Middle English Dictionary Entry
reulī adj.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | reulī adj.(1) Also reueli, ruli, (WM) reouli & (early SWM) reouliche, reoliche, rouliche, (infl.) reolichen; comp. (early) reulokur, ruloker. |
| Etymology | OE hrēowlīc |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Expressive of sorrow or suffering, doleful, piteous; ~ ter, a sorrowful tear; also, a tear of repentance; (b) pitiable, miserable, unfortunate, wretched; (c) causing sorrow or pain, grievous, sad; (d) fearful, terrifying; also, cruel.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8881 : Þer wes muchel waning..þer wes moni reolic spel.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12901 : Heo..set bi þan fure mid reolichen ibere.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)169 : He makede ane reuliche meninge and þer one minegede alle his wrecche siðes þe he þolede on þis wrecche worelde.
- a1275 On leome (Trin-C B.14.39)67 : Tuei þeues þer verrin a-hon & þe oþer him beid on bon Wid rem & reuly cry.
- c1300 Body & S.(5) (LdMisc 108)p.55 : Haddest þouȝ..laten renne a reuly ter And bihiȝt amendement, Ne þorte us have friȝt ne fer.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)12903 : Ȝeo..hire wordes saide mid rouliche [Clg: ȝeomere] stemne.
- c1300 SLeg.Patr.(LdMisc 108)195 : Þo þouȝte him þat he i-heorde feor..swyþe revful bere; Euere þe neor þat heo comen, þe revlokur [Corp-C: ruloker] was þat cri.
- a1325 SLeg.Assump.Virg.(Corp-C 145)189 : Reulich cri among hom was for angwise and for fere.
- c1330 Assump.Virg.(2) (Auch)136 : Þo made þai alle reuliche mone And bigonne to wepe ech one.
- a1350 St.Alex.(1) (LdMisc 108)66/447 : He..made reuly chere, he rof his brest, he drou his her wiþ duelful cry.
- (c1390) Chart.Abbey HG (LdMisc 210)348 : Þes prophetis..made mochel mone wiþ reuly chere..for þe destruccion of þe abbeye of þe holy gost.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)280b/b : Þe hynde haþ grete trauayle..whan sche calueþ, and þat is y-knowe..by reweliche cryinge.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4930 : Þai fel don þan at ioseph fete And merci soght wit reuli grette.
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)634 : Beholde þys syȝte with ruly teren, Cryst Ihesu hys body vpp stey.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)6897 : Þoo wepe þe kyng and hise yfere And maden swiþe reuly [LinI: reowly] chere.
- a1425(a1400) Ihesu þat hast (Wht)30 : Write vpon myne hert booke Thy fayre and thi rewely looke.
- c1425 Siege Jerus.(1) (Hnt HM 128)1079 : Rewely [vr. rulich; Ld: A myld wyf..Hir owen barn..ȝo brad on þe gledis, Rostyþ rigge & rib with rewful wordes].
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)1624 : Sires, what be ye That make here this ruly moone.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)1693 : Þe soudan..seyde wyth a ruly roun, 'Now þyn help, God Mahoun.'
- c1500 Orfeo (Ashm 61)13/132 : When j gan my-selue a-wake, Ruly chere j gan to make.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)40 : He mette a lodlich Mesel þat revlich was i-nouȝ.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5992 : A reulich lond was engelond, & vol of sorwe ynou.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)730 : Alle hys flessh þan þou teryst whan þou falsly by hym swerest..So rulyche makyst þou hym to be.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.2.67 : This rewliche Cresus was caught of Cirus and lad to the fyer to ben brend.
- a1450(a1400) Medit.Pass.(2) (Add 11307)463 : Swete cheke..I þe se Smyte and bete for loue of me, Ruly and red and sore smerte.
- a1450 Of alle þe ioyus (Cmb Dd.11.89)313 : They token that rewlich body there, In linnen cloth they wounden Hym anon.
- ?c1450 PPl.A(2) (Mrg M 818:Kane)12.78 : [Rwl: With þat cam a knaue with a confessoures face,] Lene & rewlyche, with leggys ful smale.
c
- a1200(?OE) Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)147 : Fro wureld wele to lichamliche wowe..on þis reuliche wei hie weren walkinde forte þat hie comen to þe lichamliche deaðe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6806 : Ich eow wulle telle for reoliche spelle of muche særnesse þe isiȝen is to londe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13768 : Þe king..for-wundede Kai swiðe..to þan bare deðe; reou-lich wes þa dede.
- a1275 On leome (Trin-C B.14.39)31 : A reuli reid he funden, þe gyuis euer-uihon, þo he ihesum beonden To a pileir of ston.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1968 : Ðo nomen he ðe childes srud..In kides blod he wenten it, Ðo was ðor-on an rewli lit.
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)517 : Þey bette hym & rent hym..Beholde now, man, a ruly syȝt!
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1865 : Þou hast me rappyd wyth rewly rowtys..Myn hed is clateryd al to clowtys.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2783 : Wyth rewly rappys he schal be rent.
- a1450 Of alle þe ioyus (Cmb Dd.11.89)311 : Was..neuer so rewlich a partyng Whenne Crist was boran His moder fro.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)7/229 : Þo chylderyn þat syt in here moderys lap..þe knythtys do sle hem..þis is a rewly syth.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)12/402 : A spere..rent oure lordys bryst in ruly plyth.
d
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)39 : Laueð feder, forȝef us alle ure gultes..Her is ane reowlic bone to biddene, bute we inwarliche imilcien and forȝeuen þan monne þe us wreðeð and sceandet.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)17/17 : Bute ich þis habbe, ðas daiȝes ðe he after me sant, ic scal iheren reuliche tidinge.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)26/8 : Þe rode..arudde me se redliche of his reowliche rake.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)5/9 : Reowliche biþ so þin siþ efte[r þin] wrecche lif.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)293b/b : Among cattes in tyme of loue..oon craccheþ and rendeþ þe other..& he makeþ a reweliche noyse and horrible whan oon profreþ to fighte wiþ anoþer.
- a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)160 : The feendes fleen to and fro..Kepe me fro that rewly rowte.
- c1450 Ihesu þi swetnes (Lamb 853)68 : Hise ruli woundis were ruþe to se.