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▪ I. † roy, n.1 Obs.
Also 5–6 roye.
[a. OF. roy, F. roi, = ONF. rei (see ray n.8):—L. rēg-em, rex king.]
1. A prince; a sovereign, a royal person.
Common in Sc. poetry of the 16th century.
a1400Morte Arth. 2372 The roy ryalle renownde, with his Rownde Table. c1440York Myst. xxvi. 1 Vndir þe ryallest roye of rente and renowne. c1470Gol. & Gaw. 301 The roy rial raid withoutin resting. 1500–20Dunbar Poems lxxvii. 34 Syne the Bruce,..Thow gart as roy cum rydand vnder croun. c1557Abp. Parker Ps. cxlix. 421 Let Syons youth and childer ioy In their most princely roy. 1584Hudson Judith vi. 65 Abash not reader, though this reckless Roy..Was thus beguilde. 1611H. Broughton Require Agreem. 52 The Apostles..wrote in most roiall Greeke, to tell that the Roy of all wisedome ruled their penne.
2. ellipt. = colour-de-roy.
1549Act 3 & 4 Edw. VI, c. 2 §1 Clothe called Russettes, Musters, Marbles, Grayes, Royes and suchelyke colors.
▪ II. † roy, n.2 Obs.—1
(Meaning doubtful.)
Perh. a misuse of prec. (cf. ray n.8 b); but the passage appears to be an echo of York Myst. xv. 69–71, in which royse belongs to roy v.
14..Shrewsb. Fragm. in Non-Cycle Myst. Plays (1909) 1 Ȝe lye, bothe, by þis liȝt, And raues as recheles royes!
▪ III. roy, v. north. and † Sc.
[Of obscure origin.]
†1. intr. To talk nonsense. Obs.
a1440York Myst. xv. 69, I trowe þou royse, For what it was fayne witte walde I, That tille vs made þis noble noyse. 1508Dunbar Flyting 54 Renunce, rebald, thy ryming, thow bot royis.
2. (See quots.)
1828Carr Craven Gloss., Roy, to bluster, to domineer. 1847Halliw., Roy,..to swagger; to boast; to indulge in convivial mirth. North. 1876–in northern glossaries. |