Middle English Dictionary Entry
raunǧe n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | raunǧe n.(1) Also raunche, range, rangh, rainge, ronge. |
| Etymology | OF range, var. of renge row; cp. ME rē̆nǧe n.(1), of identical origin but remaining restricted to its original meaning. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A row, line; a bank (of oars); a rank (of troops), station; also, a company, group; (b) a rung of a ladder.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Vrn.Mir.Virg.(Vrn)167/36 : Þe Angeles..mihte schewe no good werk þere Wherfore þei mihte him calange And wiþ hem lede forþ in heore range.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23109 : Þe first range, mast stincand, Sal be o wreches mistruand.
- c1440 Chaucer CT.Kn.(Lin-C 110)A.2594 : Raynges [Heng: in two renges faire they hem dresse].
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)76a : Ȝif þow haue puple y-now, þow mayst make sixe ordres or sixe raunges euerich be-hinde oþer so þat in þe firste raunge be sette þe eldest and þe boldest and þe wysest werrioures.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)76b : In þe lengþe of a þousand paas þou mayst sette a raunge of sixe hundre sixti & sixe foot-men.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)76b : Ȝif þei were put abak of þe enemyes þen schulde þei esiliche wiþ-drawe hem and ben socoured and defendid of þe firste scheltrun and þe secounde, and þoruȝ hem crepe in to here owne raunges.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)113a : Þere beeth foure degrees of galeyes, eueriche gretter þan other, of þe whiche þe leste haþ in eiþer side of hym a raunge of oores..Þe ferthe haþ foure or somtyme fyue raunges of oores in eiþer side.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)7822 : In a brode medow feire and grene Thei batailed hem in ranges fiftene, A thousand armed in eche bataile.
- ?c1450 Susan.(Mrg M 818)112 : Colabyn and karaway in clottys þei cleue, With rwe and with rwbarbe raunches ful ryght.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)1805 : Footmen were alle these, and stode in kynde In duble raunge [L ordinem], and euerych hadde iii Foote, as byforn is seide, and vi behinde The raungis hadde a sondir, so that he That stood beforn, vnlatted shulde be To drawe & welde his wepon.
b
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)24/13 : The avision of the laddir which apperid to Iacob was sometyme figurid, of the which some of the raungis [F eschielons] passid þe hevenys, some touchid the erthe and some meeve bitwene bothe.
2.
(a) The field marked out for a tournament, the lists; (b) scope for movement, course, distance; fecchen ~, to gain distance for a charge; a more ~, with greater scope; at a ~, in a large circuit.
Associated quotations
a
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)1216 : Rannges mad þay in the felde That grete lordis myghte þam welde.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)656/19 : As sir Palomydes came into the fylde, sir Galahalte, the Haute Prynce, was at the raunge ende.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)669/20 : Sir Launcelot made sir Galyhodyn to lede hym thorow the raunge, and all men had wondir what damesell was that.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)681/8 : Sir Trystram..rode unto that turnemente..he sawe many knyghtes juste and turney, and so sir Trystram dressed hym to the raunge.
- c1450(a1400) Chev.Assigne (Clg A.2)314 : Þey maden raunges and ronnen togedere, That þe speres in here hondes shyuereden to peces.
b
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)262/27 : The egle þan fliethe so many dyvers veyes in þe eyre, now..hyȝ, now low, now at a raunge.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)173/5167 : Yowre hert in euery delle Ye geve it hir..And for any wheel renyth so gret a raunge That it is hard for yow to come hir to, Then shall y telle yow how that ye shal do.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)160/2 : Seyde sir Marhaus, 'Here am I redy, an adventures knyght that woll fulfylle any adventure that ye woll desyre;' And so departyd frome hem to fecche his raunge.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Conf.(Dub 245)332 : Summe prestis seyne symply 'I assoyle þe of þi synnes'..Summe prestis seyne a more raunge; þei preyen furst þat god assoyle hym, and afftur þei assoylen hym bi autorite ȝouen to hem.
3.
(a) A fireplace or stove for cooking; (b) ?drippings (from roast meat).
Associated quotations
a
- (1423) Will York in Sur.Soc.4579 : Pro j longo brandyryn pour le range, pro ollis superponendis.
- (1446-7) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9984 : De 34 s. l d. rec. de feodo de le rangh et exitibus animalium et piscium sic venditis.
- (1466-7) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9991 : De feodo del Range et exitus animalium et piscium de coquina.
- (1471-2) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9993 : Pro 3 kirsettes ferri empt. pro le Raunge, 6 s.
b
- (1469) Ordin.Househ.Clarence in PSAL (1790)95 : The Kechin..as for the raunge that comyth of rosted meate, to be feable.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)11858 : rounge [Lamb: Þat we haue wonne y sette at nought, But ȝif þe Romayns to rynge be brought].
Note: New spelling
Note: Probably var. of raunge n. meaning: be brought to a place of battle.--per JR
Note: Que valt quanque nous fait avon Se nous les Romains ne maton? Wace 11287-8