Middle English Dictionary Entry
renō̆ven v.
Entry Info
| Forms | renō̆ven v. |
| Etymology | OF renover & L renovāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To become renewed; renew (sth.), restore to a former state; (b) to replace (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)272/21 : Þai lay it on þe byndynge als hote as it may be suffred; And whan it is colde þai remoue it and renoue [L remutant] it wiþ the same oyle.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)241 : Euere was hir sorwe renouede with his sorwe.
- a1450 Love Mirror [OD col.] (Yale 324)ch.43, f.92 : So be nowe renoued [Brsn: renewed] þe þrid tyme þe brusures and þe woundes.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)243/29 : The tyme of weere is hote and moisti, like as the eyre is, And therfor in that tyme, al thynnges begynnyth to renoue and wix newe and returne Into estate.
b
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)194/1 : Plumaceoles..were made in olde tyme of feþeres sewed bytwene cloþes; Neuerþelatter, for þat it byhouede to be ofte renouede [*Ch.(1): ofte for to remoue hem; L sepe renouare], it was yrksome.