Middle English Dictionary Entry
rē̆stī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | rē̆stī adj. |
| Etymology | OF resté, p.ppl. of rester; cp. ME rē̆sten v.(2) 2. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of meat: rancid.
Associated quotations
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Arun 220)p.155 : Chars restez [glossed:] resty flees.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)14 : A-reste, or resty, as flesche: Rancidus.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.A.2206 : To goo so ferre for a litell bacon flycche And hath longe hanged and is resty and toughe..the waye..is comerous and thicke.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)60/5 : These dryen, feblen, and maken leene the body..vse ete drye, salt, and resty mete, and to drynke full olde wyne oft.