A Concise Dictionary of Middle English
Chapter 179 : +Runien+, _v._ to discourse, S; see +Rounen+.+Runge+, _pt. pl._ rang; see +Ryngen+.+Ru

+Runien+, _v._ to discourse, S; see +Rounen+.

+Runge+, _pt. pl._ rang; see +Ryngen+.

+Runkylle+, _sb._ a wrinkle, Cath.; +runkill+, JD.--Cp. Dan. _rynke_.

+Runkylle+, _v._ to wrinkle, Cath.; +runkle+, JD; +rouncle+, S2; +rouncled+, _pp._, Cath. (_n_); +roncled+, HD.--Cp. Swed. _rynka_.

+Rurd+, _sb._ cry, noise, S2; see +Rerd+.

+Rusche+, _sb._ rush, PP; +rische+, PP; +resshe+, PP; +rishe+, S3; +rish+, Manip.; +ryshes+, _pl._, S3.--AS. _risce_, _resce_ (Voc.).

+Rusien+, _v._ to shake, SD, C (_n_); +rese+, C; +resye+, C (_n_); +rused+, _pt. s._, PP.--AS. _hrysian_, Goth. _hrisjan_.

+Russet+, _adj._ russet, PP, Prompt.; +roussat+, S3; +russets+, _sb.

pl._, clothes of a russet colour, ND.--AF. _russet_, OF. _rousset_; cp.

Low Lat. _roussetum_ (Ducange).

+Russetting+, _sb._ coa.r.s.e cloth of russet colour, HD; a kind of apple, ND.

+Rue+, _sb._ ruth, pity, S; see +Rewthe+.

+Rutis+, _sb. pl._ roots, S3; see +Rote+.

+Rwly+, _adv._ ruefully, S2; see +Rewliche+.

+Rybybe+, _sb._ a kind of fiddle, _uetella_, _vitula_, Voc., Prompt.; [+ribibe+, an old woman, CM, ND]; +rebeke+, Manip.; +rebekke+, +rebeck+, SkD; +rebecke+, ND.--It. _ribebba_ (also _ribecca_); Arab. _rababa_, a fiddle with one or two strings, Steinga.s.s, p. 397.

+Rybybour+, _sb._ a player on the _ribibe_, PP. See above.

+Rydder+, _sb._ a sieve, _cribrum_, Voc.--AS. _hrider_ (Voc.). Cf.

+Ridil+.

+Rydel+, _sb._ riddle, Prompt.; see +Redels+.

+Ryfe+, _adj._ abundant, numerous, frequent, openly known, S3; +ryyf+, Prompt.; +ryff+, PP; +ryue+, G.--Icel. _rifr_, munificent.

+Ryfelen+, _v._ to rob, plunder, Prompt. +y-rifled+, _pp._, PP.--OF.

_rifler_ (Cotg.).

+Ryflowre+, _sb._ robber, plunderer, Prompt.

+Ryflynge+, _sb._ plunder, PP.

+Ryge+, _sb._ stormy rain, S2; +rig+, HD.--Icel. _hregg_, storm and rain.

+Rygge+, _sb._ back, ridge, HD, PP; +ryg+, B, PP; +rugge+, S, PP, S2; +rug+, S; +rugges+, _pl._, HD; +rigge+, S, HD, G; +rig+, S2. _Comb._: +rygge-bon+, _spondile_, Voc.; +ryg-bone+, _spina_, Voc., PP; +rygboon+, HD; +riggebon+, PP, G.--AS. _hrycg_; cp. OHG. _ruggi_ (Otfrid).

+Ryght+, _adv._ exactly, very, PP; +riht+, right, close, S, S2; +rihht+, S; +rihte+, S; +rict+, S; +rigt+, S; +ri?t+, S, S2. _Phr._: +ry?t now late+, only lately, S2.

+Ryght+, _adj._ right, Prompt.; +ryht+, S2; +ri?t+, S2, W; +rihte+, S; +rigte+, S; +ri?te+, S; +rict+, S. _Comb._: +ri?t-ful+, straight (= Lat.

_rectus_), S2, W; +ry?tfol+, S2; +ry?tuolle+, S2; +ri?tfulnesse+, righteousness, W; +riht-half+, right side, S; +ri?thalf+, W2; +ri?tnesse+, justice, S2; +riht-wis+, righteous; S; +richtwise+, S; +ry?twys+, S2; +rightwis+, _v._ to justify, H; +rihtwisnesse+, righteousness, S; +ry?ttwisnesse+, S2; +ri?twisnesse+, W; +rightwisenes+, S2; +ryghtwisnesse+, C3.--AS. _riht_.

+Ryghte+, _sb._ right, law, equity, Cath.; +ri?t+, S2; +ri?te+, S, S2; +ri?tes+, _pl._, S2; +ry?tez+, _gen._ as _adv._, rightly, immediately, S2; +ri?ttes+, S2. _Phr._: +to e ri?ttes+, exactly, S2; +at alle rightes+, C; +mid rihte+, rightly, S; +mid rihten+, S; +wi rihhte+, S.

+Ryme+, _sb._ h.o.a.r-frost, H, Prompt. _Comb._: +ryme-frost+, h.o.a.r-frost, HD.--AS. _hrim_.

+Ryme+, _sb._ rime, verse, poetry, Prompt., S, PP; +rym+, C2, C3; +rime+, S; +rymes+, _pl._, rimes, ballads, PP, C2. _Phr._: +on his rime+, in his turn, S.--OF. _rime_, _rym_; OHG. _rim_, number; cp. AS.

_rim_.

+Rymen+, _v._ to rime. Prompt., S3, C2, C3.--AF. _rimer_ (_rymer_).

+Ryming+, _sb._ the art of riming, C2.

+Rymthe+, _sb._ room, leisure, Prompt. See +Rowm+.

+Rynen+, _v._ to touch, H. _Der._: +riner+, the quoit that touches the mark, HD.--AS. _hrinan_, OS. _hrinan_; cp. OHG. _rinan_ (Otfrid).

+Rynge+, _sb._ a circle, _annulus_, Prompt.; +rynges+, _pl._, PP; +ringes+, C3. _Comb._: +ring-leader+, _praesultor_, Manip.; the person who opens a ball, HD, NQ (5. 1. 146); +ryng-sangis+, songs adapted for circular dances, S3.--AS. _hring_, Icel. _hringr_.

+Ryngen+, _v._ to ring, Prompt.; +ringes+, _pr. pl._, S; +rong+, _pt.

s._, C3; +runge+, _pl._, S (19. 1273); +i-runge+, _pp._, S.--AS.

_ringan_, pt. s. _rang_ (pl. _rungon_), pp. _rungen_.

+Ryngis+, _sb. pl._ reigns, S3; see +Regne+.

+Ryngis+, _pr. pl._ reigns, S3; see +Regnen+.

+Rys+, _sb._ twig, branch, branches, S2, G (s.v. _woode_), CM; +ris+, S, CM; +ryss+, S3; +ryse+, Cath., S3. _Comb._: +rise-bushes+, sticks cut for burning, DG.--AS. _hris_; cp. Icel. _hris_, G. _reis_.

+Rysen+, _v._ to rise, PP, C2; +riss+, B; +risand+, _pr. p._, S2; +riseand+, S2; +ris+, _imp._, S; +rist+, _pr. s._, C3; +ros+, _pt. s._, S, C2; +roos+, C2, W; +raiss+, S2, B; +ra.s.s+, B; +risen+, _pl._, W; +rysen+, W; +rise+, C2; +rysed+, _pt. s._ (_weak_), S2.--AS. _risan_, pt. s. _ras_ (pl. _rison_), pp. _risen_.

+Ryshe+, _sb._ rush, S3; see +Rusche+.

+Rysp+, _sb._ coa.r.s.e gra.s.s, S3; +risp+, JD. Cp. G. _rispe_, see Weigand.

+Ryue+, _sb._ sh.o.r.e, S.--OF. _rive_; Lat. _ripa_.

+Ryue+, _adj._ abundant, G; see +Ryfe+.

+Ryuel+, _sb._ a wrinkle, SD.

+Ryuelen+, _v._ to wrinkle, HD, PP; +ryueleden+, _pt. pl._, PP; +riueld+, _pp._, S3.--Cp. AS. _rifelede_ (Lat. _rugosus_), Eng. Studien, xi. 66; and Du. _ruifelen_.

+Ryueling+, _sb._ a wrinkling, W; +ryuelynges+, _pl._, wrinkles, W2.

+Ryuen+, _v._ to tear, rive, S2, C2, C3; +rif+, S2; +ryfe+, H.--Icel.

_rifa_.