Middle English Dictionary Entry
rēving(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rēving(e n. Also reivinge, rewing, (early SW or SWM) revunge, reaving(e, ræving(e & (early SEM) raving; pl. (early) ræfunga. |
| Etymology | OE rēafung |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Robbery, plunder, spoliation; also, an act of plundering; robbinge and ~; biginnen ~ upon, to undertake spoliation against (sb.); (b) ~ of pes, disturbance, agitation; ~ of reste, interruption of quietude or rest; ~ of the wit, mental derangement; (c) that which has been plundered, booty.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1116 : Se cyng..ferde ofer sæ into Normandig & wurdon manega unrada & ræfunga.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)35 : Ga to þine feder burinesse..and esca hine hwet he habbe biȝeten mid his wohe domas and mid his reuunge.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1324 : Þes wes þe æreste king þe ferde vt to ræuing [Otho: reuing].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5268 : Carrais..bi-com in-to Brutlonde &..bigon ræuinge [Otho: makede reuing] uppen Basian þene kinge.
- a1225 PMor.(Eg 613(2))253 : Þis is þet fur ðe eure burnð..her inne boeð..þa..þe luuede reauing [vrr. reauinge, reuing, rauing] end stale.
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)50/221 : The seuent comandement biddes us noght stele; In whilk is forboden robbyng and reuyng.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.9.5 : Eche violent reuyng [WB(2): raueyn; L prædatio] with noise & cloþing mengd with blood shal ben in to brennyng.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)177b/a : Men of þat londe ben stalword and stronge and ȝeuen hem to..robbyng and reuyng.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28797 : Vr lauerd..wil na gift Of oker, reuing, ne o thift.
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)27825 : Couatyse es ane euil syn..Of þis cumes..Reuyng [Vsp: Reuelaic], thift, and extorcyoune.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)432 : Revynge [Win: Reyvynge], or spoylynge: Spoliacio.
- a1450 Fasc.Mor.(Rwl C.670)Tag 36[40] : Robbyng and reuyng [vr. rewyng] ys holden purchas.
- c1475(1459) Pros.Yorkists in EHR 26 (Roy 17.D.15)521 : Thar was none harme also in the robbynge, rewynge, and spoylynge of the kynges peple and of his servauntes specyally?
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)432 : Revynge of reste: Inquietacio; Revynge, or dystruynge of pees: Turbacio, perturbacio.
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)25/36 : Þe i.chapitre is..of..þingis þat happen to hem þat ben woundid, as..of swownynge, of reuynge of þe witt, [etc.].
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1327 : Swiðe longe þer-after wes al þis leodisc folc vnimete riche of þere ræuinge.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Jer.49.32 : Ben shul þer camailis in to reuyng [WB(2): rauyschyng; L direptionem].