Middle English Dictionary Entry
rērd(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rērd(e n. Also rerid, rorde, rearde, (WM & NWM) rourde, ruerde, reuerd, rurd(e & (early) reord(e. |
| Etymology | OE reord |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. irerd n.
1.
(a) A voice, loud voice; also, speech, a speech; also fig.; whinen with a ~, to complain loudly; (b) a cry, an outcry; a cry of an animal, roar, bellow; so lothli ~, such a terrible roar; (c) a sound, noise, roar, clamor.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)90/9 : On þan feorðen dæige, ealle sælice deor & fissces..bellgigeð swa swa mid mænnisscre reorde..& þæt byð to tacnunge þære eorre, þe God cyðð þan synfullen on domes dæige.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9563-9 : Forr all swa summ þe reord gaþ aȝȝ Biforenn i þi spæche, & siþþenn follȝheþþ aȝȝ þe word Swa summ þe reord it ledeþþ, Rihht all allswa comm Sannt Johan Biforenn Crist to manne Rihht allse he wære rowwst & reord & Crist te word tæraffterr.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)17284 : Tu mahht herenn gastess rerd Þær Godess þewwess spellenn.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)311 : Þu me..telst þat ich ne can noȝt singe, Ac al mi rorde [vr. reorde] is woning.
- ?a1300 Fox & W.(Dgb 86)114 : He com to þe putte, þene vox I-herde; He him kneu wel bi his rerde.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1328 : His wille is suych þat, ȝwane he is icomen in fole þouȝt, he nele þoruȝ conseil ne þoruȝ no rerd þarof beo i-brouȝt.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)24/6 : Þe kendeliche guodes..Auorye þet bode..guode tonge, guode rearde.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)60/33 : Ecko, þet is þe rearde..comþ ayen and acordeþ to al þet me him zayþ.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)18.4 : In al land outyhode þair rorde [L sonus] And in endes of werld of þam þe worde.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2337 : Wyth a ry[n]kande rurde he to þe renk sayde, 'Bolde burne, on þis bent be not so gryndel.'
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)387 : With a renyst reryd þis reson he said.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)30/230 : Thou can both byte and whyne with a rerd.
b
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)34/777 : He [boar] criede and makede rewli rerd.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)211/31 : Lhord god, yhyer mine bene and mine rearde þet ich grede to þe.
- c1350 Ayenb.App.(Arun 57)265/10 : No rearde ne ssel þer by yhyerd bote wo, wo; wo hy habbeþ and wo hy gredeþ.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)390 : Syþen þe wylde of þe wode on þe water flette..Rwly wyth a loud rurd rored for drede.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)396 : Al schal crye, for-clemmed, with alle oure clere strenþe; Þe rurd schal ryse to hym þat rawþe schal haue.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)2073 : Wen þe lyon saw his blude, He brayded als he had bene wode; Þan kest he up so lathly rerde, Ful mani fok myght he have ferde.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)11949 : Kyng Priam the pite persayuit onone, The rewerd & the russhyng of þe ranke sorow Of Eneas.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)488 : Anecanabus..drafe thurȝe þe sale With slike a rowste & rerid.. Þat nere had bernes for þat bere bene broȝt out of witt.
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38)1427 : He bete hur wyth hys nakyd swyrde, And sche caste vp many a rewfull rerde.
c
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)64 : Goddes glam to hym glod þat hym vnglad made, With a roghlych rurd rowned in his ere.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)112 : Swangeande swete þe water con swepe, Wyth a rownande rourde raykande aryȝt.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1698 : Hunteres vnhardeled bi a holt syde; Rocheres roungen bi rys for rurde of her hornes.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1916 : Hit watz þe myriest mute þat euer men herde, Þe rich rurd þat þer watz raysed for Renaude saule with lote.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12697 : Þe remnond þat rode by þe rugh bonkis Herd þe rurde & þe ryfte of þe rank schippis.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13902 : Telagonius..ffaght with tho fuerse men felly..Þan the ruerde wax ranke of þat rught fare.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2900 : Þe floum..meltis for miȝt of þe son; With slike a reryd þan it rynnes..Pat qua so tuke it in þat tyme tint ware for euire.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)26/101 : Therfor shall I fordo All this medillerd with floodis that shall flo & ryn with hidous rerd.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)370/98 : I shoterd and shoke, I herd sich a rerd.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)90/9 : Ealle sælice deon & fissces…bellgigeð swa swa mid mænnisscre reorde.
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