Middle English Dictionary Entry
rō-bukke n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rō-bukke n. Also robuck(e & (in surnames) roboc, rabuck(e, raboc, rabbok. |
| Etymology | From rō n.(1) & bukke n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), esp. a male roe deer; -- also coll.; ~ flesh; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.337 : It is i-knowe þat roobukkes [L capreis] beeþ noon þere.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)281a/a : Ceruus is þe name of þe hert and of þe bukke and of þe roo bukke.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)24 : The Roo buk is a commen beest ynowe and þerfore me nedeþ not to telle of his makyng.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)25 : The Roo buckes [vr. Roo bucke] flesshe is moost hoolsom to ete.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)926 : Hertz and hyndes, a hunthrid to-gedre, With rayndeer and roobuc runne to þe wodes.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)101b : A Rabuke [Monson: Raa buke]: Caprius, Caprea.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)700/1 : Capra, dacas..a rabuke.
- a1500 Terms Assoc.(3) (Lamb 306)233 : A Robuck is beddid.
b
- (1209) Select Pleas Forest in Seld.Soc.139 : Hulle Robucke.
- (1210) Feet Fines Yks.in Sur.Soc.94163 : Alanus Rabuc.
- (1246) Assize R.Lan.in LCRS 477 : Adam Rabucke.
- (1297) Nickname in LuSE 55149 : Ad. Roubuc; Matild. Robuc.
- (1298) Nickname in LuSE 55149 : Ad. Roboc.
- (1300) Nickname in LuSE 55149 : Rog. Rabbok.
- (1301) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 212 : Hugone Rabuckes.
- (1301) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 2146 : Rogero Raboc.
- (1314) Nickname in LuSE 55149 : Ad. Robuk.
- (1332) Nickname in LuSE 55149 : Rog. Rabuk.