanderer, PP; rowmer, PP; romares, pl., PP; romberis, PP.

Rome-renneres, sb. pl. agents at the court of Rome, PP.

Ron, pt. s. ran, S2; see Rennen.

Rong, pt. s. rang, C3; see Ryngen.

Roo, sb. roe, deer, S2, Prompt.; ro, S2; ra, JD; rays, pl., S3.—­AS. rAih (Voc.), also rAiha (Voc.), see Sievers, 117.

Roo, sb. rest, quiet, S2, HD; ro, HD.  S2.—­Icel. rA cubed AS. rA cubedw:  OHG. ruowa (G. ruhe).

Rood, pt. s. rode, C2; see Ritten.

Roode, sb. the rood, cross, gallows, PP, G, Prompt.; rode, PP, S, S2, S3; rude, B; roid, B; rod, a rod, SkD. Phr.:  rule the rod, to bear sway, NQ (6. 3. 169); Comb.:  rode-tre, the cross, S2; rude evyn, eve of the Rood (Sept. 13), B.—­AS. rA cubedd:  OS. rA cubedda; cp.  OHG. ruoda (G. rute).

Roof, sb. roof, W, Prompt.; rhof, SkD; roff, PP; roue, S3; rofe, PP; roouys, pl., W2.—­AS. hrA cubedf.

Roomth, sb. room, space, ND.  See Rowm.

Roomthie, adj. spacious, Cotg. (s.v. large).

Rooomthsome, adj. spacious, DG.

Rop, sb. a rope, PP; rapes, pl., S.—­AS. rAip; cp.  Icel. reip.

Rope, pt. pl. reaped, W2; see Repen.

Ropere, sb. rope-maker or rope-seller, PP.

Roploch, adj. coarse, applied to woollen stuffs, JD; sb. coarse woollen cloth, S3 raplach, raplock, reploch, JD.

Roren, v. to roar, C, PP; roorin, Prompt.; rarin, H (Ps. 76. i); rar, B; rair, S3, B.—­AS. rAirian, to lament loudly, to bellow.

Ros, pt. s. rose, S, C2; see Rysen.

Rose, sb. rose, Prompt.; roose, W2; rois, S3; ross, S3 (11 a. 6); rosen, pl SkD; roosis, W2. Comb.:  rose-reed, red as a rose, C3—­OProv. rose; Lat. rosa; cp.  AS. rA cubedse.

Rosen, v. to praise, reflex, to boast, H; roose, JD; ruse, JD; roysen, H; rees, JD.—­Icel. hrA cubedsa, to praise, reflex, to boast, from hrA cubedA deg.r, praise, fame.

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