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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Rike], sb. kingdom, S2; see [Riche].

[ Rikenare], sb. reckoner, S.

[ Rikenen], v. to reckon, S, PP; see [Rekenen].

[ Rin], v. to run, S3; see [Rennen].

[ Ring], v. to reign, S3; see [Regnen].

[ Riot], v. to revel, live dissolutely, gluttonously, WW; ryot, B; riotte, to be dissolute, luxuriare, Manip.

[ Riote], sb. uproar, SkD; riot, dissolute, luxurious living, WW; riotte, Manip.; ryot, depredation, B.—AF. riote (ryot), confusion, OF. rïote, quarrelling (Bartsch), also feasting (Ducange); cp. ODu. revot, ‘caterva nebulonum, luxuria’; see SkD.

[ Riotour], sb. rioter; rioter, glutton, WW; ryotoures, pl., C3.—AF. riotour, OF. riotheir (Ps. 36. 1).

[ Riotour], adj. luxurious, dissolute, WW.—Cp. Low Lat. riotosus (Ducange).

[ Ripe], adj. fit for reaping, mature, S; rype, C2.