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▪ I. rethe, a. Obs. (? exc. Sc.).
Forms: 1 reðe (hreðe, rœðe, ræðe) 3–4 reþe, 4 reth, 5 Sc. rethe, retht, retthe, (9) reith(e, reyth(e.
[OE. réðe (rœ́ðe), of uncertain relationship.]
1. Of persons (or disposition): Fierce, cruel, harsh; stern, severe; strict.
Beowulf (Z.) 122 [Grendel] wæs reoc & reþe. c900Bæda's Hist. iii. v, Þa wæs him sended ærest oðer biscop, reðes modes monn. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. viii. 28 Tuoeᵹe hæbbende diobles of byrᵹennum ut ᵹe-eadon, hroeðo suiðe. c1000ælfric Gram. I. (Z) 294 Þonne bið he tyrannus, þæt is reðe oððe wælhreow. c1100O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1100, He wæs swiðe strang & reðe ofer his land & his mænn. a1300Cursor M. 21984 [Antichrist] sal cumme reth raisand in pride. c1425Wyntoun Cron. v. xii. 3819 [Thou] rageande retthe in wodnes Helde noucht ordyr off richtwisnes.
b. Sc. Keen, eager, zealous.
1818Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck vii, ‘Is your master a very religious man?’ ‘He's weel eneugh that way—no that very reithe ont.’
2. Of things: Severe, terrible, dreadful, furious.
c825Vesp. Hymn xi. 7 Fael ᵹewynsumie roeðe [L. casus secundet asperos]. c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. xliii. 316 Se reða & se eᵹeslica dæᵹ. 971Blickl. Hom. 95 Þonne he him sylfum reþne dom & heardne ᵹeearnaþ & beᵹyteþ. c1175Lamb. Hom. 15 Moni hit forlet for þa reða dome þe þa wes. a1300Cursor M. 21962 His first comme it was ful smeth, þe toþer sal be rugh and reth. c1425Wyntoun Cron. v. x. 1902 Bot ay withe roris reythe he rerde.
b. esp. of rain, the sea, floods, etc.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. vii. 27 Þonne hi strong dreceð wind under wolcnum.., oþþe hi eft se reða ren onhrereð. a1300Cursor M. 22145 Brathli to do þe se be reth, And brathli to do it be smeth. Ibid. 24838 (Edin.), Þe wedir als in somer smeþe Son bigan be rug and reþe. c1425Wyntoun Cron. i. viii. 396 (Wemyss MS.), Boggis beillit out and bristit, And ranys reith. Ibid. iv. xiii. 1412 (Royal MS.), Off Tybere the rywere Sa retht off spate wyth watrys sere Ras.
▪ II. rethe
variant of rathe adv. Obs. |