Middle English Dictionary Entry
ruel(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ruel(e n. Also rule, reule. |
| Etymology | From the name of a town, La Réole (from L rēgula) in Guienne. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In phrase: the ~ win, wine from La Reole.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)1.230 : Tauerners 'a tast for nouht' tolden þe same, 'Whit wyn of oseye and of gascoyne, Of the Ruele [vrr. ruel, rule, rewle] and of þe rochel wyn, the roste to defye.'