Middle English Dictionary Entry
riǧǧen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | riǧǧen v. Also (error) ryggynge; p.ppl. rigged, rugged, (early SWM) rugget. |
| Etymology | From riǧǧe n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To put the roof ridge on (a house).
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)433 : Ryggyn [Win: Ryggynge] howsys: Porco.
2.
Ppl. rigged: (a) upright like a spine, rigid; (b) broke(n rigged, hunchbacked; (c) characterized by plowed strips of land or selions; -- in place name.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)25 : Whan he [roebuck] renneth at þe begynnyng..he renneþ with lepis and with rugged and stondyng eeren, and þe eres and þe tayle cropyng vp al white. And whan he hathe renne longe he leithe his heer slyke doun and nat stondyng ne rugged [vr. rygged].
b
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)22/366 : Wittlese beastes, dumbe & broke rugget, ibuhe towart eorðe.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)323/7 : He schal be euermore gibbosis, id est, broken-riggid.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)110 : Bosue, i. brokeryggyd.
c
- (1324) in Sundby Dial.Wor.107 : Threruggedacre.