Middle English Dictionary Entry
rē̆gā̆l(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | rē̆gā̆l(e adj. Also regalle. |
| Etymology | L rēgālis; cp. F (16th cent.) regal. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Royal, regal, kingly.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.4.128 : The justise regal hadde whilom demed hem bothe to gon into exil.
- c1432 Bishop Notes in PMLA 49 (Cmb Dd.14.2)457 : Comun traytures..lete dude wryte diuers fals bulles and fals scriptures..in grete offens..of dignite of corowne regal and derision of Xristian feiþ.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)400 : This noble quene Semyramys..hadd longe the regall maieste Kept.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)10.18 (v.1:p.105) : Heroude..busied to preferre Antipater her brother biforne hem bothen, and to entitlen hym after his deth to the regal dignitees of succession.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)100.90 (v.2:p.129) : The kyng .. ordeyned his body to be diuided into thre partis ..; the residue he reserued to be kept amonge the regal reliques.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.323 : He concluded men of Ethioppe..in the regalle [Trev.: rial; L regia] cite of Saba.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.263 : Hengistus and Horsus..were in the thridde degre to Woden, of whom alle regalle [Trev.: kyngyn] blode of þe nacions of barbre come allemoste.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.275 : Vortigernus hade carnalle knowlege of his awne doȝhter for truste of regalle [L regalis] succession.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)58/27,30 : I am david of jesse rote..Of Regall lyff xal come suche foyson..with regall power to make man fre.
- c1475 St.Anne(2) (Trin-C R.3.21)222 : The twelue sonnes of Iacob..Support the ground of the fundacion Of the holy place of Anne..The most noble, regale formacion.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.151 : Thay..Putte in thyn hande a Rede for Regale Septre to be.