Middle English Dictionary Entry
rai n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | rai n.(2) |
| Etymology | ?Cp. OF ivraie. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The weed darnel (Lolium temulentum).
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)226a/b : Among þe beste whete som tyme growiþ yuele weedis and venymous, as cocle and ray and oþere suche.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)258a/a : Ray hatte zysannia..poetes clepiþ þis herbe infelix lollium, vngracious Cokil oþer weed..he groweth among whete..and is liche to whete whanne it is in grasse.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)258a/a : Ray haþ a scharp strengþe..and somdel venymous..and infecteþ breed þat it is y-medlid wiþ and y-do in.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Ashm.1393 Artist.Recipes (Ashm 1393) 152/30 : Take dokkys þat growyn yn ray, and stempe hem yn a mortyr.
Note: ?This word. Clarke gloss = 'rye'.