Middle English Dictionary Entry
refū̆ǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | refū̆ǧe n. Also reffuge, reifuge. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Protection, assistance; cite (place) of ~; don ~, to give help or protection (to sb.); (b) a place of refuge, shelter; (c) a protector; (d) a means or source of protection or help; a reliable thing; other wei was ther no ~, there was no alternative; withouten (more) ~, without any remedy.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1720 : As thow art a rightful lord and iuge Ne yeue vs neither mercy ne refuge, But slee me.
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)468 : Sire aduocate..Many a quarel ȝe haue vndurtake And for lucre to do folke refuge.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.1551 : Zorastres..Wrot..The seuene sciencis callid liberall..in pilers off brik..To make hem seur, as for ther refuge, That thei sholde be flood nor deluge Diffacid been.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.4073 : My sperit hath be conveied With sorwe and wo, deuoid off al refuge.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.4174 : This Asilum..Was a place off refuge and socours..For to resseyue all foreyn trespassours.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)427 : Refuge, or socowre: Refugium, succursus.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Letab.(Hrl 2255)297 : O Royal Bedleem! Cite of our Reffuge!
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)6549 : Al hys wyttys wer a-gon, Saue that Eryng..Kam a-noon to hys refuge.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.A.831 : Nothyng shall be hidde fro that highe Iuge; Save among thy goode dedis thow getest noo refuge.
- a1500(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Stw 952(1))16314 : Whan any adversyte or wrechchydnesse swe vp-on me, In the all-only I ffynde refuyt and Refuge.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.896 : Þei..Han mordrid hym with stonys gret & huge, He in þe botme [of a well] havynge no refuge.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1967 : A-monge þe hilles he renneth day & nyȝt, In a rage, to fynde hym som refuge.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1184 : Polymyte in this tempest huge, Allas the whil, fyndeth no refuge.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)6.271 : So must he..like a dove fle to his refuge, By grace only if he may escape.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.443 : Ȝe [Priam] schal ben oure castel & oure wal, And oure refuge to saue vs from al smert.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1492 : King Phion, socure and refuge Vn-to Troyens..many Greke he made lese his life.
- a1475 VPhilibert (Brog 2.1)p.29 : Whether schal I fle..Frou the syȝt of ther fueyrfulle juge? There is no creature may be my reyfuge.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Prayer Leonard (LdMisc 683)1 : Reste and reffuge to folk dysconsolat..Blissed Leonard..pray Iesu..To saue þi servauntis.
- a1500 Moste glorious lord (Voss Germ.Gall.Q.9)87 : Reffuge to vs synneres alle In our helpe I prey the euer to be.
d
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3264 : Þe bolis..Out caste her fire..Ageyn whiche, for his chefe refuge..He was enoynt with an oignement.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.626 : Barbykans and bolewerkys huge, A-fore þe toun made for hiȝe refuge, Ȝiffe nede were.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.8166 : Oþir way was þer no refuge, But deye attonys or fiȝt manfully.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3297 : Þe goddis..had of newe assentid ben..Þe londe to drenche..with-oute more refuge.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.655 : Fir of liȝtnynge..Hath..her shipes brent Wiþ-oute eschape..or refuge.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.5059 : Hercules hadde to his refuge Wisdam with force.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)167/28 : See my sorowfull affliccion and than shall ye knowe that all refuges [CQ(2): comfortis and helpis] faille me at neede.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)2058 : Sapour shuld be moch better Iuge Then colour or odour, and more refuge, were not taste a perilous thing.