Middle English Dictionary Entry
rine n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | rine n.(1) Also rēne & (early SW & SWM) run(e, urn. |
| Etymology | OE ryne; for urn cp. Merc. eft-yrn, var. of OE eft-ryne, & gegn-yrn, var. of OE gēan-ryne. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Running of a person or an animal; of (on) ~, in running [quot.: Ancr., 2nd]; on (with gret) ~, quickly, in violent haste; (b) rapid movement; impetus, speed, force; o ~, of the tongue: wagging; on ~, in passing; (c) the course or movement of a heavenly body; also, the course of time, passage of time [quot.: c1175(OE)]; (d) ?chase, hue and cry.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)118/22 : Te swin ananriht urnen an urn to þe sea.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)203/8 : Asaeles swifschipe þe straf wið heortes of urn [Cai: on urn].
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)8386 : On Arundels wal þai gun lene A kniȝt com arnand wiþ gret rene.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)130/11 : Eac þa heahȝæ torræs & clifæs þe heaȝæ stondæþ ofer alle oþre eorðæ, heo eac þe mare rune nimæð, ȝyf heo feringæ to eorðe fællæþ.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)100/705 : Let þenne turnen hit tidliche abuten, swa þet Katerine wið þet grisliche rune hwen ha..bisið þerupon..ure wil wurchen.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)104/731 : Hit bigon to cleaterin al..ant tobreken..ant ruten forð wið swuch rune þe stucchen..þet ter weren isleine of þet awariede uolc fowr þusent.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)40/3 : Þear is meast neod hald hwen þe tunge is o rune & ifole to eornen.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)164/22 : Her nabbe ich nan iseid bute forte munegin mon oðer wummon of þeo þe to ham falleð þurh þeo þe beoð her iseide as on urn [Nero: todreuedliche].
c
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)69.7/3 : Syle etan on waniȝendum monan, & þat si, þanne sunne ryne beo on þan tacne þe man virgo nemneþ.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)42/31 : Þeo soðe reowsung ne biþ on þare ȝeare ryne [OE rime] iscryfen, ac on þæs modes biternysse.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)20/24 : Sceawæ bi þare synnan, ðe is Godes ȝesceaft, hu heo maȝe sendon hire scinende leome from hire upplice ryne ofer alne middaneard.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)112/22 : Þe mone..& þeo sunne..moten eac þenne heom resten þæs runes & þæs ȝewinnes þe heo nu ðrowæð.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)22/19 : Þe sunne reccheð hire rune wið-uten euch reste.
d
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1156 : Þu bodes huses brune, Oþer ferde of manne, oþer þoues rune [Jes-O: run].
2.
(a) Flowing of blood, bleeding; (b) a stream.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)72/512 : Ȝe schulen beon ifulhet..in ower blodes rune.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)16/24 : Te luðere reue, for þe stronge rune of þe blodi stream..ne mahte for muche grure lokin þiderwardes.
- a1250 Lofsong Lefdi (Nero A.14)207 : His blodi Rune..ron inne monie studen.
b
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)307 : Þilke þat beþ maidenes clene..mai hem wassche of þe rene.