Middle English Dictionary Entry
?richẹ̄ n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | richẹ̄ n.(2) |
| Etymology | ?OF richëé, AF richei; ?= ME rī̆che adj., as noun. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The state of possessing wealth, prosperity, affluence.
Associated quotations
- c1455 Chaucer CT.Sum.(HatDon 1)D.1874 : Riche [Heng: We lyue in pouerte and in abstinence, And burell folk in richesse and dispence].
- c1460 Chaucer CT.Kn.(Roy 17.D.15)A.3102 : Ryche [Heng: now is Palamon in alle wele, Lyuynge in blisse, in richesse, and in heele].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)4851 : Y care no thing of theft, For thorugh the deth my thoughtis riche y mys.
Note: see Ch. d'Orl. 4851 & note — same word? per REL
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.83 : For thise haue riche lo habundantly, Hym schameþ þat hys lynage is so lowe.
Note: "For this haþ riche lo habundantly" may be this word per REL