Middle English Dictionary Entry
rambe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rambe n. |
| Etymology | OF (see EETSES 66, 1894, p.116, fn. to line 2305). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A wren.
Associated quotations
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)104/13 : Man ys hardy as a lyon..vyleyns and boystous as asse, rebell as a rambe [Ashmole: rebell and clateryng as a lytell kyng; L rebellus vt paruus rex].