(a) The intellectual faculty, intellectual power or capacity, reason; -- also pl.; light of ~; (b) the exercise of the intellectual faculty, act or process of reasoning; mental processes, thought; logical consideration or speculation; also, the mind; in (of) his ~, in his mind; oute (outraged) of ~, out of one's mind with fury, raging mad, beside oneself; ben changed in the ~, to exhibit mental disturbance; (c) wisdom, sound judgment, good sense; also, normal or sound power of mind, sanity; ~ right, good judgment; ful) of ~, sensible, wise; in his ~, in his wisdom, wisely; haven (understonden) ~, to be sensible; i)sen ~, see reason (in sth.), see the sense (of sth.); reformen to ~, restore (sb.) to sanity; (d) will, intent; setten ~ on, to set (one's) intent on (sth.); (e) understanding, comprehension, knowledge; (f) as a personified virtue: Reason; dame (damisele) ~.

In phrases: (a) connen (haven, knouen) ~, to possess the power of reason, be intelligent; losen (lakken) ~, lose one's mind, fail mentally; taken ~, to act prudently; (b) ~ willeth, reason requires (sth); ~ wil excusen, good sense will excuse(sb.); as ~ askes (requires), as reason requires; as ~ wille(th, as reason demands, as common sense calls for.

(a) An action, matter, proceeding, etc. agreeable to reason, that which is reasonable; ~ and right (skil), right (skil) and ~, nouther ~ ne right, nouther right ne ~; ben (haven) ~, to be right, proper, customary, reasonable, etc.; ben no ~, be wrong, foolish, unreasonable; bringen to ~, bring (sb.) to behave reasonably; also, make sense out of (sth.) [quot.: c1400(?c1380)]; consideren ~, think rationally; don ~ and right, treat (sb.) properly, do right by (sb.); haven ~ and right, be suitably treated; heren ~, take a reasonable view of something; (b) a sense of what is reasonable or right; bi ~ min ouen, by virtue of my own sense of right; (c) abouen ~, immense; accordaunt (according) to ~, of ~, sensible, reasonable, proper; ayen(es ~, foolish, unreasonable; wrong; oute of (withouten) ~, senseless, wrong; also, inordinate; (d) after (bi, with) ~, bi skil (ordre) and ~, bi right and (bi) ~, with right and with ~, by rights, rightly, reasonably, rationally; at ~, properly, correctly; bi (with) no ~, with no ~ ne right, by no means, not at all; (e) ayenes ~, madly, senselessly; ayenes ~ and right, wrongfully; oute of ~, immoderately, outrageously; also, unskillfully; withouten ~, wrongfully; also, immoderately; (f) in (upon) ~, reasonably, within reason; of ~, thurgh (god, right) ~, rightly, naturally; rightfully.

(a) Justice, just treatment; don ~, to do justice (to sb.); haven (right and) ~, have justice; (b) satisfaction; haven ~, to obtain satisfaction for a grievance.

(a) A ground for action, belief, etc., a motive; reasonable cause of an act, event, a fact, etc., reason; ~ and skil, reason and cause; ~ hou (whi), the reason how (why); bi ~ whi, for this reason; what ~, how, why; putten ~ on, to ascribe a motive to (sb.); (b) a statement offered as an explanation of an observed fact, action, or belief; that which is put forth as justification for a practice, an act, etc., an excuse; maken ~ of, to allege (sb. or sth.) as the reason for or cause of something; (c) med. the actual or theoretical basis of a disease or condition, rationale; medicinal ~, medicinal use; (d) in phrases: after ~ of, according to; bi ~ seuing, as a consequence; bi ~ that, because; bi (for, thurgh) ~ of, for (thurgh) ~ o, because of, on account of; in ~ of, in consequence of.

(a) A principle, fundamental ground of something, essential character, essence; ~ of sight thinge, ?principle of vision; ~ seminal, generative principle; (b) rational order; (c) fig. ?a model of righteousness.

(a) An account, a reckoning; asken (don, setten) to ~, to call (sb.) to account, question; don ~, render an account; putten to ~, call (sb.) to account; putten ~ with, reckon up accounts with (sb.); yelden ~, account for one's actions (to sb.), be responsible; also, give an accounting (for sth.), render an account; also, make answer (for sb.); yelden ~ for, exculpate (sb.) [quot.: c1225]; yeven ~, account for one's actions (to sb.), be responsible; also, give an accounting (for sth.), render an account; (b) income, revenue; pl. monies; (c) compensation, payment for services rendered; leien ~, to set payment; (d) a miller's measure.

(a) A ratio, proportion; (b) math. the underlying properties of numbers, weights, and measures.

(a) Speech, talk, discourse; pl. words, remarks; in greu ~, in the Greek language; setten a ~, to engage in talk; (b) a statement of real or alleged fact employed as an argument, an assertion; exhortation; verbal defense, stated opinion; also, the act of reasoning to persuade or convince, argumentation; explanation; balled ~, glib or crafty argument; ful of ~, argumentative; sleveles ~, feeble or trifling argument; yelden ~, to offer a defense; (c) a story, narrative, tale; an account of something, a report, tidings, news; sheuen ~, to give an account; also, tell a parable [quot.: c1440]; (d) a riddle; pl. jokes, jests; craken resounes, to crack jokes; (e) a proposal, plan, scheme; also, advice, counsel; (f) a petition, request; pl. questions; (g) pl. laws of God; (h) med. a recipe for compounding a medicine; bi ~.

A written sentence or verse; a motto, esp. one engraved, embroidered, or inscribed upon something; a proverb, saying; a text; writen ~, to write words (in the sand).

Gram.: (a) A sentence; also, a proposition in logic [last quot.]; (b) a main or dependent clause; ?also, a sentence of a single clause; honging ~, a dependent clause; (c) parte (partie) of ~, a part of speech; (d) stonden in a parfit ~, of a noun as opposed to an adj.: to stand independently.

(a) Meaning, signification; rime or ~, sense; (b) manner, mode; bi right ~, in the correct way; med. resounes in helinge, methods of treatment; (c) a semblance (of wisdom); (d) regard, respect; withouten ~ to rewarde, without regard to reward; haven no ~ of correccioun, to take no account of correction.