Middle English Dictionary Entry
rapīne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rapīne n. |
| Etymology | L rapīna & OF rapine. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Robbery, plunder, rapine.
Associated quotations
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)2833 : He þat noble is of blode..and naght hath, sterid is..Vnto rapyne.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4169 : A man þat vicious is & wrecched, And his richesses gote haþ of rapyne..Despendith hem naght for hem þe bet is, But mochil wers.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4834 : Is it knyghtly lyue on rapyne?
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)143 : The firste [hand].. is cleped rapyne [F Rapine]..And hool it is that it mowe graspe al and ouer al take my pray.
- (c1450) Boothe be ware (CotR 2.23)p.228 : Try out the trouthe..That covetise hath causede this gret myscheff By rapyne of richese; put this in prefe.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)167/21 : It is no werre that is kept in this land; it is a pryue robberye..force publique vnder shadowe of armes and violent rapine.
- a1500 Now god þat syttyst (Cmb Ff.1.6)p.239 : Usure and rapyne stefly dothe stande.