Middle English Dictionary Entry
rōst(e n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | rōst(e n.(1) |
| Etymology | OF rost, roste gridiron, grill & roast meat; for sense (c) also cp. ME rōsten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Roast meat; roast beef; a roast; reulen the ~, to be the master, be in control; (b) cold ~, cold roast, leftovers; also fig.; speken of cold ~, to tell stale news; (c) ~ iren, a gridiron, griddle; also, an instrument of torture.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)1235 : Ich am comen hider to-day For to sauen hem..For, certes, it were michel vnriȝt To make roste [vr. roost] of leuedis briȝt.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.206 : A fat swan loued he best of any roost.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)13373 : Þat folk þat day fulle faire was fed wiþ soiþen & roste & wilde bred.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)prol.108 : Wiþ wyn of osay..Of þe ryn & of þe rochel, þe rost [B: roste] to defie.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)82 : After þey hadde conies in grauey..After þey hadde oþer fusoun of rost.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)221 : Þare war we served wele..Us wanted nowþer baken ne roste.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)7b/a : Assatura: roste.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)7051 : Thei were serued..With many noble diuers rost, With mete bakyn, sothen, and tost.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1049 : Þare ware rostez full ruyde and rewfull bredez, Beerynes and bestaile brochede togeders.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)1085 : Þe smel roos of þe rost riȝt to þe walles, Þat fele fastyng folke felde þe sauere.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)566/9 : Assa: anglice, roost.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)12800 : To thys Sect [Epicureans] yt ys endwed, With rost somwhyle, and with stewyd, To be seruyd.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.43 : Take befe..And rost hit browne..Þenne take þy rost and sklyce hit clene.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)155/17 : Retorne to hote metis..and vse of rostis, gootis, and hogge.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)566 : For J here greet bost And fer smelle rost [Lamb: grete smylle of roste].
- c1500 The shype ax (Ashm 61)176 : What so euer ȝe brage ore boste, My mayster ȝet shall reule the roste.
b
- (?1406) Hoccl.MR (Hnt HM 111)363 : Thy rentes annuel, as thow wel woost, To scarse been greet costes to susteene; And in thy cofre, pardee, is cold roost.
- a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)136 : I vow to God..þou spekis of cold rost! I schal wyrch swyselyer, withouten any bost.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)21/421 : Yey, cold rost is at my masteres hame.
c
- (1354) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.xxxvii : Torale..Item, j rosthyrne.
- (1360) Invent.Monk-Wear.in Sur.Soc.29152 : Item, in coquina..j rostyryn.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5224/7 : Super officio scutellarie..pro ij ceruris et x rynges et xij staples et j fryengpan et j rostern, iij s. iiij d.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.53 : Take Pykes..and lay hem on a roost Irne.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)110/255 : Ane iren bed..Þat was a rostiren, lang and grete.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)111/298 : Þe bed..Thre sides endlang had it þan, Ilkane of þe lenkith of a man, And ouer-thewert with barres brade; Þus als a rostiren was it made.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)437 : Rost yryn [Win: Rooste yryn], or gradyryn: Craticula, crates.
- (1452-3) Will York in Sur.Soc.45139 : Coquina de Cawod: De pretio..j magni rosteiryn, iiij d.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)105b : A Rosteyrne: Cratis, Craticula, Strigilis.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)180/20 : At the laste þey put him on þe rostyryn or girderen and put to coles alle a-bowte hym.
- (1459) Invent.Fastolf(1) in Archaeol.21240 : Item, j Roste Iren, with vij staves and j foldyng stele of silver, weing lxxiij unces.