Middle English Dictionary Entry
remǒunten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | remǒunten v. |
| Etymology | AF remounter, var. of OF remonter, remunter. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To rise again, climb up again; also fig.; (b) hawk. to regain (a state of strength or good health); ben remounted, be restored (to a state of strength or good health); (c) to remount one's horse; -- also refl.; ben remounted, be on horseback again; (d) to restore (sb.), revive, encourage.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1994 : He þat was of vnhap first put doun Remounteþ ofte to ful hiȝe renoun.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1405 : Hir myȝti kyng, Late exiled..Hath grace founde in Fortunys siȝt And is remounted to so hiȝe estat.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)10126 : An Ampte..wyl nat dwelle In the vale cast doun lowe..But hyre afforceth a-noon ryht To remounte wyth al hyr myght.
b
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)19 : The manere to put hawke in mewe..who so put her in mewe so lene, it wol be lenger or sche be remownted.
- 1486 ?Berners Bk.St.Albans (Blades 1881)leaf c iii/a : When ye se yowre hawke may not endew her meete nor remounte her astate, she hath the gowte.
c
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)6162 : His hert gret angur surmounted That Achilles was remounted.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)27728 : Be this tyme Froyllez of Almayne aȝen was Remownted..Whiles Froyllez was remowntyng jn the Feld, Sire Gaweyn they thowhten Strokys to ȝeld.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)159 : He..fonde belias and flaundryns..and on dionas tweyne of her felowes, and peyned hem for to remounte hem on her horse.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)199 : Whan he was remounted [F fu remontes] a-monge the saisnes, he hente a stronge spere.
d
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.8399 : Þe Ethiopes blake So manly bar hem..Þat wher Troyens wern a-forn in fere, Remounted ben and of new assurid.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.1.10 : Thow that art sovereyn confort of angwissous corages, so thow hast remounted and norysshed [L refouisti; F refait et raempli] me with the weyghte of thi sentences and with delyt of thy syngynge.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1486 Sln.Bk.Hawking (Sln 3488)142 : And whan thi hauke is fleing thus, remounte hure with hote metez euere j wassh. and þen she shall fle lowe.
Note: Modify gloss (d)