Middle English Dictionary Entry
refreiden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | refreiden v. Also refreide, refraide; p.ppl. refreid(ed, refreith, refraied, refreted & (?error by confusion with refecten v.) refrected. |
| Etymology | OF (chiefly AF) refreidier, var. of refroidier; cp. AF freit, frait, vars. of OF froit, froide. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To become cool; also fig.; (b) ben refreided, to be chilled; to have caught a chill; also, be cooled, cool off; also fig.; (c) ppl. refreid, refreshed, restored.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1343 : Fro day to day he leet it nought refreyde, That by Pandare he wroot somwhat or seyde.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.507 : Refreyden [vr. refreyne] may this hote fare, Er Calkas sende Troilus Criseyde.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)68/28 : Tak þe confeccion of þe fire..& suffre it to refraide.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.341 : Fully ne shal it [concupiscence] neuere quenche..but if he were al refreyded [vr. refreyned] by siknesse or by malefice of sorcerye or colde drynkes.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)27 : For cause þat þe sowe shal be refrected [vr. refreted; F refroidies], the boor goþ not fro hem.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)54 : Houndes somtyme ben refraied as hors, whan þei han ronne to longe and comen hoot in some watir or ellis whan þei come to rest hem in some cold place.
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)9a : Wan þe bre is refreyded, take þe gres.
- a1500(c1380) Chaucer Rosem.(Benson-Robinson)21 : My love may not refreyd be nor affounde; I brenne ay in an amorous plesaunce.
c
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)368 : Refetyd, or refreyth: Refectus.