Middle English Dictionary Entry
rīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rīe n. Also ri(ȝe, rei(e, reighe, reihe, ruie, ruȝe & (in names) rig-, re-, reu-, ru(e-, rug-, ruhi-, ro-. |
| Etymology | OE ryge |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The plant rye (Secale cereale); (b) rye grain; also, as adj.: made of rye grain [quot.: ?c1475]; (c) in cpds. & combs.: ~ bred, rye bread; ~ cake (lof), a cake (loaf) of rye bread; ~ corn, a kernel of rye; ~ ere, a representation of an ear of rye; ~ flour (mele), rye flour (meal); wild ~, one of the grasses of the genus Elymus; (d) in surnames; (e) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.91].
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)333 : De segle [glossed:] rie, orge ne forment Ke commune sunt a tote gent.
- a1350 Ich herdemen (Hrl 2253)68 : Þus bredeþ monie beggares bolde, & vre ruȝe ys roted & ruls er we repe.
- (1417) J.Dernell in Nrf.Archaeol.15137 : Dies Mercurii: ij plowes, ij harowes goyng all day, sewyng Ry.
- (1429) J.Boys in Nrf.Archaeol.15144 : Ye next munday aforne Cristemesse we sowyd rie.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)433 : Rye [Win: Ry], corn: Siligo.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.165 : Thy whete, a wondir chaungyng, thryis sowe In lond to faat, wol turne into other corn, And rie of whete ysowen wul vp growe.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)174/9 : Lolium is an herb þat men clepe cokkyl or popy..and it growyt in qwete and in rye.
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)37a : Ȝyf hym to ete grene riȝe, if þat it be in þe sesoune.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)104a : Ry: Sigalum..siligo.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)5/10 : Take cockel þat growyþ on ryȝe and grind hit, [etc.].
b
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.1746 : Yif vs a busshel whete, malt, or reye.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)226b/a : Also mele of whete oþer of ruye y-sode wiþ wyne and wiþ grece, y-leyde to þe brestis..heleþ and naissheþ the hardnesse.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)2/20 : Þai sent þaire schippes on ilka side With flesch and wine and whete & rye.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)165b/a : Þicken hem wiþ pouder of Olibanum & ffemigrek..& wiþ as moche floure of rye oþer of whete as sufficeþ.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)25/35 : Tak rye & sethe it & stampe it with whit wyne hate..and drynke a draghte when þu gase to þi bedde.
- (1447-8) Paston2.329 : He hath..procuryd..qwet and reye be bushell and half combis.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)91/19 : Take flowr of rye and þe jous of walwort and make þer-of a good thykke past.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.187/2 : ij quarters of corne, þat is to say, dj of whete and dj of Rye.
- (1463-4) Let.Bk.Lond.L (Gldh LetBk L)45 : Þat is to say Salt, Whete, Rye or other Corn that com from beyonde the See.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57201 : Item, for drye reyhe [vr. reyghe], iiij d.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)114 : Thai drinken water, thai eyten apples, with brede right browne made of rye.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)104a : Ry..sigalinus, sigaliceus, sigaleus..siliginus.
- a1500(a1470) Brut-1461(1) (Add 10099)507/24 : Stephen Brown..brought to London certeyn shippes laden with Rye..for korne was so skarce.
c
- (1413) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.248 : [7 barrels of salt meat, 4 barrels of salt, 4 barrels of] ryemele.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)39/20 : Haue he barly bred or a ryȝe kake he wol not a bide to þou seende for symnelle to þe bakers houȝs.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)129a/a : Leie apon þe wounde ane emplaister made of terbentine & honye & mirre and barlie floure oþer rye floure.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)510/7 : Þan kytte it in þe myddel ouerþwarte to the quantite of a barly corne or a rye corne.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)22/40 : Tak wormod, mynt, calamynt..riebrede and vynagre, & of all thies mak a playster.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)123/519 : Do þer-to whit of eyryn & a parti of hony & tempere it with rye-floure or with whete.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)204/7 : In a grete tene he tuke ane of þies rye lovis & slang it.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)192/11 : Perys bare rye-louys fro þe oven to þe pantrye.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)301/237 : Of cler hony and rye-flour late bake a kake.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)92/13 : Take þe grees of þe fleyer of þe swyn, and hony, and rye-mele, and sethe it to-gedir.
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.7 (Hrl 2169)202 : [Gules a bend silver with three] rye erys of sabyll [thereon]. John Rye.
- a1475 *Hrl.Diseases Hawk A (Hrl 2340)31b : Take Rye flowre and schafe clalke to þe flowre & A lytyll saforne And þe blode of an hare & knede all thes to gedyr.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)15/15 : Take þe wos of wollewort and eysil..and do ryȝe-mele þer-to and seþe hit tille hit be þykke as a plaisture.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)787/35 : Hec silago..wyld rye.
d
- (1166) in Hearne Liber N.Scac.(1728)1.271 : Henricus de la Rie.
- (1190-1230) in Bowcock PNShrop.202 : De Ruiton.
- (1203) in Bowcock PNShrop.202 : De Ruton.
- (1275) Hundred R.Tower 1273 : Gilbertus de Ryebred.
- (1285) Chester R.in Chet.n.s.84209 : Aloc Ruycake.
- (1327) in Kristensson ME Top.Terms85 : Will. del Ruylondes.
- (1327) Name in LuSE 35115 : De Rolegh.
- (1327) Nickname in LuSE 55152 : Joh. Ryhefd.
- (1332) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10236 : Waltero Ryfeld.
- (1428) Feudal Aids 5154 : Willelmus Ryman.
e
- (c1100) in Wallenberg PNKent149 : Resce.
- (c1100) in Wallenberg PNKent149 : Reiersce.
- (1172-3) in Wallenberg PNKent149 : Riesse.
- (1205) in Wallenberg PNKent149 : Rihers.
- (1221) in Sundby Dial.Wor.108 : Ruehale.
- (1226) in Ekwall PNLan.52 : Ritton.
- (1255) in Sundby Dial.Wor.108 : Ruhyhal.
- (1269) in Bowcock PNShrop.202 : Reuton.
- (1278) in Wallenberg PNKent150 : Reesse.
- (1327) Name in LuSE 35115 : Riby.
- (1346) in Sundby Dial.Wor.108 : Rughale.
- (1377) in Sundby Dial.Wor.109 : Ruyforlong.
- (1382) in Mawer PNNhb.& Dur.170 : Ryghill.
- (1418) in Sundby Dial.Wor.109 : Ruye.