Middle English Dictionary Entry
renūlen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | renūlen v. Also renule, reneu(e)le, renǒulen; p.ppl. renuled, reneu(e)led. |
| Etymology | From renovelen v. (cp. covren, curen, vars. of cǒveren v.(1)), perh. confused with reneuen v.(1); also cp. AF renuveler, OF renouveler, vars. of renoveler. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To renew oneself, be renewed; renew (sb. or sth.), restore, revive; ~ to penaunce, restore (sb.) to repentance; ben renuled.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.4.36 : Stye we nowe for to clense holy thingis and renewle [WB(2) vr. renule; L renovare], or make newe.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Heb.6.6 : Sothli it is impossible, hem that oonys ben illumyned..and ben sliden fer awey, eftsoone for to be renewlid [WB(2): renewid; vr. renulid; L renovari], or maad newe, to penaunce.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1080 : Twelue syþez on ȝer þay beren ful frym, And renowlez nwe in vche a mone.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.102.5 : Thi ȝongthe schal be renulid as the ȝongthe of an egle.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.103.30 : Thou schalt renule the face of the erthe.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Wisd.7.27 : Wisdom..dwellith in it silf and renulith [WB(1): neweth; L innovat] alle thingis.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ecclus.50.29 : He renulide wisdom of his herte.
- a1425 WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)2 Cor.4.16 : Renewlid [Dc 369(2): nethelees that man that is withinne forth is renewid..fro day into day].
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.105 : Þanne þe temple was renulid [vr. renewid] in cloþis and oþer ornamentis.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)59/6 : Sche felte in hirsilf þe feelyng of her soule so wondirfully renulid in þat euerebeynge godheed.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)314 : Þe seconde secte..is late renewelid in þe tyme of þise newe ordris.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.116v : He, fleyng all the traces of his fader vnmanhod and tyraneye, with a meke deuocion, reneweled all þe priuilegies and fredoms of chirches that his fader hadde benome.