Middle English Dictionary Entry
recoveren v.(2)
Entry Info
Forms | recoveren v.(2) Also recǒveren, recover(e, recovur, recoverie, recovre, recovri, recuver(e(n, recuveri, recufer, recuvren, recouvere, recoevre, rekover(e, rekever(e(n, rekeveri, rekevre, reckevere, rekivere(n, requovin, requever & (errors) recorve, rekeue; p. recovered(e, etc. & recoverd(e, recovert, rekoverit, rekeovered, requoverd; ppl. i)recovered, recoverd(e, requoverd. |
Etymology | OF: cp. CF recovrer, recouvrer, recoevrer, requevrer, AF recuv(e)rer, recov(e)rir, rekeverer. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. recuren v.
1.
(a) To recover from sickness, injury, etc., regain health; of a bodily part: regain normal functions; ~ of, recover from (an illness); (b) ben recovered, to recover from illness or injury, be cured or restored to health; ben recovered of, recover from (an illness, a wound); also fig.; (c) to come to life again, revive; ~ of, revive from (a swoon); ben recovered, of nature or the physical world: flourish again; (d) to recover from (illness, sin, adversity); (e) to regain ground in battle, rally; restore oneself (to a certain state); ~ ayen.
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3874 : No rink þei miȝt of-reche recuuered neuer after.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.445 : He recoverede [Higd.(2): recurede] of his siknesse.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)298b/a : Þe leoun loueþ apes fleisshe for by etynge þer of he recouereþ..whan he is sore sike.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)15 : With grete payne a man shal rekeuere þat is hurt wiþ an herte.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Is.38.9 : He hadde be sijk, and hadde rekyuered [WB(1): couered; L convaluisset] of his sikenesse.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)55a/b : Recupero: mende or recuuere.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1572 : Thare sall no siluer hym saue, bot Ewayn recouere.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)111 : The armys began to rekovere & withinne a schort tyme after they were made hole.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)2799 : Than wille her god aunswere yif To telle ham with what medicine That he shal recouer.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)607/15 : Recupero: to rekeuery.
- (c1465) Stonor1.69 : This man rekevered and come home.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)179/34 : Sir Trystrams was so wounded that unnethe he myght recover.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)173/29 : I, that is abiding my deth and dispaired of my lyf, can no ferther to recouer in no partye.
b
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)130/2854 : Whan ouer-gon was his smerte And rekeured was of is hertte sir Beues set him vp.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)103a/a : He [a good physician] techith to vse certeyne meticines preseruatiues of sekenesse lest he þat is heled ande recouered [L sanatus] falle into worse sekenesse.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)221a/b : To moche þer of y-ete bredeþ madnesse..and makeþ dredful sweuenes and namely if men þat beþ newe rekeuered of siknesse ete to moche þerof.
- (a1435) Let.in Ellis Orig.Let.ser.2.1100 : As towardes oure bel Uncle of Excestre, whom oure Lord..visitid with seknesse..he is rekiveryd.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)956 : Sir Eglamour es hale and sownde, And wele recouirde [vrr. recouyrd, couered] of his wonde.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)763/32 : The quene was recovirde of hir malady.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)36b/a : If þe midrif happide sumtyme to haue ony hurtynge it schulde myche þe bettere be recouerid & helid þoruȝ þe goodnesse of þilke lacertous fleisch.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)91a/b : For þer was noon oþir wey þat myȝte saue þe childis lijf but þat, and so he was rekeuerid.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)272 : Whan that y was Rekeueryd fro my infirmite of pouerte, the mynde of god passith fro me.
- a1500(1465) Leversedge Vision (Add 34193)24 : Other moo..told me of my lying..in this wyse..when I was recoueryd and hoole of my seeknes.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.7827 : Al is recovered in a throwe; The colde wyndes overblowe.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)19.156 : Cryst ouer-cam, rekeuered [vrr. recouerede; recurede; C: rekeouered], & lyued.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)56a/a : Respiro: breþe aȝeyne or recuuere.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)425 : Tho he recouered of his swowe To his palays he hym drowe.
d
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)2057 : Recouer [Cai: There is heraude mysse bee-falle: Loste he hath his men alle, And recouere he shall sone this; For grete socour him cometh ywis].
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)32/21 : Þou hit sselt wel recouri, þou art yong and strang.
- a1500(1465) Leversedge Vision (Add 34193)34 : I had so gret infirmyte and disease the which excedit all nature and reson that euer j shuld rekeuer hit.
- ?a1500 Job (Hnt HM 140)96 : Nowe in thyn aduersite, This shalt thou neuer recouer.
e
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)7987 : Þe oþer rekeuerd oȝain wiþ main.
- ?a1400 Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)13958 : Recouer [Lamb: Syn had þey no grace to stande, Ne myghte relye, but euere fleande].
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)105/3 : He recouerid ageyne to suche powere that he commaunded his legions..to make them redy to feyght with his enemyes.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)105/13 : Thei that haue loste haue hoope alwey to recouer.
2.
(a) To regain (a bodily organ, faculty, one's strength, health, etc.); of a bodily part: regain (a function); of a stone: recover (a power or efficacy); ~ ayen; (b) to revive (good works); (c) to restore (sb. to health); restore (a horse) to health; refl. cure oneself, restore oneself to health.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1650 : He fleiȝe into þe valaye And recouerd miȝt.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1385 : Þou schalt be hol anon, & recuuer y [read: recuuery] al þy myȝt.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1926 : His wif goth forto preie..that hir lord of his seknesse..Recovere myhte his hele ayein.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)303b/a : Þis serpent..waissheþ his dymme yhen wiþ Iuys þerof..to recouere sight þat he haþ ylost.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)45/7 : Bi þat senewe þe lyme mai rekeuere [L recuperat] his felynge.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)107/20 : Þanne is it nedfull to make it to recoueren his vertue aȝen.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)133b/a : Reptilez..froteþ her eien with it And þai recouer siȝt.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)181/23 : Of þe hynder partye of þe brayne..a litel of þe substaunce of þe brayne went oute, þe whiche was knowen by hurtynge in þe mynde, þe whiche he recouerede after þe helynge.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1837 : He recouered his strengþe for tene.
- ?c1450 Trivet Constance (Harv Eng.938)232 : The blynde man recouered hys syght anone.
- c1475 Abbrev.Trip.SSecr.(UC 85)346/17 : All the wastinge that thou shall haue through bleedinge or digestion is soon recouerde [hoc tempus..restaurauit].
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)15/33 : Some recouerd he[r] yȝen, some here preuy membres the whiche they hadde loste by the justices of the kynges.
- a1500 Bod.EMisc.Lapid.(BodEMisc e.558)35/337 : Thorow the vertu of the Cristall that stone shall recouere his vertu.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)21a/26 : By suche sowyng is rekeueryd the stirryng of þe lyme.
b
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)28848 : Almus..recouers thurgh grace ogayne Al gude werkes þat with syn war slayne.
c
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)7b : Mylk is þe best þing þat he mighte haue for to recouere hym, wan þat hauyt ben travaylid out of mesure.
- c1475 Lydg.DM(1) (Trin-C R.3.21)424 : Recover [Hnt: Good leche is he that can hym self recure].
- a1500 15c.Serm.Cycle(Hrl 2247:Powell)105/89 : Vpon all..medycyns is none founde þat sodenly a sike man shall recouere to helth.
3.
(a) To relieve (sb.) from distress; of Christ: redeem (mankind); ben recovered, recover from lovesickness or mental disorder; be relieved (of distress); (b) to relieve (distress, sorrow, etc.), alleviate; (c) to compensate for (deficiency); recover (loss); rectify (folly, misdeeds); (d) to help (sb.); save (one's life, a city, kingdom); refl. help oneself.
Associated quotations
a
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)47/75 : He schal haue, of þe comune box, xiiij d. terme of his lyf, but he be recouered of hys mischief.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.350 : Gode faith me it tauȝte, To recoure [vrr.recouere, recorue] hem thorw raunceoun.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.37 : Biddeth ek for hem that been despeired In love, that nevere nyl recovered be.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)497/18 : Let us preve whether we may recover hym.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)824/27 : By myracle and by vertu of that holy vessell sir Launcelot was heled and recoverde.
b
- (1442) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.2214 : A lytel nombre of good men sent hider by tyme..mought have kept your cuntrey from this grete hurt; which xxm li. wol not nowe..lightly recovere.
- c1480(1422) Lydg.SD (Add 48031)65/5 : Remedyed ne recovred [McC: Lete no man be slowe..to rede his lettirs leste aftir for his necclygence hit turne hym to grete damage whiche aftir may not liȝtly be recured].
- ?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)467 : Lorde..my care recouere and cure With Parce michi, domine!
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)13/30 : Many diuerse inconuenientes nat able to be recouerid of very force must nedis falle.
- a1500 Frische flour (Lamb 306)29 : Ye wete well my woo ye may recouere.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)192a/b : Suecia..hath no vynes but in grete plente of pasture and of metalle recouereþ oþer defautes.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3236 : If Foly have supprised thee, Do so that it recovered be.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.56/16 : Thou calledist vpone me that by me thou myghtstid thy loosse recouere.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)354 : Though I myghte duren ever, That I have don, rekever I never.
- c1460 Lydg.ST (LdMisc 416)3448 : Recouerid [Arun: ȝoure-silf to drowne in torment and in woo For loos of thyng..which in no wise may recured be, Is gret foly].
- a1500 Lydg.ST (Pep 2011)3415 : Recover [Arun: Loos of deth no man may recure].
d
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.29.27 : Recouere [WB(2): Rekiuere; L Recupera] þi neȝebore after þi vertue.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.6579 : If I be noght myn oghne man..I mai miselve noght recovere.
- (1399) RParl.3.423a : I Henry of Lancastr' chalenge yis Rewme of Yngland, and the Corone..and thorghe yat ryght yat God..hath sent me, with helpe of my Kyn and of my Frendes to recover it; the whiche Rewme was in poynt to be undone for defaut of Governance.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.383 : He..thoughte he wolde werken pryvely, First to hiden his desir in muwe From every wight yborn..But he myghte ought recovered be therby.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ecclus.2.6 : Bileue thou to God, and he schal rekeuere thee.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)478/8 : It is bettur to me to dye for þe heale of þies innocentis, þan for to requovir my life for þer deade.
- c1475 Lydg.HGS (Hrl 2251:Furnivall)248 : Rekouered [Lnsd.: Thus bi a gandr recured was the toun].
4.
(a) To regain possession of (sth.); reclaim (the body of a battle casualty); win back (a kingdom, castle, etc.), regain (paradise, the Holy Land, the Jewish temple); regain control of (people); of a hart: grow back (horns that have been shed), regain (fat that has been lost); of a serpent: grow (a new skin); ~ ayen; (b) to regain (honor, knowledge, grace, happiness, etc.), recover; ~ ayen.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.2.23 : Thei..rekyuerden [vr. rekeuereden; WB(2): rekyueriden] the most famous temple.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.133 : Þe bisshopriche of Ȝork cesede þritty ȝere, and þe vse of þe palle secede..for to þat Egbert the bisshop..recouered [Higd.(2): recurede; L recuperaret] it.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.229 : Darius..hadde recouered by bataille þe Assiries and þe Babyloyns þat faillede from his Kyngdom.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.137 : Etheldredus kyng of Mercia hadde i-recovered [vrr. rekevered, recuvered; Higd.(2): occupiede] þe province.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)268b/a : Þe serpent..þanne..rekeuereþ a nou skynne.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)19.239 : He [Holy Spirit] tauȝte..some to ryde and to recoeure [C: rekeuere] þat vnriȝtfully was wonne.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)16 : Thei rekeuere [F refont] heere hornes and someth here tyndes.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)18 : Her fumes bene foormed and also þei han not rekeuered here grece.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)69/23 : Cristen men schall recouer þis land agayne in tyme commyng.
- c1425 Castle Love(2) (Eg 927)64 : Sone thai were put fro that place to sorow and to care, That neuer myȝt no creature recouer it mare.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)19783 : The sesoignes recovered ageyn vppon hem lond tho.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10369 : The troiens..trauailed full sore..The corse to Recouer.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)182/16 : Denys..aduysed him..hough he myght recouer agayn that he had loste and spendid.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)55 : My castell is lost, therfore to recouere hit ayen I send you.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)107/32 : Dermot recoverid al his kyngedome vpon his sone.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)733/12 : Þe lorde..ys dede for my love in batell The wyche þat recuuered myne herytage.
b
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.133 : Þe cloþing bitokneþ þe vertu þat Man resceyueþ at his cristenyng & afterward recouereþ [vr. rekyueriþ] hym þorouȝ verray penaunce.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.53 : Kynges..werrede wiþ naciouns þat wonede aboute hem for to rekeue [vrr. rekeuere, rekevre] here worschippe and dignite.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.303 : He schal Recovere his ferste astat ayein.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1406 : They..diden al hire myght..For to recoveren [vr. Recouuere] blisse.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)57 : In May..These wodes eek recoveren grene [F recovrent lor verdure].
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)29203 : Right so with schrift of ȝeres seuyn Sall we recouer þe grace of heuyn.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.Lear (Göt Hist 740)659 : Leir recouert hys dignite And regnyd in pese.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)34/18 : The ymage had lijf..And so Pymalion recoueryd [vr. recouuered] ioye.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)337/8 : He requoverd hys connyng agayn als wele as evur he had it.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)46/1368 : Y bi yow rekouer the larges Of good of loue.
- a1456 Marmaduke SSecr.(Ashm 59)215/2 : Þere is no tresoure ne ricchese þat may bye þat ageine to þe kynge, but for to rekover his gode fame.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.42.26a : Of þis siȝte schal come a desir..for to recoueren again þat dignite and wurschip wilk þou hast lost.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.45.30b : Þe dignite..lorn bi adam synne..we schulde desirin þat we miȝten recuueren here lifend a figure and a liknes of þat dignite.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)225/10 : Many high and wyse men..haue lost thaire lyues for to recouere the prosperitee of the well publique.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)22.2 : On the water of grace ere we broght forthe, that makes vs to recouere oure strenght that we lost in syn.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)107/4 : Thei..techeth them to defende themself and to recover ageyne their victorye vpon the ouircomers.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)1212 : Furst for the best wey Baptym go ye to For by hym sonnest shull ye recouer grace.
5.
Law To obtain recompense for injury or wrong; recover or collect (damages, land, property, offerings, etc.) by legal action, regain (possession of property); recover (a sum of money in damage or surcharge from sb.).
Associated quotations
- (1405) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.33 : Sir Roger schal relese and for ȝefe to the forsaide John Bagger..al the damagez that be recouered be the same assis.
- (1419-20) Will in Bk.Lond.E.220/41 : Þat thenne þe godes in the bille be rekeuered of her.
- (1425) RParl.4.306b : Yat ye partie yat sueth, recoverie in yat sute double damages.
- (1429) RParl.4.352a : Tho same Customers ben like to recovere ageins the Merchantz..the sommes so surcharged.
- ?c1430(?1383) Wycl.Curse (Corp-C 296)320 : Ȝif þei kittide þus openly here purses, þei schulden reckevere it bi comyn lawe.
- (a1432) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.xxii : Richard profrid to be bounden to the same preest in xx li. yef that he wolde holde with hym ayenst me..wherthurgh he myȝt recovere ayenst me.
- (1437) RParl.4.509b : The same Thomas Norton shulde recovere the said somme of iiii c Marc' ayenst the seid Thomas Stamford.
- (1447) RParl.5.130a : Divers Landes and Tenementz late were recovered, evict, and hadde fro the possession of the Hous of the holy Trinite.
- (c1463-5) Paston1.119 : Robert Wylluby..hat recouered and opteyned the seyde c s. rent.
- (1470) Paston1.422 : Suche thynge theryn as thei haue, or shalbe recouered, goten, or obteyned..shalbe equally dyvided.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)237/21 : Hit was graunt þe fore-seyde abbas sholde recufer her seysenynge of þe foreseyde tenementes..with her pertinences.
6.
(a) To return (to a place), retreat; ~ ayen; (b) to return to (a thing or place); (c) to deliver (a second blow), repeat; (d) of a bird: to repeat (its song).
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)604 : Þe dragonett Ne may recouer to his recett.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)13.179 : Ȝif Euere I Mowe rekeuere to sarras, I schal ȝow hyghly qwyten Er that ȝe pas.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)18.232 : Ȝif euere to Sarras I Myhte Rekeueren..In worschepe..I scholde ȝow so worthily Gwerdone thanne.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)27327 : Pharyens was fayn..to the Forest to recoueren ageyn.
b
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4106 : I ne may nought..Recovere that I moost desire.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)3824 : The king..made him [Abel] low stoupe Bakward ouer his hors croupe. Abel..recouered his sadil.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)19 : Of alle youre townes to chese of one and other To kepe the see and sone for to come overe, To werre oughtwardes and youre regne to recovere.
c
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)342 : Yef he myght haue recovered a-nother stroke he hadde fallen of his horse to the erthe.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)391 : Whan Pounce wolde have recovered a-nother stroke, the kynge spored his horse in to the stour.
d
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Mum.Bishopswood (Ashm 59)87 : Foolis loustely recvvre [rime: nature] Þeire lusty notes.
7.
(a) To rise or get up after a fall; ~ ayen; (b) to raise or hold (sb.) up; refl. raise oneself up, get up.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)31/22 : Sum men ben ofte doun & recouere a ȝen.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)14.330 : They..to the Erthe there down him threwe..Vp in that pres he Recouerid that Tyde.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)174/25 : Sir Marhaute..smote hym downe..and so he served his sonnes..Than som of his sonnes recovirde and wolde have sette upon sir Marhaute.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)178/3 : They sone recoverde and dressed their shyldes.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.2129 : I wolde sein..that thou aryse, Er that thou falle in such a wise That thou ne myht thiself rekevere.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)348/27 : He..had falle downe had nat his men recoverde hym.
8.
To obtain (sb. or sth.), acquire (happiness, health, etc.); win (a region or kingdom); of a bird: acquire (its mate).
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)287a/b : Þe emptes..recouereþ reward of litelnesse of body and in mochilnes of vertu.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.181 : For every wo ye shal recovere [vr. recouur] a blisse.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.406 : If she be lost, we shal recovere an other.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)688 : Ech of hem recovered hath hys make.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)34/30 : The ymage that was harde as ston recouerid lijf be the goddes Venus.
- (c1447) Let.Oxf.in OHS 35261 : In als muche as þe duk..grantyd to owr Universite..all his buks..with his onne mowgthe..we myght rekever and have theys sayd boks.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)19 : He recouerd, quills he regnyd; þe regions all clene.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)758 : Þou seis me..or oȝt lange..recouyre me þi rewme.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)268/13 : Be me þou trowid to hafe welthe of gudis, and to requeuer helthe of þi bodie.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)119/30 : She recouered her iuste partie of the heritage.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)188/11 : Constantyne..recoverde the Crosse that Cryste dyed uppon.
- a1475 Lydg.Consulo (Cmb Hh.4.12)12 : With cormerantes make thy nekke long In pondys depe thy pray to recouere [vr. recure].
9.
(a) To gain the upper hand, become dominant, prevail; ~ ayen, regain one's position; ~ on, prevail over (sb.), overcome; ben recovered, become or grow strong; (b) to prosper; fare well in love.
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a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.30.8 : Þe lord haþ comparysound me with my syster, & I haue recouerd [WB(2): wexid strong; L invalui].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Josh.17.13 : After forsoþe þat þe childryn of Irael weryn rekeuered [WB(2): weren stronge; L convaluerunt], þei sogettedyn þe chananeys.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)26910 : Sumtides out put, þe soȝ to saine; Þoru right dome he recouerd a gaine. Bischope he was.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)27053 : Euer on þam recouerde we bigan.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.2429 : I se my fela wel recovere And I mot duelle stille povere.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.7834 : Mi Sone, thogh thou be nou povere Of love, yit thou miht recovere.
10.
(a) To reach (a place), arrive at; get back into (a saddle); ~ to, attain (wealth); (b) refl. to go or flee (to a place).
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a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2801 : Go we on oure gate..to recuuer sum resset þere we vs rest miȝt.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.2400 : He that is riche This dai, tomorwe he mai be povere; And in contraire also recovere A povere man to gret richesse Men sen.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)23768 : Jn to þe Sadyl lyhtly he wente, but ȝit er he hit Recouerede..Arthewr him hytte vppon the hed.
b
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)214/30 : Recover yourself unto som kydde castell.
11.
In proverbs and sayings.
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- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.27 : Los of catel may recouered be But los of tyme shendeth vs.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.578 : Noman mai his time lore Recovere.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1283 : Tyme ylost may nought recovered [vr. Recouuered] be.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)145/16 : Þe harm of losse of tyme maye not be recuuerid.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)132/18 : Sho bad hym neuer to..make not sorow for þat þing þat is verely loste & can neuer be requoverd.
- (1465) Paston2.308 : A day lost in jdyll can neuer be recoueryd.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)218/3 : Knyghtes ons shamed recoverys hit never.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)271 : Whenne she is syke, she wold haue ben a lambe, But when she is Recoueryd, she is a shrewe as she was before.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)142 : It is grete nede a man to go bak to recouer the better his leep.