Middle English Dictionary Entry
rig-holt n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rig-holt n. Also righholt, riggeholt, righot, rigolt, -hold, -old, -ol, -ald, -al, ringold, regald, -aud, -al, reggalt, ragald; pl. righolts, etc. & rig(e)holt, rigald, regald. |
| Etymology | ?From Riga (place name) or MLG, MDu. rige & MLG holt, MDu. hout, holt, haut, haud; cp. AL righoltum, ringoltum, rigaldum, regaltum, rigol(bordum), regal-. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A kind of wood, perh. oak, used in shipbuilding, construction, and cabinetry, prob. imported from the Baltic; pl. & coll.: boards of such wood; (b) in cpds.: ~ bolt, an arrow shaft made from such wood; ~ bord.
Associated quotations
a
- (1324-5) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.376 : Idem Johannes pro iiii c de righolt', val. £iiii, [cust.] xii d.
- (1336-7) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 182 : In c de Rig holt emptis ad eandem precium, xl s.
- (1338) Doc.in Nicolas Navy 2476 : ii novelx lollers, v regaldes.
- (1343) in Salzman Building in Engl.246 : Rigallis [at Scarborough].
- (1343) Rec.Norwich 1223 : [1 quatron of bord called] Ringold [value 4 s.].
- (1344) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.76 : Waynscot, riggeholt, tunholt.
- (c1348) in Salzman Building in Engl.246 : Regaud [at York].
- (?c1357) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100560 : In cc bord de Waynscot et c Reggalt' empt. apud Novum Castrum cum expens. cariancium 68 s. 8 d.
- (1369-70) *Norwich Sacrist's Roll [OD col.] : Pro tabula de rigold.
- (1371) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.358 : In lxxx rigald emptis pro eadem cum cariagio, 40 s..In xij rigald sarrandis, dando pro pecia 1 1/2 d., 18 d.
- (1376) in Salzman Building in Engl.246 : Rygolt [at Havering].
- (1381) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.295 : 300 Rigeholt, £6 10 s.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52157/30 : Pro xxxiiij deles, xxxiiij s., pro vj regal., ij s.
- (1400) Comp.R.in Frost Hullapp.5 : ix c bowstaves..d waynscot' xl righolts.
- (1401-2) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103604 : In 8 Rigaldez et 10 Waynscottez empt. pro hostiis orrii de Wyuestowe 6 s. 6 d.
- (1411) Fabric R.Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.15187 : [Item, of 2 s. which he oweth to John Ussher for 2] Rygolls, [2 s].
- (1415) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3535 : In sarracione meremii, ryghold, waynskott, per annum, ut patet per papirum fabricæ, 100 s. 10 d.
- (1417) *For.Acc.(PRO) 8 Hen.V D/2 [OD col.] : Computat..in..Bordis vocatis Shipbordis, Righolt, Coggebordis, Deles.
- 1419 Liber Albus Lond.in RS 12.1238 : De chescun c de borde appellee Ryghholt, i deneire.
- (a1451) Will York in Sur.Soc.4599 : j tabula mensalis debilis, de rigald iiij d.
- a1500 Weights in RHS ser.3.41 (Vsp E.9)18 : Ragalds i c make a last; Weynskot, ij c make a last.
- (a1500) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.193 : Item, of an hundred waynscot or regald, ii d.
b
- (1348) in Salzman Building in Engl.246 : Ryngoldbord [at Westminster].
- (1350-51) in Hope Windsor C.1.160 : c Ringoldboltis.
- (1353) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.36 [OD col.] : Computat in..mxxxj shipbordes, ccvij righoltbordes, mcccc di. de Estrichebordes.
- (1358-9) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 183 : Idem, computat in dcc Righotbord cl shipbord..mdcxx bord' dj de Righoltbord', viij Mill. vij estrichebord.
- (1366) in Salzman Building in Engl.246 : [12] regalbord [for making a backpiece at the head of the king's bed].
- (a1399) Oath Bk.Colchester6 : Regal bord, c, iiij d.
- (1405-10) in Sandahl ME Sea Terms 183 : ij Righoldbord'.