Middle English Dictionary Entry
rancū̆ne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rancū̆ne n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Rancor, malice, anger.
Associated quotations
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)729 : Prelatz aughten haue pite when princz bee moeued, And reede þaym so þat rancune roote not in hert.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1123 : Knightz..berste oute alle þe boicches and blaynes of þe hert And lete þe rancune renne oute a-russhe al at oones Leste þe fals felon festre with-ynne.