Middle English Dictionary Entry
rērāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rērāǧe n. Also rereage, rirage; pl. rerages, etc. & (errors) eragis, ruragers. |
| Etymology | Shortened form of arrērāǧe n.; also cp. ML rerāgium, AL ri(e)ragium. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The condition of being in arrears or in debt; also fig.; -- also pl.; rolles of ~, records of indebtedness; casten in ~, to find (sb.) in arrears; fallen (rennen) in ~, go into debt, be found in arrears; (b) arrears of money owed, debts; an overdue payment, overdue payments; ~ of rentes, arrears of tribute; (c) a disadvantage; casten in a ~, to put (sb.) at a disadvantage.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Ancr.(Pep 2498)68/34 : Ȝif he take oþer mennes charge opon hym..bot ȝif he be þe warrer he may liȝthlich falle in Rirage whan he comeþ to acounte.
- a1425 PPl.C (Cmb Ff 5.35)13.63 : Rerage [B vr. reragis; Hnt: thauh a crystine man coueytede hus crystendome to reneye..no reson hit wolde..Ac he may renne in arrirage and rome fro home].
- a1425 PPl.C (Cmb Ff 5.35)13.66 : Rerages [B vr. rerage; Hnt: reson shal rekene with hym..And conscience a-counte with hym and caste him [in] arerages].
- c1460(?c1435) Lydg.Let.Glo.(Hrl 2255)6 : My purs was falle in gret rerage, Lynyng outward, his guttys wer out shake, Oonly for lak of plate and of coignage.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.1744 : Yif neccligence haue brouht you in rerages Towardis God, or he rekne in streihtnesse, Lat resoun medle for you to leyn hostages.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)571 : The fals Erryng hath fonnyd many Oon And brought hem afftir in ful greet Rerage By expensys and Outragious Costage.
- a1450(c1409) Man haue hit (Dgb 102)100 : Man, þou wost wel þou shalt dyȝe..And synnes wolde þy soule nyȝe, Ay more and more [in] rerage we renne.
- a1450(1412) Glade in god þis (Dgb 102)111 : Thow nost how sone be after sent To ȝelde rekenyng of goddis lon; The rolles of rerage þe fendis han brent, ffor god and man is wel at on.
- c1450 How mankinde dooþ (Lamb 853)483 : Now foure score ȝeeris is past, Mi lijf is but traueil & woo, Fer in to rereage y am cast, Into ten ȝeer and moo.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)128/13 : Whan þou hast kepyng of þi lordys godys as baly, sergeaunt, or reve, þat reknyst lesse þi receytys þan þin expensys so slyly þat þe lord is in þi dette þere þou schuldyst ben in reragys, þus slyly þou stelyst þi lordys rent in couert thefte.
- c1475 PPl.B (Cmb Ll.4.14:Kane)10.476 : Eragis [Ld: seruauntes þat seruen lordes selden falle in arrerage, But þo þat kepen þe lordes catel, clerkes and reues].
b
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.246 : I haue mo maneres þorw rerages þan þorw miseretur & comodat.
- (1414) Let.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.1286 : Grauntand till hym our full power..till all rerages and dettes therof..til us be assethid.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1680 : All þe ryche sall repennte þat to Rome langez, Or þe rereage be requit of rentez þat he claymez.
- (a1443) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.xxxiv : Executors to the said sir Willyam..askes by the saide deed viij xx marc of rerrages of the saide annuete beyng behynd.
- (1453) *Indent.Wood (ShropRRC Deed 2172) : Yf ye said rent be by hynd unpaid..ye said Willm his ayres his assignes shall streyne..un to tyme ye said rent be paid with ye ruragers[read: rerages].
- (1463-4) Acc.Howard in RC 57177 : John Costard..oweth my mastyr ffor rerages off dyvers termys affore past..xvij li. xiij d.
- (1471-2) Doc.in Welch Hist.Pewterers Lond.35 : Payed unto þe pryor of cheksond for rerages and in owre tyme unto mydsomer..summa viij li. v s.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)58 : Lok ye take þe namys off þem þt owe þe rerage.
c
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.356 : Thou koudest whilom mak thi lord to slepe, With certeyn drynkis to cast hym in a rerage, Bi which he was maad his bed to keepe.