Middle English Dictionary Entry
rẹ̄men v.(4)
Entry Info
| Forms | rẹ̄men v.(4) Also reme, remmen & (early) rīmen; p.ppl. (early SW) iremd. |
| Etymology | OE: cp. A hrēman, LWS hrȳman. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ramen v.
1.
(a) To cry out, utter a cry; shout (sth.), call out; of an elephant: trumpet; ~ on, importune (sb. for sth.); ~ ovenon, shout at (sb.); (b) to lament, mourn, express sorrow; cry out from grief or pain; complain; ~ for (with) reuthe; (c) to cry out in derision, jeer.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)26/14 : Þa feringæ wearð heo bæften al on brune, æȝðer ȝe þæt ræȝl þe heo on hæfde ȝe þe lichamæ al wiðæftan; þa ræsde heo up & mid ludre stæfne rymen ongan, & heo ðus forewitegian ongan.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2890 : Þa Romanisce men remden heom uuenen, 'Whet wolde ȝe her, niðinges, mid þe Bruttisce kinge?'
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)89 : Þo þe ferden biforen him and ðo þe after him comen remden lude stefne þus queðinde, '[O]sanna.'
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)129 : Ich am his steuene þe remeð in þis westerne.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)1/9 : Ȝe, mine leoue sustren, habbeð moni dai iremd on me efter riwle.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)67/14 : Asopare ðet ne bereð buten sope & nelden remð & ȝeieð lude & heie ðet he bereð.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)108/23 : Þenchen hwat tu woldest don..ȝif me remde [Corp-C: ȝeide] lude 'fur, fur.'
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)527 : He [elephant] remeð & helpe calleð.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)540 : Ðanne remen he alle a rem.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)5627 : Traharn his folk remede, and þe oþer gonne to fleonde.
b
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)95 : Crist..ne remde ne of bitere speche nes.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.DD (Lamb 487)43 : Summe of þan monne sare wepeð; Summe swa deor lude remeð.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)123/1080 : Ȝef ȝe weren wise..nalde ȝe neauer remen ne makien reowðe for me.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)14/11 : Alle..remden of reowðe ant meanden þes meiden.
- a1275 Doomsday (Trin-C B.14.39)11 : Ne helpeð hit noht þenne to wepen ne to remen [Dgb: reme].
- a1300 Sayings St.Bede (Jes-O 29)167 : Remen heo schule and grede Deope in helle grunde.
- c1330 St.Greg.(Auch)135/754 : Sche fel aswon on hir bed And loude bigan for to reme.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)502 : Wyte not me for þe werk, þat I hit wolde help, And rwe on þo redles þat remen for synne.
- c1400 PPl.C (Vsp B.16)21.105 : Remyng [Hnt: Ȝoure campion chiualer..Ȝelt hym recreaunt rennynge ryght at iesus wil].
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)2902 : Whan that thei herd wymmen so remed, Thei hadde meruayle what it myght be.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2197 : Thane remmes þe riche kynge fore rewthe at his herte.
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)258 : Thou scholdeste reme for rewthe, in siche ryfe bene the pore.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)9982 : He assingnet yche Sege sekurly to haue, As dropis of dew droppyng of Rede, In hor colours to ken all ouer care wise, As Remyng with Ruthe by right of hor hede Þat lappit was in luf.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)16684 : Mardochyus herd þen how þei ment; for reuth he remed als he suld raue.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)1227 : Quen he come to that cite Ierusalem þer he was dede, remyng on hit, þer saide he thes wordes with a ruful rede.
- a1500(a1450) St.Robt.Knares.(Eg 3143)307 : Roberd remed and rewed sair And frayned his moder of hyr far.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)248/427 : This freake beginneth to reeme and yowle, and make great dowle.
c
- c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss.(Hat 115)24 : Scegdon [read: Scægdon]: remden.