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.

Russetting, sb. coarse cloth of russet colour, HD; a kind of apple, ND.

RuA3/4e, sb. ruth, pity, S; see Rewthe.

Rutis, sb. pl. roots, S3; see Rote.

Rwly, adv. ruefully, S2; see Rewliche.

Rybybe, sb. a kind of fiddle, uetella, vitula, Voc., Prompt.; [ribibe, an old woman, CM, ND]; rebeke, Manip.; rebekke, rebeck, SkD; rebecke, ND.—­It. ribebba (also ribecca); Arab. rabAcba, a fiddle with one or two strings, Steingass, p. 397.

Rybybour, sb. a player on the ribibe, PP.  See above.

Rydder, sb. a sieve, cribrum, Voc.—­AS. hrider (Voc.).  Cf. Ridil.

Rydel, sb. riddle, Prompt.; see Redels.

Ryfe, adj. abundant, numerous, frequent, openly known, S3; ryyf, Prompt.; ryff, PP; ryue, G.—­Icel. rA-fr, munificent.

Ryfelen, v. to rob, plunder, Prompt. y-rifled, pp., PP.—­OF. rifler (Cotg.).

Ryflowre, sb. robber, plunderer, Prompt.

Ryflynge, sb. plunder, PP.

Ryge, sb. stormy rain, S2; rig, HD.—­Icel. hregg, storm and rain.

Rygge, sb. back, ridge, HD, PP; ryg, B, PP; rugge, S, PP, S2; rug, S; rugges, pl., HD; rigge, S, HD, G; rig, S2. Comb.:  rygge-bon, spondile, Voc.; rygbone, spina, Voc., PP; rygboon, HD; riggebon, PP, G.—­AS. hrycg; cp.  OHG. ruggi (Otfrid).

Ryght, adv. exactly, very, PP; riht, right, close, S, S2; rihht, S; rihte, S; rict, S; rigt, S; ri3*t, S, S2. Phr.:  ry3*t now late, only lately, S2.

Ryght, adj. right, Prompt.; ryht, S2; ri3*t, S2, W; rihte, S; rigte, S; ri3*te, S; rict, S. Comb.:  ri3*t-ful, straight ( = Lat. rectus), S2, W; ry3*tfol, S2; ry3*t-uolle*, S2; ri3*tfulnesse, righteousness, W; riht-half, right side, S; ri3*thalf, W2; ri3*tnesse, justice, S2; riht-wis, righteous; S; richtwise, S; ry3*twys, S2; rightwis, v. to justify, H; rihtwisnesse, righteousness, S; ry3*ttwisnesse, S2; ri3*twisnesse, W; rightwisenes, S2; ryghtwisnesse, C3—­AS. riht.

Ryghte, sb. right, law, equity, Cath.; ri3*t, S2; ri3*te, S, S2; ri3*tes, pl., S2; ry3*tez, gen. as adv., rightly, immediately, S2; ri3*ttes, S2. Phr.:  to Aze ri3*ttes, exactly, S2; at alle rightes, C; mid rihte, rightly, S; mid rihten, S; wiAzAz rihhte, S.

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