Middle English Dictionary Entry
relicte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | relicte n. |
| Etymology | OF relicte & ML relicta. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A widow.
Associated quotations
- c1460 Oseney Reg.89/15 : Moolde, relicte of Raph ffrensh of Thrope.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.95/25 : I..have i-ȝeve..to god..all my mylle of Cudelynton..and all þat moolde, þe relicte of my fadur, þe thridde parte of þe same Mille for her dowry al so longe as she leueth.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)503/17 : Mavde halygod, the relicte of Laurence halygod, yaf..to god & cetera..x shillings of yerely rente.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)513/9 : Cristyne, the relicte of Iohn dyer, confermed..the graunte..þat William his sone and heire made to Robert Gloser.