Middle English Dictionary Entry
rein-dẹ̄r n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rein-dẹ̄r n. Also rainder(e, rainedere. |
| Etymology | From ON (cp. OI hreinn) & ME dẹ̄r n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The European reindeer (Rangifer tarandus); (b) her. ~ hed, a stag's head with two sets of antlers (double attires), the front pair turned down.
Associated quotations
a
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)922 : The roo and þe rayne-dere reklesse thare ronnen.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.My Lady (Add 16165)59 : Þe reynder and þe wylde roo, In mersshes haue þeyre moste pley.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)926 : Rayndeer and roobuc runne to þe wodes.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)3728 : She bad..To chase at hem..At reyndere and the dredful roo.
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)143 : I myght speke of a parke of bestys with horn, Thantelope, reynder, and vnicorn.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)8099 : Sawh thou euere..Chasyng for Rayndeer or for Roo?
- a1475 Gawain & CC (Brog 2.1)117 : Then syr Gawen and syr Key..After a raynder they rode.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)3029 : Syr, I love huntyng At rayne-dere and at roos.
b
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.3 (Hrl 2169)208 : Sylver iij rayndere hedys all of sabyll.