Middle English Dictionary Entry
reimen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | reimen v. Also reime, reimi, raime(n, raim(i, rame, raine, reome; p.ppl. reimed, etc. & iraimed, raimet. |
| Etymology | OF raiembre, raimbre, rambre, raindre, rëimbre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To ransom (sb.), redeem; -- also refl.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)66/21 : Nalde he cunne god þonc a mon þe duste uppon him of peonehes a bigurdel forte reimin [Cleo: reimen; Nero: areimen; Tit: raimen] him wið & lesen him of pine?
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)67/1 : Þet is ura rancun þet we schulde reimin us wið.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23156 : Þai sal be dempt al wit þe wick..þat al þis weld þaim mai not raim [Frf: raime].
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)23516 : Britons franchis, lo, quite þai claime, ffor trespas done þam selfe to raime.
2.
(a) To plunder; rob (sb.), plunder, fleece; ~ of, rob or deprive (sb.) of (money); (b) to fine (sb.), amerce; (c) to ravage (territory, a country); (d) to destroy (sb. or sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Eust.(LdMisc 108)192 : Some huy raymeden for heore lif of manie harde poundes.
- a1350 Ich herdemen (Hrl 2253)26 : Þe ryche me raymeþ wiþ-outen eny ryht, ar londes & ar leodes liggeþ fol lene.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)44/1 : Þe vifte is þe zenne of reuen..þet accuseþ and calengeþ þet poure uolc and ham doþ raymi [F raimbre] and kueadliche lede uor a lite wynnynge þet hi habbeþ be-zide.
- a1400 Hit falseþ hit reymeþ (Hrl 7322)2 : Hit falseþ, hit reymeþ, hit falleþ, hit shendeþ: Cupiditas.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.43 : Eilred is so reymed of his tresorie, His wife & his childre he sent to Normundie.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.3 TDWorld (Corp-C 296)185 : False marchauntis..lyuen..bi..false weitis ..& preisen hym most þat foulest raymeþ alle þe membris of crist..&..can bigilen þe peple.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)100 : Thow has redyn and raymede and raunsound þe pople, And kyllyde doun his cosyns.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)117/16 : No wonder as it standys if we be poore..we ar so hamyd, ffor-taxed, and ramyd, We ar mayde hand tamyd, with thyse gentlery men.
b
- a1325 *Rwl.Statutes [OD col.] (Rwl B.520)lf.32b : Ȝif þer be murþere, þe lord sal ben i-raimed ate kinges wille.
c
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1940 : Þis child..Has reden all oure regions & raymed [Dub: raymet] oure landis.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2488 : Þis souerayn..Þoȝt to ride & to rayme [Dub: rame] þe regions of barbres.
d
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)177 : Þe kyng is comand..with his kene ostis, Þat sall oure renkis all rayme & oure rewme bathe.
- a1500 Ihesu crist I the (Sln 3160)5 : I the be-seche Thow here my prayere..As þu boghtis me with þi blod, And raymett was one þe rod ffor me and all man-kynd.
3.
(a) To gain control of (territory, land, a kingdom), seize, take; (b) to acquire (treasure, wealth), gain; (c) to get hold of (sb.), find, recruit.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)1.93 : Kynges and knihtes scholde kepen hem bi Reson, And Rihtfuliche Raymen [vr. rule] þe Realmes a-bouten.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.185 : We clayme þis our heritage þat þise paen hondes our ancestre haf reft, & þorgh hard woundes of þam salle reyme it eft.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.263 : If he [king] had..gyuen þam alle þer lyue þer wynnyng ilk a dele þat þei mot reyme & gyue..Wales had bien wonne at þat dynt.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)2510 : When we hope..to herye hym with armes, Þen am I raddest all our realme be raymed [Ashm: reft] from vs first.
b
- a1325 SLeg.Bridget(2) (Corp-C 145)213 : Þis maide is to deore..me to bugge and þe to sulle also, For i nemiȝte noȝt reime [vr. reymy] þat tresour þat wel to lite nere.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)14.96 : Þe wil is as muche worth of a wrecche beggere, As al that the ryche may reyme [vrr. reome, rayne, rayme] and ryghtfulliche dele.
c
- a1500(?c1400) EToulouse (Cmb Ff.2.38)434 : That oon knyght Kaunters, þat odur Kaym, Falser men myght no man rayme.