Glossary. 
hey, fenum serotinum.”—Prompt. 
Parv. See also Rowen. 
Reame, 3/3, s. kingdom, country. O. 
Fr. realme, reaume. 
Reasnable, 10/14, aaj. fair, equitable, 
reasonable. 
Reastie, 20/2, aaj. rusty, rancid. 
*“Reest as flesche, vanctdus.”— 
Prompt. Parv. ‘‘I veast, I waxe 
ill of taste, as bacon.” —Palsgrave. 
See Wedgwood, s.v. Reasty. 
Recken, 10/43, v. to compute, count. 
Redele, page 3, s. riddle. ‘‘ Rydel 
or probleme, ezégma.” — Prompt. 
Parv. A.S. rédelse. 
Reeded, 41/5, ff. thatched with reeds. 
Reeding, 2/10, s. reading, study. A.S. 
rédan. 
Reeke, 10/24, v. smoke. A.S. vécan. 
Refraine, 48/1, v. stop, prevent. 
Rehersed, 45/1, 2. mentioned, named. 
Fr. rehercer, properly to go over 
again like a harrow (Fr. hevce) over 
a ploughed field. 
Reisons, 34/21, s. f/. currants. ‘‘ Ray- 
souns of Corante.”—Pegge’s Forme 
of Cury, ed. 1780, p. 16. 
Relent, 23/11, v. become soft. 
Rendrit, 24, v.=render it, z.e, return, 
requite it. 
Rent, 55/7, £f. torn, plucked. 
Rept, 18/43, pp. reaped, gained. 
Resdue, 48/19, s. residue, remainder. 
Fr. résidu. Lat. residuum, 
Respe, 15/27, Respies, 44/12, s. Rasp- 
berries. 
Respit, 70/4, s. rest, respite. 
Restfull, 106/2, aq7. full of rest, resting. 
Retcheles, 10/23, adj. reckless, careless. 
A.S. recceleas. 
Revengement, 9/18, s. revenge. 
Rew, 45/18, s. rue. 
Rife, 98/1, adj. abundant, common. 
Rifle, 17/14, s. ‘a rifle or ruffle is no 
more than a bent stick standing on 
the butt of a sithe-handle.”—T.R. 
Now called a dale. 
Rigging, 16/37, gr. 2. making free with, 
knocking about. 
Rigs, 15/37, v. gr. ¢. make free with. 
Ringle, 33/54, v. zmp. ring, put rings 
through the snouts. 
Ringling, 16/32, v. ringing of swine to 
prevent their tearing up the ground. 
Riping, 37/7, ripening. 
Rikes, 53/10, s. f/. ricks. 
a heap. 
A.S. hreac, 
341 
Rise, 40/5a, s. rice. 
Rishes, 75/6, s. 22. rushes. 
Lat. ruscum. 
Riuet, 19/16, s. bearded wheat. ‘* Dog- 
wheat, a bearded species, called in 
Mark-lane, vzvets.” —Forby. 
Rode, 57/36, s. harbour. 
Roinish, 102/1, adj. mean, rough, 
coarse. Fr. rogneux. ‘* The roy- 
nish clown.”—Shakspere, As You 
Like It, ii. 2. 
Roister like, 98/3, blustering. ‘‘ They 
ruffle and vozs¢ it out.” Harrison’s 
Eng. ed. F. J. Furnivall, New 
Shakspere SocH Pt. U5 Pri7ijem. sais 
is the very royster that gagg’d and 
bound me, Sir.’—The Reforma- 
tion, 1673. 
Rokat, 40/13, s. garden rocket. Fr. 
roguette. Eruca sativa.—Gerard’s 
Herball, ed. 1633. 
Roong, 15/29, ff. have rings put 
through their noses to prevent 
them from tearing up the ground. 
Roperipe, 92/3, s. one old enough to be 
flogged. ‘‘ Deserving of hanging.” 
—Howell, 1660. 
Roste, 63/19, s. rule the roste=domi- 
neer, have the sway. According 
to Richardson equivalent to ‘* xze 
the roost,” an expression of which 
every farm yard would supply an 
explanation. 
Rottenly, 18/11, adj. rich, crumbly. 
Roule, 17/8, s. a rule, measure. 
Roules, 10/54, v. roll in, bring in. 
Rowe, 36/12, 5. row, a rowe=in a row. 
Rowen, 57/25, aftermath of mown 
meadows. ‘‘ Hower is a field kept 
up till after Michaelmas, that the 
corn left on the ground may sprout 
into green.”—Bailey’s Dict. See 
Rawing above, and Rawings in 
Ray’s Gloss. 
Rowleth, 46/15, v. gv. ¢. roll. O. Fr. 
voler, Ger. rvollen, from Lat. rotu- 
lare. 
Rubstone, 17/14, s. a sandstone for a 
scythe. ‘‘ The rub or buckle stone 
which husbandmen doo occupie in 
the whetting of their sithes.”— 
Harrison, Description of England, 
Bra ip 04. 
Rudenes, 2/9, s. want of refinement, 
plainness, homeliness. 
Ruffen, 98/3, s. ruffian, scoundrel. 
Runciuall peas, 41/9, s. p/. marrow-fat 
A.S. visce. 
