Middle English Dictionary Entry
rēme n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | rēme n.(2) |
| Etymology | L rēmus; cp. OProv. rem & OF reme, var. of rame. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- a1350 Horn (Hrl 2253)88/1525 : Þe see bigan to flowen ant hy faste to rowen; hue aryueden vnder reme in a wel feyr streme.
- (1420-21) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.505 : De navi Henrici Wetynbek' xxx die Decembris; De eodem pro di. c remeholt, pr. x s.
- (1420-21) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 389 : Tak j Rodelynglyne, viij Remis.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)50/3 : The schulder bone is like as it were of a reeme or a table.