Middle English Dictionary Entry
rī̆che adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | rī̆che adv. Comp. rī̆cher; sup. rī̆chest(e. |
| Etymology | From rī̆che adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Splendidly, lavishly, richly.
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3482 : [God] ðe slog..Egypte..Ðe gaf ysaac so manige sunen; Ðe Iosep dede so riche wunen.
- a1325(?a1300) Interl.CG (Add 23986)63 : And hy may spede, Riche saltu haf yi mede.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)32/362 : Þe butras com out of þe diche Of rede gold y-arched riche.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)52 : Þat semliche child..lay..In gode cloþes of gold, a-greþed ful riche.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4173 : Þere weren coupes riche ywrouȝth.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1411 : Foles..in asure and ynde enaumayld ryche.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1034 : Worþi Emperours..richest regne in her royal floures.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)463 : A tabernacle in þe tour atyred was riche.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1327 : Every man..Had..a cote-armure, Enbrowded wonderliche ryche.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)138/7 : Kyng Arthure was lad into a chambir; a rycher besene chambir sawe he never none.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)153/69 : Now I regne..A-rayd ful Rych, Rollyd in rynggys and robys of array.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)155/16 : Philostratus..toke..the ladies that wer beste beseene and rycheste arayed.
- a1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)139 : As riche reuestid as he was, he rayked to þe toumbe.