A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Raueynour], sb. robber; raueinour, W; rauynour, W2.

[ Ravin], adj. ravenous, S3, Sh.

[ Ravin], v. to seize and devour greedily, Sh., WW.

[ Ravined], adj. ravenous, Sh.

[ Rauischen], v. to seize with violence, PP; ravish, WW; raueische, imp. pl., W2; rauyschiden, pt. pl., W2.—AF. ravir (pr. p. ravissant); Late Lat. *rapīre; Lat. rapere.

[ Rawe], sb. row, Cath.; raw, B, JD, SkD, S3, S2; rowe, SkD; rewe, C, G, W; rewis, pl., S3.—AS. ráwe, rǽwe.

[ Ray], sb. striped cloth, rella, pannus, Voc.; stragulum, Voc., Cath., HD; raye, S3; rayes, pl., S2, PP. Comb.: ray-cloth, striped cloth, W2, Prompt.—AF. drap de raye, cloth of ray, pl. reies, OF. rai, raid; Lat. radium (acc.).

[ Rayeres], sb. pl. sellers of ray, PP.

[ Rayid], adj. striped, Prompt.

[ Raykez], pr. s. roams, S2; raykande, pr. pt., advancing, S2. See [Rake].