Middle English Dictionary Entry
ruī̆nǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ruī̆nǒus adj. Also ruinouse, ruinouzs, ruinus, ruinose, ruines, roinous, (late) reuenus & (errors) runyouse, rynouse. |
| Etymology | OF rüinos, runeus & L ruīnōsus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Going to ruin, dilapidated; in a state of decay or disrepair; also fig.; (b) destructive, disastrous.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Ezek.33.24 : Thei..dwellen in these ruynouse [WB(2) vr. rynouse] thinges [WB(2): thingis in poynt to falle doun; L ruinosis] vpon the erthe of Yrael.
- (1423) Plea & Mem.in Bk.Lond.E.133/84 : In primis, the hous at the Corner of Irmongerlane in Chepe, ruynous, in poynt to fall doun, defectif.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)11/1 : Mi siknesse is incurable..Þanne glad be þi spiriȝt; his presoun is ruynouzs, he schal þe sunnere be deliuerid.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.2029 : Remembre..Castellis, tours of old antiquite Maad ruynous in Affrik & Cartage, Caused be werris & Martis cruel rage.
- (a1440) Let.Coventry in EHR 55643 : He hath & holdeth of you yerely a mees..the whiche mees for defaute of reparacion is full ruynus in mony defautes.
- a1450 *Aelred Inst.(2) (Bod 423)628 : Ther is noon so..stable foundement..as is mekenesse, withoute whom alle gostly begynnynges ben ful ruynous.
- (1454) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1282 : The said mese lyeth in Oxmanton..the wych mese ys olde, ruynes, and waste.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4937 : I wil..that the Rysbygate, wich is moost roynows of the town, be amendid and maad of my coost, with fre stoon and bryk, archyd and enbatelyd, substancyally to endure.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)479/26 : Yf..hit were ruynowse or like to falle downe..hit shold be lawfull to the seid abbesse..to entre the said mese.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.217 : Men callede Achademici toke theire name of a towne callede Achademia longenge to Plato, whiche towne was ruinose.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Test.(Hrl 218)551 : I fele myn herte brotel and roynous [vr. ruynous], Nat purified Iesu therin to reste.
- (1478) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.122 : The said Vicary..shall pay..in Recompence of parcell of the said Rewenus and feble beldyng..viij marc sterlynges.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)417 : The houses were all runyouse [read: ruynouse] for Euyll kepyng.
b
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.2359 : The sentence concludeth in meenyng Off ther cite the ruynous fallyng.
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)204/4 : Thou..excusid and susteynid tresons and the cursid conspiracions, wher thou arte in þe ruynous [F ruineux] partye.