Middle English Dictionary Entry
rō̆ben v.
Entry Info
| Forms | rō̆ben v. Also robben; pl. robeth, etc. & robet; p.ppl. i)robed, irobet. |
| Etymology | From rō̆be n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) John Bapt.(Phys-E)p.41 : Quat yed ye..to se In wildernes..A man robed in wlank wede?
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)9.1 : Thus, yrobid [vr. yrobit; C: robed] in rosset, I rombide aboute.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.329,333 : Ȝe riche, ȝe robeth [vrr. robet, robbe] þat ben riche and helpeth hem þat helpeth ȝow..ȝe robeth [vrr. robbeth, robben, robbiþ] and fedeth Hem þat han as ȝe han.
- c1440(a1350) Isumb.(Thrn)269 : So semly als thay bothe ware, If thay were robed riche.