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renownn.adj. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French renoun, renoum, renon, renome. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman renoun, renoune, renun (compare α. forms), renoum, renum (compare β. forms), variants of Anglo-Norman and Old French renon, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French renom (French renom ), in Anglo-Norman also renome (unless this simply shows a spelling form of renomee renomee n.) report (c1170 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), reputation, (good or bad) repute (1176 in Old French; frequently with premodifying adjective, e.g. de bon renom , de grant renom , de haut renom , de noble renom ), fame, celebrity (c1340) < renomer , renommer (see renown v.). Compare Old Occitan renom (15th cent.). Compare later renome n., renomee n.It is possible that, where there is no clear metrical evidence to the contrary, some of the spellings in -e could instead show renownee n. Compare discussion at renome n. A. n. 1. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun] α. c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) (1937) 180 (MED) Wiþ scheld & spere to ride on stede, Þai gat hem gret renoun. c1400 (?c1390) (1940) 313 (MED) Now is þe reuel & þe renoun of þe Rounde Table Ouer-walt. c1440 (a1400) (Thornton) 293 (MED) Ther salle the Rownde Tabille losse the renowne. c1450 (c1350) (Bodl.) (1929) 369 (MED) We no recche of no ricchesse no renoun of landus. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 140 (MED) Marchandis..Passyth fro londe to londe and expaundyth the rennons of kynges and roialmes lyke as thay fyndyth. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) lviii. 197 Huon..had grete desyre too attayne to good renowne. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. iv. 143 Honor, high honor and renowne To Hymen. View more context for this quotation 1659 H. Hammond (lxxii. 17 Paraphr.) 349 His memory and honour..shall..descend upon his posterity, as a mark of renoun. c1683 E. Waller 11 'Tis of more renown To make a river, than to build a town. 1699 J. Raynor & J. Coughen tr. N. Fontaine (new ed.) 125 All which effects of his Wisdom and great Riches rais'd him so high a Renown..that the Queen of Sheba came to visit him in great Pomp and State. 1751 S. Johnson No. 146. ⁋8 Whoever claims renown from any kind of excellence, expects to fill the place which is now possessed by another. 1785 W. Cowper iii. 59 Forsaking thee, what shipwreck have we made Of honour, dignity, and fair renown! 1821 P. B. Shelley xlv. 22 The inheritors of unfulfilled renown Rose from their thrones. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Lady Clara Vere de Vere in (new ed.) I. 155 Of me you shall not win renown. 1990 B. Bettelheim i. 5 Vienna continued to grow in size, in cultural opportunities, in scientific renown, and in economic importance. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun] > of something α. c1380 (1879) 227 (MED) Y wil hold vp his renoun wyþ al my myȝt. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 297 I..loue as wel youre honour and renoun As creature yn al þis world y-born. c1475 tr. (Tripolitanus abbrev.) (1977) 296 (MED) He shall shamefully come to confusion through his euill renoun and fame. a1500 (?a1425) (Harl.) (1889) 1500 Thus Caymys rode toward the towne, Whan he had lost all his renowne. 1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in (1998) I. 178 Throw Scotland..Fleys on weyng thi fame and thi renoune. 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. ix. iii Their renown, which seem'd so like to last, Thou dost put out. 1638 F. Junius 219 Artificers,..if they be not known by the ancient renowne of their shoppes [etc.]. 1726 J. Swift I. i. v. 86 The Emperor..the Renown of whose Virtues had..filled the whole World with Admiration. 1764 C. Churchill 22 Nabobs themselves, allur'd by thy renown, Shall pay due homage to the English Crown. 1849 T. B. Macaulay II. vi. 123 His renown had spread even to the coffeehouses of London and the cloisters of Oxford. 1874 J. R. Green vii. §6. 403 The renown of the Spanish infantry had been growing. 1905 14 Oct. 4/5 The ‘Rapport’ magnified the difficulties encountered in order to exalt the renown of the army which had overcome them. 1989 Q Dec. 121/1 The larger reason for her renown is her excellent piano playing. 2. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun] the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun] > of a specified kind a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 8720 (MED) None yn cherche shal beryed be But bysshope..Or prest þat ys of gode renoun [Fr. qe mult seit renume]. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 73 Abbot & prioure..Wer priued of þar office, of woulfes had renoun. c1480 (a1400) SS. Cosmas & Damian 36 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) II. 293 A matrone, þat of gret gudnes had renon. 1541 T. Elyot iv. f. 7v From that tyme he had the renoume of Constance and grauitie. ?1549 R. Wyer tr. C. de Pisan v. sig. C.iii Good renome & fame maketh a man relusant & shining to the worlde. 1609 W. Shakespeare xix. 45 That dignities the renowne of a Bawde. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iii. 16 A young Gentlewoman..of a most chaste renown . View more context for this quotation 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio II. ix. ii. f. 113 She..had..contaminated by her lewde life and actions, the sanctity and good renowne of the whole Monastery. ?1798 T. J. Mathias (ed. 3) 24 If such men are not willing to gain a renown for good deeds, they had better seek oblivion than fame. 1874 F. Parkman ii. xv. 188 Though he belonged to the noblesse, his look is that of a grave burgher, of good renown and sage deportment. 1893 ‘M. Corelli’ vi. 38 Gabrias, though eminent in learning and of good renown, had a hasty and false tongue. 1905 A. B. Paterson 36 John Gilbert was a bushranger of terrible renown. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [noun] a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. vi. 202 To make the noble Leonatus mad, By wounding his beleefe in her Renowne . View more context for this quotation †3. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. 4946 Renoun [a1450 Lamb. tydynges] ran þat ouer reches to ilk a man mad þei spechis. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 1054 Swich renoun was there sprongyn of hire goodnesse. c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist l. 340 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) II. 232 Iohne..of cristis warkis herd renone. a1500 (?c1450) 176 (MED) So com the renoun [Fr. si reuint li renons] in-to the hoste, that thei durste not ride that wey with-oute grete foyson of peple. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. i. 196 Of whom, so often I haue heard renowne, But neuer saw before. View more context for this quotation ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. iii. l. 209 Ȝit myȝtest þou haue knowen þe senectiens and þe Canyos..of wyche folk þe renoun [L. memoria] is neyþer ouer oolde ne vnsolempne. c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 189 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) I. 227 [Of] þat sad ded þe ranowne sowne rane throw al þe towne. c1485 ( G. Hay (1993) i. 5 Thare is a grete renoune gangand jn ferr contreis of a grete assemblee. a1500 tr. A. Chartier (Rawl.) (1974) 111 (MED) For to bringe to mynde the high merytorye dedis and gloriouse renowms of victories..writinges ben made. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] 1631 G. Chapman Warres of Pompey & Caesar in (1873) III. 194 His much renowne of you, quit with your utmost. B. adj.1893 Sept. 101/2 Dr. Dzierson, the world renown author and apiarian. 1965 May 116/1 They remember such renown beak busters as Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis. 1989 26 July 15/1 Chief Joseph Gicheru Ngatiri of Lari..decided to ban a popular hit by a renown musician. 2008 (Midwest ed.) 4 Jan. ii. 4/2 The $50 million Crystal Bridges Museum was designed by renown Israeli-American architect Moshe Safdie. Phrases P1. of renown (also † of renowns). the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [adverb] α. c1330 (?a1300) (1886) l. 2853 (MED) In seyn matheus toun..afair fest was Of lordes of renoun. c1330 (Auch.) (1966) l. 202 (MED) He cleped to-gider his barouns, Erls, lordes of renouns. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. Prol. 158 A raton of renon, most renable of tonge. a1450 (?a1300) (Caius) (1810) l. 689 Sir Foulke Doyly of renoun. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 121 (MED) In oone techynge acordyth..the moste wyse clerkes and Maysteris of renoune that haue beyn afor vs. 1535 D. Lindsay 1206 Lo! quhair thair sits ane Priores of renown. 1605 E. Sandys sig. Q 4 b Vnless the gratiousness of God stirre vppe some worthy Princes of renowne..with both sides to enterpose their wisedome. 1645 J. Milton Psalm cxxxvi in 15 In bloody battail he brought down Kings of prowess and renown. 1663 634 With hounds and ratches of renown. 1706 S. Centlivre Epil. The Orange-Ladies, Virgins of Renown, Are Powder-Monkies running up and down. 1782 W. Cowper 2 John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown. 1865 G. Meredith xvii. 276 The Hampshireman was a farmer of renown. 1894 24 Nov. 3/1 A sportsman of renown in many branches, especially as a ‘pigeon-hot’. 1954 W. K. Hancock ii. 66 My room-mate, Percy Dicker, is now my brother-in-law and a man of renown in the Wangaratta district of Victoria. 1997 Apr. 40 Many painters, writers and poets of renown who lived in France during the span of this era imbibed this licorice-flavored drink of mind-altering power. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] α. c1330 (Auch.) (1933) 20 (MED) Whilom a riche burgeis..woned her in Rome toun, A riche man of gret renoun. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) 1917 (MED) Þere was an abbot of great renoun [Fr. renun], An holy man yn relygyoun. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Lamb.) (1887) i. 13774 (MED) He slow..two þousand of þe Bretouns, Wiþoute men of grete renouns [?a1400 Petyt noble men of ronons]. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll.) 32 Yondir I se the moste valiante knyght of the worlde, and the man of moste renowne. c1480 (a1400) St. Theodora 40 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) II. 100 A man of gud renone. a1500 (?c1450) 106 (MED) Ther was noon but that..seide that he sholde be of high renon. 1509 S. Hawes vii. iii O sterre of famous eloquence, O gylted goddesse of hyghe renowne. 1556 R. Robinson tr. T. More (ed. 2) sig. Sviv A prince of much renowme & immortall fame. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1622) ii. iii. 86 He was a wight of high renowne, And thou art but of low degree. View more context for this quotation 1652 H. Crompton 36 For modelling brave Cities, and each Town, There's many women were of great renown. 1701 D. Defoe i. 10 Ingratitude, a Devil of Black Renown. 1785 W. Cowper v. 691 As if, like him of fabulous renown, They had indeed ability [etc.]. 1842 Ld. Tennyson 10 A land of just and old renown. 1889 July 233/2 Alfric Grigstan, a Saxon of great renown in the reign of King Harold and of William the Conqueror. 1927 Feb. 209/1 The Oklahoma representatives yearned to hear him because, as the creator of Andy Gump, he was ‘a newspaper cartoonist of international renown’. 1985 P. J. Wingate xiv. 132 Dr. Christine Ladd-Franklin..became a philosopher of world renown, universally accepted as one of the greatest color theorists of all time. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 14139 Westsex þe ferthe of ronoun [a1450 Lamb. of renoun], Wilton was þe chefe toun. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Nero) ii. l. 1664 Off Venes he made, þe gret towne Þat ȝhit is ryalle of ranowne. 1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in (1998) I. 186 Rich to behald and nobil of renoun. the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adverb] a1400 (a1325) (Fairf. 14) 14725 As men dos ȝet in toun, þer faire is halden wiþ grete renoun. 1458 Reconciliation Henry VI & Yorkists in R. H. Robbins (1959) 195 (MED) At Poules in london, with gret renoun, On oure ladi day in lente this peas was wrought. 1570 T. Norton & T. Sackville i. ii. sig. Bv My lords..Guidyng so great estate with great renowme. 1644 W. Barton viii. 12 Thou hast made him little lower, Then Angels in degree; And didst him crown With great renown. 1724 A. Ramsay II. 225 The Rutherfuirds, with grit Renoun, Convoyit the Toun of Jedbruch out. ?a1800 Lord Saltoun xi, in F. J. Child (1892) IV. viii. 348/1 Then out spake her father, he spake wi renown. 1858 Apr. 653/2 A man who had worn a spur In ancient battle won, Had sent it down, with great renown, To goad his future son. 1947 2 May 2/3 The old Territorial Army..fought its way with great renown through two world wars. 2004 S. Whitfield & U. Sims-Williams 119 Rustam returned with great renown. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). renownv. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: French renouner , renomer ; renown n. Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman renouner, renumer, variant of Anglo-Norman and Middle French renomer, Middle French renommer to mention (a person or thing) frequently and honourably, to make (a person or thing) famous (c1100 in Old French in past participle renumé ), to cover oneself in glory (c1365, used reflexively), in Anglo-Norman also to report, relate (c1235 or earlier; < re- re- prefix + nomer , nommer , noumer to name: see misnomer n.), and partly < renown n. (compare forms at that entry). Compare Old Occitan renomar . In sense 4 after German renommiren (1754 or earlier in general sense ‘to strut, swagger’, 1796 or earlier in specific use with reference to university students; now renommieren ); compare slightly earlier renowning n. 2. Compare earlier renowned adj., renomed adj., renomé adj. Now rare. 1. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > making famous > make famous or celebrate [verb (transitive)] α. a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 746 in (1899) 36 (MED) Than your seruauntes wol bere oute your fame, That in this world It shal nat quenched be, And renowne your glorious & goode name. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Pref. sig. a jv I iudge him not to haue bene the first inuentor of this Art, but one that broughte it to lighte and renouned it. 1612 M. Drayton v. 78 That most famous Towne Which her great Prophet bred who Wales doth so renowne. a1633 A. Munday f. 4v This resolution dooth renowne ye bothe. a1639 W. Whately (1640) i. xi. 142 Those women Gods owne pen hath renowned for gracious and vertuous. 1734 A. Pope 179 The Bard whom pilf'red Pastorals renown. 1743 A. Hill Let. 20 Oct. in (1753) II. 240 I should feel no inclination to condemn your purpose to renown Strand-green. 1815 W. H. Ireland 260 As a limb of the Bar, I with honour renown 'em. 1827 R. Emmans I. vii. 213 A Nelson victory will renown Our powers. 1915 J. Rhoades 94 Spare them your honours, let them rest, Let earthly fame forget them now: No need of cross upon the breast, Or laurel to renown the brow. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > gain fame or eminence [verb (reflexive)] 1606 sig. G2v Renowne your selfe by being kind to her. 1631 T. May tr. J. Barclay ii. 110 They are ambitious to doe strange and wonderfull things, and by them to renowne themselves and their times to Posterity. 1678 N. Wanley ii. xvi. 119 He had renowned himself by a thousand gallant actions. 1853 W. Jerdan IV. xiv. 255 Being..in the vein to ‘renown’ myself (using a verb coined at Drummond Castle), I shall [etc.]. 1868 II. xii. 117 All were equally anxious to do the honours to one who had so well renowned himself in foreign lands. 1920 62 Only a short period after the Revolution she renowned herself on the lake that borders here on your State. society > communication > information > reporting > report [verb (transitive)] a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Nero) vii. Prol. l. 37 Now to renowne Þe blessit generacion..Off Malcom..and..Mergret. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. (?1560) lxvii. sig. Qiii I have herd renowmed of you that ye were fre and gentyll of hearte. 1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius xiv. f. 27v This day..is alwaies renoumpned with some solempne Nouell. the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] > of German students 1825 17 331 The Courlanders have been renowning of late. 1839 H. W. Longfellow I. ii. iv. 132 The student with the sword leaped to the floor. It was Von Kleist. He was renowning it. 1860 R. F. Burton I. 96 These grotesque sounds..appear to be a fashion of ‘renowning it’; in fact, an announcement to the public that the fast youths are smoking bhang. 1879 tr. P. Heyse II. vii. iii. 351 Such a piece of silly defiance—like a corps-student ‘renowning it’. 1903 W. Irvine xv.186 The swordsman begins by ‘renowning it’, vapouring, waving his blade, and showing all the curious fantasie that distinguish a Spanish espada. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.c1330 v.a1500 |
