Middle English Dictionary Entry
rumbe-lō interj.
Entry Info
| Forms | rumbe-lō interj. Also rombelou(e, rombilo, rombilogh, romeloue, rummelo & (error) revilou. |
| Etymology | ?From rumbelen v. & lō interj.; the form revilou perh. by confusion with hēve-lō interj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A sailors' cry; (b) a blow.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)208/22 : Foralsemiche as he louede forto go by watere, and also for he was descomfitede at Bannokesbour[n]e, þerfore maidenes madea songe þerof..'For tynt ȝe haue ȝoure lemmans at Bannokesborn wiþ hevalogh; What wende þe Kyng of Engeland haue ygete Scotlande wiþ Rombylogh' [vr. Rombelow].
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)2536 : Þey roweden harde and layde to And songe, 'Heuelow, rummeloo' [vrr. rombylo, rombylowe, rombelowe, revylow].
b
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)14005 : The noble, vaylaunt Menescene Smot Antenor..He ȝaff him suche a romelowe That he wente ouer his sadil-bowe.