Middle English Dictionary Entry
remenaunt n.
Entry Info
Forms | remenaunt n. Also remena(u)nte, -and, -an(c)t, -anȝt, -ent, -ont, -unt, remana(u)nt, -ent(e, remeinaunt, remainaunt, -ande, -e(n)t, remunaunde, remna(u)nt(e, -a(u)nd, -ond, -iant, rembnand, rempnaunt, remant, -ent, -eunte, remela(u)nt, -a(u)nd, -ande, remulant, remlaunt, -and(e & (errors) renenant, reuenaunt. |
Etymology | OF: cp. CF remanant, remenant, remenent, remaignant, AF remenaunt; also cp. ME remainen v.; for forms rem(e)launt, etc. cp. elmi, var. of enemi n. & martilmas, var. of martin-messe n.; for remant, etc. cp. dammen, var. of dampnen v. & nemmen, p. nammet, vars. of nemnen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The rest, remaining part or quantity; the residual portion of an estate; a remaining or reserved portion; also fig.; (b) the remaining part of a story, question, text, law, etc.; a remaining segment or remaining provisions of a document; ~ of min wille (testament); (c) a remaining sum of money; ~ of costs; (d) the remaining portion of a day, life, time, etc.; the remaining days of a festival season; the remaining distance [quot.: Pearl]; to the ~, permanently; a ~, from now on, henceforth; (e) math. the result of subtraction, remainder; (f) med. the remaining traces of a disease; (g) a small part or quantity; (h) a short length of fabric or fur, remnant; also, a supplemental piece of fabric, that which is lacking to make a whole; ~ de panno, etc.; in ~, in short lengths.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)38/1060 : Seter [read: Beter] hys þat hy a lyte do Her ine obedience, And foluelle þat remenaunt Ine purgatoryes tense.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)2537 : Þai toke þe tre þan þare it lay, þe thred part þai hewed o-way, And of þe remenand [vr. rembnand] haue þai made A large cross.
- c1390 Off alle floures (Vrn)81 : Þis is þe remenaunt of my lust, Þat I not wheþer my ladi mylde To my loue haue inly trust.
- (1399) RParl.3.452b : Some men..have taken mych more by extorsion and oppression of the Kynges poeple..then all the remenaunt of her owne lyvelod amounted to.
- a1400 He is wel (Hrl 7322)2 : He is wel siker þat hat clennesse, for al þat oþer renenant [read: remenant] is not bot wrechedenesse.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.16 : If þei Sir Frethebald haf now ouer comen, þe to þere remenant of þe North son salle þei nomen.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2342 : I relece þe of þe remnaunt of ryȝtes alle oþer.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1866 : If þe trouthe inwardly be souȝte, With þe surpluse and remnaunte of her þouȝte, Men may þer þe trewe patron fynde Of Inconstaunce.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)22096 : He tok of her þat him þoght beste And þe remelande fra him he keste.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)128a/b : Ȝif þu drawe oute þe mater þat is corupte & leue behynde þe mater þat is harde, it is harde to mature þe remanent.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)271 : Naked from the brest unto the hed Men myghte hire sen..The remenaunt [vr. remaynaunt] was wel kevered.
- (1439) Proc.Privy C.5.391 : Þe saide seurete be take halfe, or at þe lest þe thridd parte in hostage or gage, and remainent in sealx and othes.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)315 : Þe power which a man haþ aboute þe bigeting of a ghild, and þe deede which he doiþ..ben not to be seid passe kynde, þouȝ god do al þe remenaunt aftir þe seid ministracioun of þe seed.
- a1450 Ordin.Nuns(2) (Vsp A.25)146/37 : Þen sal þe priores kut o-way þe remnaunt of þe hair.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)234/23 : I will þat ȝe Ette þerof euere ilkone; The remelaunt parted schall be To þe poure.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)131/17 : But ȝiff þe grownd be sekere, þe remeland must nedis fayll.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.49/15 : Þe saide Abbot and Couent haue ryȝght..in all þe remanent of þe partie of þe saide Abbot of þe saide Ile of Osney.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)52 : Breke as myche as þou wylle ete, The remelant to pore þou shalle lete.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.46 : Þer in þou stepe white brede fayre, Þo remunaunde þou kepe with oute disware.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.407 : Acomptenge that a grete solace to ȝiffe a caldron with potages to men syttenge abowte and to diuide to euery man his porcion, kepenge to hym the remanente [Trev.: alle the ouer pluse].
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)109 : Sethe it and sie it throughe a clothe and pres the remnyant and lesshe it cold.
- (1487) Will Uvedale in SAC 3167 : I bequeathe to the said Robert my sonne the remnant of my stuf of houshold and all myne other goodes moveables and immoveables the which in the my present testament is not bequethin.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)9792 : Geue some to pore menys hande, And wyth the remlawnt store thy lande.
- a1500 How GMan(1) (Cmb Ff.2.38)32 : Thy lyfe in mesure that thou lede, And of þe remenunt þou ne recche.
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- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.888 : The remenant [vr. remenaunte] of the tale is long ynough.
- (1413) Will in Bk.Lond.E.217 : Yf ther may be spared so moche of my gode after my dedtis an rement of my testament be fulfyllyt, y wyl that my moder haue xx s.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1046 : I shal begynne the remnant of my tale.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.10.234 : I abide to herknen the remenaunt of the question.
- (1425) RParl.4.268b : Beseching lowely all you, my Lordes, to be received to declare..for my seid Lord Erl Mareschall ye remenant of ye title.
- c1425 Wycl.Concord.in Spec.43 (Roy 17.B.1)270 : If a man haue mynde oonly of oo word or two of sum long text of þe Newe Lawe & haþ forȝetyn al þe remenaunt..þis concordaunce wole lede him..vnto þe ful text.
- (1443) Will Finch(1) in Archaeol.Cant.13 (Add 5516)322 : Y will that she haue c markes yerlich..so that the remanent of all my will may ffulich be performed.
- (1444) RParl.5.113a : To all the remenaunt of this Petition, the Kyng wille that it be as it is desired.
- (?1459) Paston (EETS)1.90 : The said John Paston shulde be discharged of the payment of the said iiij ml. markes, and nought pay therof, in case he did execute the remenaunte of the said wille.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)17/17 : Who euere fulfille þese iij loues, he schal fulfille al þe remenaunt of goddis lawe.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)165/6 : We will nowe sewe aftir this..to shewe..suche thyngis as longyn to the remnante [F demourant] of the bodie of policie.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1376 : Of the grose werke it nede to shew no more, For olde men haue taght the remenant bi-fore.
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- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.26 : Ye pouer brother or sister shal haue xij d. in ye woke, and ye remanant shal be done to ye light.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)7.92 : My wyf shal haue of þat I wan..And wiþ þe residue & þe remenaunt [vrr. remelaunt, remelaund]..I wile worsshipe þerewiþ treuþe in my lyue.
- (1411) EEWills19/15 : Þe remnaund to be payid of my godes þat leuyth.
- (1420) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8515 : Thay sall hafe all the lede that ys thare nowe and perfourmys the remenand of thayr costes.
- (1429-30) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.80 : J will yat..ye remland of Annas part be distribud be avise of my wiffe and my feffys.
- (1430) Deed Yks.in YASRS 63103 : Ye saide Thomas salle paye..ye remaynaunt at ye sayd feste of Wytsonday.
- (1438) Will Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.4328 : Then schall the seyd myles, my son, payn..the remanent that remayneth over of hys owyn good mony.
- (1447) Indent.in HSLC 34137 : The saide William schall repaye..halfe the money that he hafe resayvete..And all the remeunte then unpayte to be exteynte for evermor.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)56/26 : Here resonable expensys þere abowte awȝte ferst to be takyn vp in reknyng, & þe tythe of þe remenaunt owȝte to be payed to tythe.
- (1455) Lin.DDoc.73/31 : The same Grayfreris shall haue cc marces..Wherof part shall be in redy monye and the remanent in ornamentz of their churche.
- (1462) Paston2.277 : She shuld have be Keches hande v c mark, ij c and l mark to ben payed at this Estern and the remulant at Mihelmasse.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)308 : Thei must count that thei have sufficiently for the nest ȝere; and al the remanent thei schal gyve in elmesse.
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- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)p.179 : Y souȝt þe reme-nanȝt [L residuum] of my ȝeres, and y ne shal nouȝt sen our Lord in þe londe of liueand.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3552 : Han ther inne vitaille suffisaunt But for a day; fy on the remenaunt!
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.3016 : Of my lif the remenant I schal it be thi grace amende.
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.88 : Þer be enqueste y-nome by twelue godemen y-swore ryȝt y-don to þe remenaunt [F a remanant].
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.115 : Ȝe wite wele a remenant [F desore], & forsoth ȝe kenne, þat Inglis & Normant be now ons men.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1160 : To start in þe strem schulde non me stere To swymme þe remnaunt.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2401 : We schyn reuel þe remnaunt of þis ryche fest ful bene.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)155/19 : The secounde manere was by al þe remenaunt of þe tyme.
- (1429) J.Boys in Nrf.Archaeol.15148 : On ye wedenysday..ij lod of cley, price viij d. a forn none, ye remnant of ye forn none, muck with oure owyn seelf.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)5/20 : Þe remenand of tyme þai ȝelde to godis seruys.
- c1450 *Bonav.Medit.(4) (MSU 1)33 : Þer þay left armede men þe remelande of þe nygth for to kepe hym.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)83/15 : He shall contenu þe remenant of þe day in ioye and riste.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.171 : Spend wele..the remanant of the day.
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- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)34/7 : Considre how moche is the remnaunt of his mene motus whan this aux is thus with drawe out.
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)36/8 : As moche as the mene mot of the mone is more than the mene mot of the sonne..the quantite of that difference..I clepe the remenaunt.
- ?c1400 Treat.Geom.(Sln 213)61 : Abate þe heght of þe hille fro al þat remenant, and þan sekirly has ou þe heght of þat thyng.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.10.15 : If thou abate the quantite of the houre inequale by day out of 30, than shal the remenaunt that levith parforme the houre inequale by night.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.25.21 : Abate the nombre of that same sonnes altitude out of 90 degrees, and than is the remenaunt of the nombre that leveth the latitude of that regioun.
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)37/5 : The remanent: 20. Wherof me shalle withdraw: 22; The nombre to be withdraw: 2.
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)38/26 : Sette a-side half of tho minutes so, and reserve the remenaunt without in the table.
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- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)112b/b : Þer is grete ardoure & rennynge of þe yȝen, & ecch, and þer is sumtyme remanent of þe obtalmia.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)113a/a : Ȝif þe relefe oþer þe remanent of þe obtalmia lefe in þe yȝe, hele it wiþ þe white colirie & wiþ oþer remedies of þe obtalmia.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)126/25 : Þe remenaunt [*Ch.(1): relefe or remanence] of þe disposicioun is vnable to be helede.
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- (1412) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.244 : [A] remenaunt [of white wine in poor condition..a] remenant [of vinegar].
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)22 : I sall rehers..A remnant of his rialte.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)15922 : Take þe hert and þe maw, of aþer A remnand ryȝt, And in þe fyre þem thraw.
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- (1346) Will York in Sur.Soc.423 : j remenant de panno russeto ad estimacionem unius tunicae.
- (1388) Will All Sts.in BGAS 24115 : Lego Magote Anuntiage vnum remenant panni blodii Coloris ad faciendam vnam Tougam.
- (1433) RParl.4.452a : It be leefull to the awnour to kyt of the lyste at the one ende of all soche Streite Clothes..and the same Clothe to be sold for a remenaunt, or for a pece, and nat for a Clothe.
- (1437) Invent.Q.Katherine in Sus.AC 37 (Add 32645)174 : To performed [read: performen] the said fourrure went a remenant that was left of a gowne of the quene.
- (1446) Will York in Sur.Soc.45102 : De viij ulnis et di. de fustyan in remenaunt.
- (1461) Acc.St.Margaret Southwark in BMag.32642 : Resceyved..for..the Remaynett of iij yerdis of blewe clothe, xvj d.
- (1487) Will Uvedale in SAC 3163 : I bequeathe my tawny velvet gowne to be made a chesible thereof and a cope if it will extend thereto, and if not, then my executors to provide the Remnant that shall lak.
2.
(a) A remaining group of people or animals; the survivors; the other (of two); -- also pl.; the ~ of the covent (chirche), the remaining members of the monastic establishment (church); (b) ~ of israel, ?the remaining members of either of the ancient kingdoms of Israel or Judah; ~ of jacob (juda), the survivors from the kingdom of Israel (Judah); (c) pl. descendants, progeny; (d) a remaining group or number of things; ?the remaining virtue [last quot.]; -- also pl.; the ~ of min godes (londes, etc.), all my remaining possessions (lands, etc.); bras remenauntes, remaining pieces of brass; (e) in proverb.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)6210 : A þousand & mo þai slowen, Þe remanant of hors drowen.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2901 : Al þo remnant of þe rude bestes for fere be-gunne to fle.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)3273 : Þanne tok he..an hundred..To come..to þe engyns..Al þe remanant of þe numbre he ordeyneþ to schute & caste.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Jer.15.9 : Hir remnauntis [vr. remnauntus; L residuos] in to swerd I shal ȝyuen.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Jer.23.3 : I shal gedere þe remnauntis of my floc fro alle londis.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.4317 : Levere him is to chese Hise children bothe forto lese, Than him and al the remenant Of hem whiche are aportenant Unto the lond which he schal kepe.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.109 : Whan þe peple was plenere comen, þe porter vnpynned þe ȝate And plukked in pauci priueliche and lete þe remenaunt go rowme.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)738 : What if fyve faylen of fyfty þe noumbre, And þe remnaunt be reken; how restes þy wylle?
- (1402) Hoccl.Cupid (Hnt HM 744)163 : Of xiie. apostles oon a traitour was, The remanaunt yit goode were and treewe.
- a1425 Ordin.Nuns(1) (Lnsd 378)144/9 : Thre or fowre of hir sistirs with hir mastres sall cum oute of þe qwere..All þe oþir remanant of þe couent standand in þare stallis.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)22743 : Alle þe remeland ouer tak þai might; Þai sparede nane bot sloȝ doun right.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)42 : He..slew of þam elleuen hundreth thowsand, and þe remenaunt [Man.(1): the othere; F les autres] he putte in presoun.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)49/26 : Þe remanaunt, when þay come to the water, þay myȝte noȝte wyn ouer.
- (1446) Will York in Sur.Soc.30124 : He schall no thing do singulerly be hymselfe..yat schall be lettyng, grefe, or prejudice unto ye remanent of myne executors.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3338 : Belyn & Brenne..wente..To werren opon þe Alemauntz, & take truage of þe remenauntz.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7149 : All the Remnond and Roke radly þai broght And brent vp the bodies vnto bare askis.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)8814 : Yf sum of vs be shent, þe remland þen may þou releue.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)387/15 : Þe rempnaunt fledde vnto the toun.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)11/16 : He called to hym the senyschall and betoke Ponthus to hym, and to diuerse of his contre he betoke the remeynaunt.
- (1464) Let.Ormond in Fortescue Works26 : A wronge done to a man of the Chirche..sownythe to the dishonoure or perille of the remenant of the Chirche.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)78/5 : Twelve kynges..were buryed in the chirch of Seynte Stevins..And the remanent of knyghtes and other were buryed in a grete roche.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)128 : The remenante off the subgettes off such a prince..wolbe right gladde to help such a subgett in his rebillion.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)501 : The thre brethren of Gawein, eche of hem reised a knyght and made alle the reuenaunt [F tous les autres] to stonde vp.
- -?-(a1439) Oratory in Archaeol.52309 : Besecheth mekely yowre poevere and humble Chapellain..in name of hym self and of the Remenant of youre poevere Chapellains and scoliers, [etc.].
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- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.10.20 : In þat dai shal not leyn to þe remnaunt of irael & þese þat shul fleen fro þe hous of iacob to lenen vp on hym þat smot hem.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.10.21 : Þe remnaunt [WB(2): relifs; L reliquiae] shul ben conuertid, þe remnaunt, forsoþe, of iacob, to þe stronge lord.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Jer.42.15 : Now hereþ þe woord of þe lord, ȝee remnaunt of Juda.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ezek.9.8 : Lord God, therfor whether thou schalt leese alle remenauntis [WB(1): the relikis] of Israel, and schalt schede out thi stronge veniaunce on Jerusalem?
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Jer.6.9 : Thei schulen gadere the remenauntis of Israel as in a vyner.
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- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)2 Kings 14.7 : Thei seken to quenche my sparcle whych is lefte, that name dwelle not to myn hosebonde, and relikis, ethir remenauntis, be not to him on erthe.
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- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)100/2 : Þis zuete word 'vader'..al þe remenont makeþ zuete.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Kings 11.41 : Þe remnaunt, forsoþe, of þe woordys of Salamon..ben writen in þe booc of þe woordis of þe daies of Salamon.
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)20/26 : The remenaunt of auges sek hem in the table of auges folwynge.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.55 : Danz Aristotiles These thre sciences hath divided..The ferste..is the conserve And kepere of the remnant.
- c1425 Castle Love(2) (Eg 927)1026 : The fire..sal fordo thing that sal noȝt endure, And make al the remanant of fairer figure.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)73/11 : Sekenesses is put forsoþe in it for kynde, þe remenaunt [*Ch.(1): oþer þingez] for difference of composicioun of oþer maneres.
- (1430) EEWills87/10 : All the Remenent of my gode &Catell y bequeth to my wif.
- (1433) Will York in Sur.Soc.3041 : I will yat all my dettes be payed, and also I will yat ye remlande of my gude be partid in thre.
- (1438-9) EEWills130/3 : The torgis to be dalt iij of hem to the Chirch of Thornecombe, & the remaynande of the torgis to x of the nedyest paryschirches.
- (1445) MSS Middleton in HMC113 : I bequethe to my wiffe..all the remelantz of furres in all my cotes.
- (1449) Will York in Sur.Soc.30147 : I bequeth to my wife Anne all the remannt of my goods mevable and unmevable.
- (1449) Will York in Sur.Soc.30155 : I beseche my feffez to suffre my heirs to take the proffittes yerof and performe my will of the remenanct of my landes.
- (1450) Lin.DDoc.41/1 : I wol..all my brasse remanentz for to be departed in lyke wyse after the discrescion of myn executours.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)31 : Put the cony in the pot with the remnyant of the pessene.
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)58 : In the next morning..in every office of houshold the remanentes must be taken.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.301 : Þe remnantis of his þout schul makyn an halyday to þe.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)2119 : Of the ix, the remenant alle fowre Be made with cold.
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- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Co.(Manly-Rickert)A.4407 : Wel bet is roten appul out of hord Than that it rotie al the remenaunt.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Dc.45 Artist.Recipes (Dc 45) 153/22 : Þu schalt fynde a gobbet of wolde atte de bottym and clen water abouyn, dan cast away sum of dy water and stere de remanot togydyr.
- a1500 Ashm.1393 Artist.Recipes (Ashm 1393) 159/8 : P[oure] away sume of þe water and stere þe remelent togedere.
Note: Glossary: "remanot, remelent n. 'remnant'."
Note: New spellings.