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▪ I. † riche, rike Obs.
Forms: α. 1–2 ríc(e, 2–4 riche, 3–4 ryche. β. 4–5 rik(e, 5 ryk(e.
[Common Teutonic: OE. ríce, = OFris. rîke, rîk (mod.Fris. ryk), MDu. rike, rijc, ric (Du. rijk), OS. rîki (MLG. rike, ryke, LG. rîk), OHG. rîchi, rîhhi, etc. (G. reich), ON. ríki (Norw. and Sw. rike, Da. rige), Goth. reiki, a derivative from the stem of reiks rich a.]
A kingdom, realm, royal domain; also, royal power or estate, sovereignty.
α Beowulf (Z.) 1390 Aris, rices weard; uton hraþe feran. c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. l. 391 He him sealde ricu oðerra kynrena. 971Blickl. Hom. 187 Ure bisceopas ᵹeond eal Romana rice. c1000ælfric Saints' Lives xviii. 13 God..hine of his rice awearp. a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1102, Se hæfde þone eorldom..& micel rice þær to. c1200Ormin 7011 Himm ȝifenn wass þatt riche. a1225Leg. Kath. 47, I þe moderburh of Alixandres riche. 1390Gower Conf. I. 118 To sechen al the worldes riche, Ther was no womman forto love.
βa1300Havelok 290 Sho was þe rithe eyr Of engelond, of al þe rike. 13..Cursor M. 24821 (Edinb.), Til erlis and baruns of þat rik Þan gaf he serkin giftis rik. c1400Rule St. Benet 2238 Þen sal þe bisschop of þat rike Swilk a priores sone depose. c1470Henry Wallace ii. 359 Bot Wallace..In Ingland fer socht battaill on that rik.
b. The kingdom of God or of heaven.
αa900O.E. Martyrol. 7 Mar., He..ᵹesohte þa heofonlico rico. a900Cynewulf Crist 1527 Bið þonne rices Weard..yrre ond eᵹesful. 971Blickl. Hom. 31 Se þe stiᵹeþ ofer þa þrym-setl heofona rices. c1175Lamb. Hom. 59 His riche is al þis middeleard, Eorðe & heofene. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 67 Cumeð ȝe blescede, and underfoð þat riche þat ȝiu is iȝarked. c1220Bestiary 732 Hise loðe men sulen to helle faren, hise leue to his riche. a1310in Wright Lyric P. xxxiii. 94 Bring us to thin riche ther is joie most. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiv. 179 Conforte þi careful..in þi ryche.
β13..Cursor M. 11979 (Gött.), Þu was neuer ne es worthi Mi faþer rike part of to gete. a1340Hampole Psalter xvii. 31 Takand me out of þis lif in til þi rike. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints ii. (Paul) 209 Þane paule þam prechit..of criste,..of his gret Joy, and of his ryk. c1440Bone Flor. 1809 [She] preyed god..That he wolde bryng hur to that ryke.
▪ II. riche
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