Middle English Dictionary Entry
repōsen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | repōsen v.(2) Also repos(e. |
| Etymology | OF reposer |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)96/2851 : Hit were a gret foly, When that y may my silf of loue repos, To take on me suche thoughtfulle charge.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)513/2 : Whan he had longe chaced hym he saw a fayre well, and thydir he rode to repose hym.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)550/4 : They reposed them, and sone aftir they rode unto the realme of Logrys.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)563/32 : I woll repose me here with a frende of myne.