Middle English Dictionary Entry
ron n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | ron n.(1) Also ran; pl. ronnes. |
| Etymology | ?Celt.: cp. MIr. rann strophe, quatrain. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. roune n.(2).
1.
A song, poem; love ~.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)8/39 : Ne luuede ha..nane sotte songes; nalde ha nane ronnes [Roy: luue ronnes] ne nane luue-runes leornin.
- a1300 A Mayde Cristes (Jes-O 29)2 : A Mayde cristes me bit yorne þat ich hire wurche a luue-ron.
- ?a1300 Maximian (Dgb 86)1 : Herkneþ to mi ron..Of a modi mon Þat muchel of murþe won.
- ?a1300 Maximian (Dgb 86)222 : Ich wes a modi mon..Of reuþes is mi ron.
- a1350 Weping haueþ (Hrl 2253)62 : Richard, rote of resoun ryht, rykening of rym ant ron..on molde y holde þe murgest mon.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)127/2589 : Þou hast itawt me a newe ran, Þat i schal neuer leue wimman.
- (a1333) Herebert Cryst (Add 46919)20 : Hym hoeuene and oerþe and wylde se and al þat ys þer-on, Wrouhte, of þy comynge hereth wyth blisfol ron.
- c1390 Off a trewe loue (Vrn)2 : Off a trewe loue clene & derne I-chaue I-write þe a Ron.