Middle English Dictionary Entry
reuen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | reuen v.(2) Also reue, roue(n. |
| Etymology | From reue n.(2). For sense 2. cp. OE gerāwan to make a row or line; gerǣwen, -ed having rows or stripes; & gerǣwod drawn up in line. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of the day: to dawn, grow light; also, fig. of Venus: beam, shine.
Associated quotations
- a1350 Of Rybaudȝ (Hrl 2253)21 : Þe rybaudz a-ryseþ er þe day rewe.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.1057 : Whan the dai began to rowe, Tho mihten thei the sothe knowe.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.123 : Eyther axed other of þis grete wonder, Of þe dyne & of þe derknesse, and how þe daye rowed [C: roued; vrr. rowide, reued].
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)2.114 : Why wolde..lucifer Lepen a-lofte in þe north syde To [read: Þan] sitten in þe sonne side þer þe day roweþ [vr. reweþ]?
- a1450 Chaucer Mars (Tan 346)2 : Gladeth the louers in the morow gray; lo, venus risen amonge you rowes rede.
2.
Ppl. roued, marked with slashes, scored; roued with blod, streaked with blood.
Associated quotations
- c1400(a1349) Rolle MPass.(1) (Cmb Ll.1.8)21/60 : Þi body is so blody, so rowed, and so bledderyd.
- c1400(a1349) Rolle MPass.(1) (Cmb Ll.1.8)24/175 : Þou lyst rowyd and reed, streyned on þe cros.
- c1400(a1349) Rolle MPass.(1) (Cmb Ll.1.8:Horst.)84 : Þe flesch of þi body..sore was betyn and rowyd.
- c1400(a1349) Rolle MPass.(1) (Cmb Ll.1.8:Horst.)85 : Þan was þi seke body, precyous lord, al reufully rowed and bled.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)179/17 : Þei..fowndyn hym lying wyth hys heuyd vndir hym, half on lyfe, al rowyd wyth blood.