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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Recours], sb. recourse, C2.—AF. recours, soleill recours, sunset.

[ Recouerer], sb. restorer, saviour, S2.

[ Recrayed], pp. defeated, PP. See below.

[ Recreaunt], adj. recreant, defeated, CM, PP; recreant, PP.—AF. recreaunt, OF. recreänt, giving up the contest; Late Lat. recredentem.

[ Recueil], sb. a collection, compilation, DG; recuyell, S3; recule, HD.—OF. recueil (Cotg.).

[ Recule], v. to recoil, S3, Palsg., SkD, ND.—OF. reculer.

[ Reculyng], sb. recoiling, S3.

[ Recure], sb. recovery, S3.

[ Recure], v. to recover, HD; see [Recoure].

[ Reddour], sb. violence, rigour, HD, Trevisa (3. 313); raddour, WA.—OF. rador, later roideur (Cotg.); from rade, roide; Lat. rigidum.