Middle English Dictionary Entry
roune n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | roune n.(1) Also round, raun(e. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI hrogn; cp. MnE dial. (chiefly Northern) raun, round. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. roughe n.(2).
1.
The guts or roe of a fish; also, ?some kind of sauce made of fish and brine.
Associated quotations
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.60 : Take codlyng, haddok, oþer hake..with the rawnes, and seeþ it wel in water.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)438 : Rowne, of a fysche: Liquamen.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)102a : A Rawn [Monson: þe Rawne] of fysche: lactis.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)105b : A Rowne of ffysche; lactis, lactes.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)765 : Laquamen: rownd; lactis: mylkere.