Middle English Dictionary Entry
reis n.
Entry Info
| Forms | reis n. Also raise. |
| Etymology | MDu., MLG reise & OF rese, reise. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A journey; also, a military expedition.
Associated quotations
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5238/6 : Expense hospicii cum providenciis factis pro le Reys.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5240/30 : Pro conductione de ij seyles per ix septimanas en le Reys, per manus eiusdem, iiij marc.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)2489 : This was now a wondyr reys. Whan he woke then fast by Bloys Aryved this yong Partanope.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)407 : At Venice..They utterne ther the chaffare be the payse, And lyghtlye also ther they make her reys.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)40 : He wanne at the first raise that he made over the see Ml.Ml.vc. townes and castellis.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Hist.Patr.(StJ-C G.31) 83/24 : So that this thre brether..may haue ther sharys and parte of the rescwe of the goodis, the which they wan in the reiase of the batayle.
Note: Editor: "reiase: This variant form is not recorded in MED, but probably a form of MED reis n., 'A journey; also, a military expedition'."
Note: New spelling.