Middle English Dictionary Entry
recet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | recet n. Also recete, recette, reset(te, rescet(te, resset, reiset, (error) retet. |
| Etymology | OF: cp. CF recet & AF reset. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. receit(e n. & recept(e n.
1.
(a) A place of refuge, shelter, or accommodation; also fig.; (b) shelter, refuge, protection; asken ~, to request aid for (sb.); haven (taken) ~, obtain or take shelter, take refuge; (c) the allowing of somebody to live in a land; haven ~, to inhabit, live; (d) a harborer of thieves; (e) a receptacle; also, a socket on the hub of a cart wheel to receive a spoke; (f) a sum of money received on behalf of a church or guild; (g) a medical prescription, recipe, or list of ingredients.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)113 : Myn hows of orisouns..alosed ȝe him makeþ of þeoues recet.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2175 : Scotlond aþ euere ybe a luþer recet [B vr. rescette] ylome.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2801 : Go we on oure gate..to recuuer sum resset þere we vs rest miȝt.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.291 : I am castelle for ȝow, toure, hous, & rescette.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)604 : He shal be poysond..Of his owen traytoures; Þat signifieþ þe dragonett Ne may recouer to his recett [LinI: resset].
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)906 : Ȝe stemme no stepe, bot strechez on faste, Til ȝe reche to a reset, rest ȝe never.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)13371 : Euery man goth to his rescet, Her mete is dyght and to hem fet.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)4464 : For þe contre knew þey nought, Logge ne recet had þey non wrought.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)3180 : At euene whenne þe sunne was set, Euery man drowȝ to hys recet.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)74/11 : Alle Bestes drawyn to her resset [L cauernas], and neddrys to her holys.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)684 : She..drough hym up with grete peyne till that he myght nyghe his sadell; and than turned toward the knyghtes recete [F rechet].
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)19/29 : Thegh the Place were stronge of kynd, thay maddyn hit mych strongir with Engyn, So that hit was sure recette to tham.
b
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5557 : Vor hii ne ssolde in is lond abbe recet [B vrr. Rescette, resette] non, Þe castel of euerwik to grounde he let caste.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8385 : Sire reinaud..þen toun wuste bihinde, Þat hor men, ȝif hii nede adde, recet miȝte vinde.
- c1330 Le Freine (Auch)284 : Ichil ȝiue..londes & rentes to bicom ȝour broþer, þat ȝe schul euer fare þe bet when y com to haue recet.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1021 : Charlis saw þe sonne neȝ set..In his pauillouns to haue recet, þiderward gan he drawe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5299 : To mi lauerd yee com wit me..I sal askin yow sum recett [Göt: rescett], And wel i wat it for to gett.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1067 : Þer entrez non to take reset Þat berez any spot an vndez [read: an-vnder] mone.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2164 : He wayted hym aboute..& seȝe no syngne of resette bisydez nowhere.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)20430 : Þe duk of cornewaile in tanette, He suffrede þam þar haf na recette.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1615 : A castel þey maden to haue rescet.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)4361 : Er þey hadde ony recet taken, Þey þoughte þey wolde hem a-wake.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4905 : Þe Sarezynes fledden to recet To þe mount of Nazareth.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4948 : Þis he dede wiþouten lette, For Richard scholde haue no recette.
- (1450) RParl.5.213b : The seid Isabell may have a Writte..direct to the Shirref of the Shire where such recette or comfort shall be had.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)57/4 : In al aduentures of battayle he was stydfaste, ful conynge, and tokyn of recette to al his hoste.
c
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.247 : So many [Jews] þer were..þorgh þe rescette þe Cristen men were schent.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1345 : Þe folk þat hadde þer retet [read: recet], Leued on þat ylke Maumet.
d
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38)1744 : A burges that was the thefys reyset, At the townes ende he þem mett.
e
- c1400(?c1384) Wycl.50 HFriars (Bod 647)390 : Freris ben ressett, and a swolowhe of symonye, of usure..and of thefftis.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)63 : Mez lez raes en le charet, En lez moaux est lour resset; But þs spokes in þe cart, In þs namez [read: nauez] ys hare resset.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ecclus.39.22 : Watir as an heepe of stoonys stood at his word; and as resettis [WB(1): resceyuyng places; L exceptoria] of watris in the word of his mouth.
f
- (1439) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.2 : Thes ben ye rescettes ye wheche John Blumvyle, John Tanner..haue receued of quarterages.
- (1444) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 852 : The sum of thys reset ys iij li. v s. i d. ob.
- (1474-5) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum20 : Sum total of all Alowances xxiij li. xij s. xi d., and so in supplusage on the Recetts xvi s. viij d.
g
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.24rb : Ozimus, þat be another name is cald basilicon, .. Boþe seed & erbe arn medicinable. Qwan thou fyndest his recet in medecyn, vnderstond his seed. Qwan in oynementes or emplastres, þe erbe.