Middle English Dictionary Entry
rē̆nǧe n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | rē̆nǧe n.(2) Also reng(ge, renght, ring. |
| Etymology | OF renge; also cp. AL rengia, ringea, vars. of ranga; the form ring is due to confusion with ring n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. raunge n.(1).
1.
(a) A row (of words, people), a line; (b) a line of fighting men assembled for battle or a joust, a rank; also, fig. a group of saints in heaven; on o (on) ~, in one rank, in a group; upon o ~, in one rank; (c) ?a strip of land marked out as lists; ?= ring n.4.(a); (d) a furrow; (e) arch. ~ table, a stringcourse.
Associated quotations
a
- ?1435(1432) Lydg.Hen.VI Entry (Jul B.2)52 : The Meire..Made hem hove in rengis tweyne.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)423 : Randone, or longe renge of wurdys or other thyngys.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)429 : Reenge [Win: Rengge], or rowe: Series.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)102/36 : After anone þe Somenerere schal sowne þe smale belle as longe til þe sustres been fro table, & in renges bifore, one Suster ageynis anoþer.
b
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)20/296 : For ȝef ha þus beoþ acwiket..ha beoð i widewene reng.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1508 : Þer nas noiþer king no erl..Alle þai flowen on o reng [rime: leng].
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)5044 : Þos þat Gaheriet held þo..flowen oway on on renge.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)5397 : Liȝteþ al to þe grounde; Ȝe schullen wende on on ring; Ȝour hors schul þegromes bring.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)862 : What is he.. Þat out of þe renge [vr. rowe] haþ him diȝt?
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2594 : In two renges faire they hem dresse Whan that hir names rad were euerichon.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3634 : Mark of Rome nabode no lenge; He slouȝ fyue on oo renge.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)278/29 : Þai prekeden her stedes fersely oppon Caskemore and her wenges ham folewede on a renge.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.7271 : Achilles..Gan cerche scheltrouns & her rengis brake.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)4486 : He thoght her dethe wolde he venge, He sought the batayle euery renge.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)13385 : Thei samed hem alle on an hepe, Thei toke her hors & vpward lepe, Thei rod so forth vpon a renge.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)5021 : Cesar..arraied þem in renges ryght & assigned whiche bataille first schold fight.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)9467 : Of bataille sette þey no right renge, Bot ilkon forþ, þe kyng to venge.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)44.559 : Nasciens..Every Renge..In that bataille.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)3557 : Abel..Bare the baner in the vaward..Than come in the second renght King Sircus with his strenght.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)162 : He..rode in a-monge hem that alle the renges fremysshed.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)588 : Merlin that rode fro oo renge to a-nother [F de renc en renc] ascride hem often ore auaunt.
c
- a1500 Parton.(1) (RwlPoet 14)9549 : To feyre Renges [Add: reynes] ordeynede haue he Where-in þis lordes shall turne.
- a1500 Parton.(1) (RwlPoet 14)9564 : After come Gaudyn and Partonope, In-to þe Renges [Add: Reynes] rydynge avysely.
d
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3315 : With þe plowe he made hem gon a pas..Þat þe soil..Þei maked han redy to bere greyn And on rengis it torned vp-so-dovn.
e
- (1315) in Salzman Building in Engl.424 : La renge table prochein de soutz les bas de memes les fenestres.
- (1368) in Salzman Building in Engl.106 : [557 feet of] rengetables [were bought].