Middle English Dictionary Entry
rī̆s n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | rī̆s n.(1) Also rise, risse, rice, riez, rēs & (in place name) rish; pl. rises & ris(e. |
| Etymology | OE hrīs; also cp. ON: cp. OI hrīs. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A living twig, branch, bough; also fig.; (b) a stem, stalk; rose in (on, upon) ~, rose upon the stem; (c) a thicket, stand of brush, copse; also, a hedge [quot.: c1250]; ~ pese, pese ~, a bundle of pea plants; (d) a branch which has been cut, rod; timber; (e) brushwood which has been cut or gathered up; -- also pl.; watel ~, brush or small branches used in wattling; (f) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.1.265].
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)372 : Ich eou wlle leden forð to mine lauerde i þon wode-rime þer he vnder rise lið.
- a1275 Nu þis fules (Trin-C B.14.39)2 : Nu þis fules singet hand maket hure blisse and þat gres up þringet and leued þe ris.
- a1275 Nu þu vnseli bodi (Trin-C B.14.39)5 : Þu vnseli bodi..Þad rotihin sal so dot þe lef þad honkit on þe ris.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1664 : Fuheles..sungen alswa uale wise An blisse was among þe ryse.
- ?c1335(a1300) Cokaygne (Hrl 913)8 : What is þer in paradis Bot grasse and flure and grene ris?
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)136 : Þus war þo hende childer..Child Amiloun & child Amis, In court frely to fede, To ride an hunting vnder riis.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)27/305 : He seiȝe..Sexti leuedis on hors ride, Gentil and iolif as brid on ris, Nouȝt o man amonges hem þer nis.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)123 : Þo Goþ hedde al þe world iwrouȝt..Blosme on bouȝ and breer on rys, And alle þing betere þen hit nou is.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3324 : He hadde a gay surplys As whit as is the blosme vpon the rys [vrr. rise, rice].
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)9186 : Ther was no foule so merye on ris Then Troilus was when he hors hadde.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)492/41 : Haile! roote of risse, þat fourthe brought..oure saueoure.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)129 : A bold kniht..to a bow stirte, Þe sote-saverede frut sone to pulle; But as so raþe as þe rink gan þe ris touche, Doun fel he..ded in þe place.
- a1605(?a1500) Lond.Lickpenny (Hrl 542)68 : 'Hot pescods,' one gan cry, 'strabery rype, and chery in the ryse.'
b
- a1350 Ichot a burde in a (Hrl 2253)11 : Hire rode is ase rose þat red is on rys; wiþ lilye-white leres lossum he is.
- c1330 Bot fals men (Auch)47 : Feir & swete is wimannes viis..White & rede so rose on riis.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)84/101 : Þe meke þing..leiden him doun ful stille wiþ rode red so Rose on Rys.
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)72 : Þer lyndes and lorers were lent vpon lone..Þe rose ragged on rys, richest on Rone.
- c1390 Welcome Lord (Vrn)31 : Heil, Rose vppon Rys, heil, mon of most pris, ffor us þou were ded.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1015 : Hir chere was symple as byrde in bour; As whyt as lylye or rose in rys, Hir face gentyl and tretys.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2026 : Socoure, paramourys, swetter þanne sens, Rode as rose on rys irent.
- c1450 Excellent soueraine (Dc 95)120 : Farewell amerouse and amyable, ffarewell worthy, witty and wys..ffarewell ryall Rose in the rys.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)1244 : For a lady of prys, Wyth rode reed as rose on ryse [Lamb: rice], Þys countre ys yn dowte.
- c1450 Heyl gloryous virgyne (Clg A.2)34 : Heyl! rose on ryse most holsom of odoure.
c
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)175 : Ich habbe on brede and eck on lengþe Castel god on mine rise.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)329 : Un warrott de pois [glossed:] a pese ris [vr. rees peys] suz arascez.
- a1400 Steddefast crosse (Mert 248)4 : Steddefast crosse..þow art a tre mykel of prise, in braw[n]che and flore swyl[k] a-noþer I ne wot non in wode no rys.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1698 : Hunteres vnhardeled bi a holt syde, Rocheres roungen bi rys, for rurde of her hornes.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)9742 : Hit is wel sene In euery stede ther hehath bene, For it is layd with dede bodies Thikkere than trees ar set In ris.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)28 : To þe forest þa[i] fare To hunte atte buk and atte bare, To þe herte and to þe hare, Þat bredus in þe rise.
d
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)53/24 : Lesewe þine tichnes bi heordemenne hulen of Ris & of leaues.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)55b/a : Þilke parties ben I-braunchid & I-forked and departid as a ȝerde I-maad of rys [L ex ramis].
- (1405) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.273 : [Neither the prior nor convent of Merton..would from henceforth place in the Thames any branches or rods called] ryses [for the destruction of fish or hindrance of..barges, boats or other vessels].
- (1405) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.274 : [It was found..that the prior and his deputies had placed] rises [in the water].
- (1471-2) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103644 : Pro posicione del stakez et ryss et factura muri inter le fleme et molend. de Raynton.
e
- (1349) in Salzman Building in Engl.188 : Watelrys.
- (1393) Doc.York in Sur.Soc.35130 : Willelmo Pynder de Queldryk et Johanni filio suo laborantibus in Langwath amputando et cariando les ryse.
- (1434) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.29101 : In factura iiijxx rodarum fossati cum adquisicione de riez et factura hayarum xxiij s. v d. ob.
- (1467-8) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9992 : Pro cariagio 10 plaustrarum del ryss a Rilley usque le Westorcharde pro le Dovecotegarth..3 s. 4 d.
- (1471-2) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9994 : Pro le fellyng del Ryss pro emendacione sepium, 2 s.
- (1474) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.493b : Payed to Jamys Lowes and to Thomas Keme for fellyng of ryse and stakys for the heggis.
f
- (1196) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)22 : Rishume.
- (1215) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)614 : Hokederis.
- (1259) EPNSoc.11 (Sur.)255 : La Risbrigge.
- (1264) Cart.Whitby in Sur.Soc.72404 : In campis et pratis pertinentibus grangiæ de Stakesby..et de Risewarpe.
- (1287-8) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.58 : De portis de Swynemarket usque ad risgate.
- (1301) Name in LuSE 3571 : Rysebergh'..Rysewyk'.
- (1327-8) Freeman R.in KRec.18187 : Thomas Ryswar.
- (1354) in Löfvenberg ME Local Surnames167 : Reg. ate Rysbrugge.
- (1381) in Löfvenberg ME Local Surnames167 : Will. atte Risshbregge.