Middle English Dictionary Entry
Renard(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Renard(e n. Also reniarde, renaud(e, reinard(e, rainard. |
| Etymology | OF renart, renarde, regnart & renaut. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A name for the fox, from the popular OF Roman de Renart.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1728 : Ofte he watz runnen at when he out rayked, & ofte reled in aȝayn, so Reniarde watz wyle.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1898 : Renaud com richchande þurȝ a roȝe greue, & alle þe rabel in a res, ryȝt at his helez.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1916 : Hit watz þe myriest mute þat euer men herde, Þe rich rurd þat þer watz raysed for Renaude saule with lote.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1920 : Syþen þay tan Reynarde & tyruen of his cote.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2448 : Lyk his fader..fals of love; it com hym of nature As doth the fox Renard [vrr. raynard, reynard, Renarde], the foxes sone.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)121 : I do as Renard dide that made him ded in the wey for to be cast in to the carte and thanne haue of the heringe.