Middle English Dictionary Entry
rẹ̄th(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | rẹ̄th(e adj. Also (early infl.) reða. |
| Etymology | OE rēðe |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Cruel, fierce, harsh; (b) terrible, severe; of the sea: rough, furious.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1100 : He wæs swiðe strang & reðe ofer his land & his mænn.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Aelfric OT (Bod 343)41/598 : Þe reða kyng, Manases ihaten..hine tocleaf on twa.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21984 : He [Antichrist] sal cumme reth raisand in pride.
b
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)15 : Moni hit for-let for drihtenes eye, and moni hit forlet for þa reða dome þe þa wes.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21962 : His first comme it was ful smeth, þe toþer sal be rugh and reth [Frf: felle].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22145 : Brathli to do þe se be reth, And brathli to do it be smeth.
- a1400 Cursor (Phys-E)24838 : Þe wedir als in somer smeþe, Son bigan be rug and reþe.