Middle English Dictionary Entry
reǧimen n.
Entry Info
| Forms | reǧimen n. |
| Etymology | L regimen & OF regimen, var. of regime. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A course of treatment; a healthful program of diet, etc., regimen; (b) government.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)60/17 : In anoþer maner regimen [L regimine], Vndirstonde þat þe man þat is biten schal not be lete blood in þe bigynnynge.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)272/7 : Teche him good regimen & good dietynge, & þouȝ he be not curid..he schal lyue neuere adai þe lenger ne þe lasse.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)275/26 : Who so euere vsiþ þis regimen, he schal haue no drede of engendringe of þe stoon.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)289/24 : Þou schalt kepe him wiþ good regimen, & he schal vse no metis ne drinkis þat engendrith scharp blood.
b
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)55/22 : Diuerse comontees haue accepted heyers in reemes as for the most perfight and semblably of the vniuersall regimen which cometh all owt of hevene.