radegunde (A.S. ?) 430, _a disease, apparently a sort of boil_
rageman (A.N.) 5, 335, _a catalogue, list_
ray (A.N.) 89, _a ray, streak_
+raken (A.S.) 455, _to go raking about_
rakiere (A.S.) 96, _one who goes raking about_
rape (A.S.) 97, _haste_
rapen (A.S.) 65, 101, 124, _to prepare_. _pret. s._ raped, 352
rapeliche (A.S.) 347, rapely, 351, _readily, quickly_. rapelier, 352, _more
quickly_
rappen (A.S.) 20, _to strike, rap_
rather, 155, _earlier_
rathe (A.S.) _early_. rathest, _earliest, first, soonest, most readily_
raton (A.N.) _a rat_
ratoner (A.N.) 96, _a rat-catcher_
raunsone (A.N.) 390, _ransom_
rave (A.S.) 380, _to rave_. ravestow, 380, _dost thou rave_
ravysshen (A.N.) 399, _to ravage, rob, plunder, ravish_
raxen (A.S.) 100, _to hawk, spit_
reaume, reme (A.N.) _pl._ remes, reames, _a realm_
recche (A.S.) 67, 204, _to reck, care for_. _pret. s._ roughte, 369
recchelees (A.S.) 369, _reckless_
rechen (A.S.) 359, _to reach_. _pret. s._ raughte, 5, 76, 153, 335, 369
recoverer (A.N.) 352, _a remedy_ (?)
recrayed (A.N.) 58, _recreant_ (?)
rede (A.S.) _red_
rede (A.S.) _to read_
reden (A.S.) _to advise, counsel_. _pret. s._ redde, 106, _pl._ radde, 71,
84. _imperat._ reed, 72
redel (A.S.) 257, _a riddle_
+redelich (A.S.) 498, _readily, promptly_
redyng-kyng, 96, _a class of feudal retainers_. _See_ Spelman's Gloss. in
v. _rodknightes_
reed (A.S.) _counsel, advice_
regne (A.N.) _to reign_. _pret. s._ regnede, 399, _reigned_
regratier, regrater (A.N.) 48, 90, _a retailer of wares and victuals_
regratrie (A.N.) 48, _retailing, selling by retail_
reyn (A.S.) _rain_
reckenen (A.S.) _to reckon, count_
relessen (A.N.) 46, _to forgive_
releve (A.N.) 377, _to raise again, restore, rally_
religious (A.N.) _pl._ religiouses 192, _a monk_
renable (A.N.) 10, _reasonable_
renden (A.S.) 13, _to rend, tear_. _imperat._ rende, 76
reneye (A.N.) 210, _to deny, be a renegade to_. _part. pas._ reneyed, 210,
_renegade_
renk (A.S.) 12, 101, 149, 231, 238, 280, 369, 385, _a man_
rennen, renne (A.S.) 353, _to run_. _imperative_, ren thow, 230. _pret. s._
ran, roon, 277, yarn, 205 (? y-arn). _part. past_, ronne, 156
renner (A.S.) 72, _a runner_
renten (A.N.) 140, _to give rents to_
+rentful (A.S.) 476, _meagre, miserable_ (?)
repen (A.S.) _to reap_. _pret. pl._ ropen, 268
repreven (A.N.) 236, _to reprove, blame_
rerages (A.N.) 91, _arrears_
retenaunce (A.N.) 31, _a retinue_
reve (A.S.) 34, 102, 411, 423, _an overseer, a reeve, steward, or bailiff_
reve (A.S.) 335, 385, _to take from_
revere, _pl._ reveris (A.S.) _reavers, people who deprive by force_
reward (A.N.) 364, _attention, warning_
+rewel (A.S.) 473, _rule_
rewen (A.S.) _to rue, to have mercy_
rewme (A.N.) 430, _a rheumatism, cold_
ribaud (A.N.) 108, 286, 339, 372, _a profligate low man_. The word belonged
properly to a particular class in society. See a detailed account of its
derivation and signification in a note in my Political Songs, p. 369
ribaudie (A.N.) _low profligate talk_
ribaudour (A.N.) 121, _a teller of low tales_
ribibour (A.N.) 96, _a player on_ _the ribibe_ (a musical instrument)
riche, ryche (A.S.) _a kingdom_. hevene riche blisse, _the joy of the
kingdom of heaven_
richen (A.N.) _to become rich_
riden, ryde (A.S.) _to ride_. _pres. s._ ryt, _pl._ riden. _pret. s._ rood,
354
rightwisnesse (A.S.) 393, _righteousness_
ringen (A.S.) _to ring_. _pret. pl._ rongen, 395, 428
ripe (A.S.) 415, _to ripen_
ripe (A.S.) 100, _ready_
rise, ryse (A.S.) 352, _to rise_. _pret. s._ roos, 91, 344
risshe (A.S.) 75, _a rush_ (_juncus_)
rody (A.S.) _ruddy, red_
roggen (A.S.) _to shake_ (explained in the Prompt. Parv. by _agito_.)
_pret. s._ rogged, 335
roynous (A.N.) 430, _scabby, rough_
rolle (A.N.) 93, _to enrol_
rome (A.S.) 209, 210, 328, _to roam_
romere (A.S.) _pl._ romeris, _a person who wanders or roams about_
ronges (A.S.) 333, _the steps of a ladder_
roost (A.N.) 14, _roast_
+rote (A.N.) _practice_. by rote, _by heart_. be pure rote, 473, _merely by
rote_
roten (A.S.) _to rot_
rotey tyme (A.N.) 222, _the time of rut_
+rotheren (A.S.) 476, _oxen_
rounen, rownen (A.S.) 66, 97, _to whisper, talk privately_
routhe (A.S.) _ruth, compassion_
rowen (A.S.) _to become red, as the dawn of day_ (?). _pret. s._ rowed, 376
rufulliche (A.S.) _ruefully_
rugge (A.S.) 286, 413, _the back_. rugge-bone (A.S.) 98, _the back-bone_
rulen (A.N.) 393, _to rule, govern_
rusty (A.S.) 121, _filthy_ (?). In the Coventry Mysteries, p. 47, Ham's
wife says, "rustynes of synne is cawse of these wawys;" i. e. _filthiness
of sin is the cause of these waves_
ruthe (A.S.) _compassion_
rutten (A.S. ?) 100, _to snore_. _pret. s._ rutte, 369
ruwet (A.S. ?) 98, _a small trumpet_