Middle English Dictionary Entry
rash(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | rash(e adj. |
| Etymology | ?OE *ræsc (cp. līg-ræsc n. & ræscan v.); cp. MDu. rasch & OI röskr, Dan. rask. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Unrestrained, rash; garrulous; ~ and rank, eager and impetuous; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1167 : Of raas þaȝ I were rasch and ronk, Ȝet rapely þerinne I watz restayed.
- c1450 Burgh Cato(1) (Arun 168)116 : Rasshe [Rwl C: Such iayissh folk been in conceitis blynde; The witles word auaileth nat a myte].
b
- (1316) Pat.R.Edw.II484 : John Rasshe.
- (1428) Feudal Aids 4197 : Willelmus Rasshe.