Middle English Dictionary Entry
rǒuncī n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rǒuncī n. Also rounsi, -cin, -cẹ̄, -sẹ̄, -sei, ronsi, roncin, runci, runsi & (error) ronsees; pl. rouncis, etc. & rounsies, runces, raunces & (error) runties. |
| Etymology | OF roncin, ronci, AF runcin & ML runcīnus, ron-, ronsinus, AL rouncinus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A charger, steed; (b) a riding horse; (c) a pack horse, workhorse; (d) a kind of small horse; (e) in phrase: queue de ~, nag's tail, a comic title for a dish; (f) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)43 : Þer hue loren huere stedes any mony rouncyn þourh huere oune prude.
- a1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)84 : Þis frenshe..were laht by þe net so bryd is in snare, wiþ rouncin & wiþ stede.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)37/757 : Beues let sadlen is ronsi [vr. palffraye] Þat bor a þouȝte to honti.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)169/3585 : Beues lep on is rounci And made is swein Terri.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)303 : Þe renk on his rounce hym ruched in his sadel.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)6507 : Thei brought forth bothe Mule and Fryson, Hoby, stede, and gode rounsi.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)11422 : Bowes, arewes, he gaf to archers, Rounsyes [vr. Runces] gode vnto squiers.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)817 : All..Come to þat conquerour & on knese fallis..Þis renke & his rounsy þai reche vp a croune.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2887 : Þis renke with his Ronsees [Dub: rounsey] he ridis ouire.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)170/32 : Kene knyghtys..doth rowncys rennyn with rakynge raftys.
b
- a1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)21 : Þe webbes ant þe fullaris..nomen huere rouncyns out of the stalle.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.390 : A shipman was ther wonyng fer by weste..He rood vpon a rouncy [vrr. rounse, roncyn].
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)166 : Tel some tale and make ther-of Iape! For be my Rouncy thow shalt not eskape.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)252 : His hevyd..was als grete Als of a rowncy or a nete.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)1938 : I com vpon owtlawes sterne..Þat þe chyld ne þorst y ham werne, Ne my rouncy.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)636 : With this worde entred in to the court two squyres vpon two rounsies [F ronchis] stronge and swyfte amblinge.
c
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2569 : For he him dredde swiþe sore, So Runci spore, and mikle more.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.50 : Traytours with runties [read: runcies] suld men first drawe.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.177 : I salle do him hang hie, or drawe with runcys.
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)12b : Þer ben in lowe cuntres..many gode rouncys to bere.
d
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)637/39 : Nomina Animalium..mannus..rownse.
e
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)51.42/1 : Anoþur mete þat hatte couwe de rouncin: Nym þe veet & þe eren of swyn & boille heam in god wyn..roste heom..& corf to veyre mossels, [etc.].
- 1381 Dc.257 Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)71.44/1 : For to make rew [read: quew] de runsy: Nym swynys fet & eyr & make hem clene & seth hem alf wyþ wyn and half wyþ water.
f
- (1299) Close R.Edw.I312 : Richard Runcy.
- (1314) Pat.R.Edw.II78 : Thomas Runcy.