Middle English Dictionary Entry
reclaimen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | reclaimen v. Also reclaim(e, recleime(n & reclame(n, recleme. |
| Etymology | OF (cp. CF reclamer, reclaimer, AF recleimer) & ML reclāmāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Hawk. (a) To call back (a hawk); also in sayings; (b) to make (a hawk) tame; ppl. reclaimed, tame, trained.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.4724 : He faileth of his game That wol with ydel hand reclame His hauk.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3530 : For hauk es eth, als i here say, To reclaym [Trin-C: recleyme] þat has tint his pray.
- a1475 *Hrl.Diseases Hawk A (Hrl 2340)23b : Also to reclayme An hawke.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)12 : Take a tabre and a stik brode in the ende and put flesch in the ende, and recleme him þertoo.
- a1500 Who carpys (Trin-C O.9.38)p.27 : Y reclaymyd on, as y schall reporte.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)425 : Recleymyd, as hawkys: Redomitus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)425 : Recleymyn, or make tame: Domo, redomo.
- a1475 *Hrl.Diseases Hawk B (Hrl 2340)35a : Þat wyll make hir reclemyd and priuy.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)6 : She woll be preuey ynoght to be reclaymed.
- c1475(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Hrl 661)p.420 : Wilde haukes to hande than hennys rather been reclaymed.
- a1500 15c.Serm.Cycle(Hrl 2247:Powell)52/116 : An vnkynde hake þat is not craftyly reclamed..whan sche is full fedd..wyl neþer come to þe calle ner to þe mete.
2.
(a) To recall (sb. to love); (b) to take back or revoke (a grant or gift); (c) to subdue (sb.), have control of (sb.); check or restrain (crows from doing sth.); (d) ~ to loine, to draw (sb.) to (Christ's) sway; ~ to lure, subject (sb.) to (one's) control; reclaimed to the lure, brought under control; reclaimed to (unto) lure, subject to (someone's or one's) control.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.54 : Adam and Eve..comen bothe tuo Into the world and were aschamed, Til that nature hem hath reclamed To love.
b
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)540/27 : The forsaid henry Mylis, nother his heires..myght neuer clayme, chalange, take, reclayme..ony thyng of right..in the forsaid acre of lond.
c
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.72 : He wole..Reclayme thee and brynge thee to lure.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1843 : As þe gentil faucon soreth, He [a king] fleth, that noman him reclameth.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.2721 : Love..hath so wise men reclamed.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.72 : Morkar recleymed es, as es þe faukon fre.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)2368 : Cuthbert wayued his hand on þaim [crows] Fra ryuyng of thak þaim to reclaym.
d
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.2166 : Fortune koude recleyme hem to hir lure.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.524 : Orchus..Shal reende thi skyn assonder fro thi bonys..to declare..Pouert recleymed onto Pridis lure.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.972 : God is forgetyn; at Fortune thei [tyrants] disdeyne, As bothe wern recleymed to ther lure.
- c1475(?a1449) ?Lydg.Tied (Hrl 2251)84 : Cristis passioun..Shal recleyme vs to his merciable luyne.
- a1500 O ye lovers (Corp-O 61)78 : Wel nowe ye be recleymed to the lure.
- a1500 ?Ros Belle Dame (Cmb Ff.1.6)634 : Þaire bysy hertes passen to and fro, Þai be so wele reclaymed to the lure.
3.
To object, protest; ~ ayenes, object to (sth.); state (sth.) in objection; -- also with clause.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2647 : Septer & crowne..I resigne ..Þer schal no man reclayme & seye nay.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)425 : Recleymyn, or wythe feyn [read: seyn]: Reclamo.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)459 : What euer gouernaunce was brouȝt into the chirche the Apostlis therto consenting, or at the leest..aȝens it not reclaymyng, is leeful.
- c1500 As Reson Rywlyde (Rwl C.86)73 : Thou erth, I reclayme & appele, That thou recewedst that gentill blod!
- a1600(a1463) Fortescue Title York (Jul F.6)500 : Kinge Henry..was..crouned..by the hole assente and will of all that lande, no man reclaiminge.