单词 | reynard the fox |
释义 | > as lemmasReynard the Fox 1. A proper name applied traditionally (chiefly in literature) to: a fox; also occasionally as a common noun. More fully Reynard the Fox.Also formerly (esp. regional in β form) with Master or Mister prefixed.The fable tradition centred on Reynard the Fox is thought to have originated in Alsace-Lorraine and spread to France, the Low Countries, and Germany. The earliest literary treatments of Reynard are the mid-12th cent. Latin Ysengrimus of Nivardus of Ghent and the late 12th cent. Old French Roman de Renart. Caxton's translation of the Middle Dutch version made the stories widely known in England, although earlier familiarity with them is shown by the currency of the name. Cf. bruin n., Isegrim n., Tibert n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes vulpes (fox) foxc825 toda1200 Reynardc1400 laurence?a1500 lowrie?a1500 tod lowrie?a1500 fleck1567 pug1812 puggy1827 Charley1857 red fox1875 alopecoid1880 redskin1905 α. β. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 1898 (MED) Renaud com richchande þurȝ a roȝe greue, & alle þe rabel in a res, ryȝt at his helez.1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 917 Such as hath a Reynold to his man, That by his shifts his Master furnish can.1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 7 Chanteclere the cocke was caried away by Reynold the Foxe.1667 in J. Playford Musick Comp. 67 Acteon shall eccho my Hounds and my Horn; Ne Reynold shall 'scape, though he run by the way.1815 Zeluca III. vii. 242 Did you not hear Mrs. Hall say, on looking up at the framed and glazed fox-chase, ‘Ah, Master Reynolds, are you there!’ I protest..I thought her apostrophe had been to the artist instead of the animal!1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 94 When I was first told that ‘Mus Reynolds come along last night’ he was spoken of so intimately that I supposed he must be some old friend.1896 E. Rhys Fiddler of Carne 5 Mister Reynolds just leapt cannily from the staithes.c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 1728 (MED) Ofte he watz runnen at when he out rayked, & ofte reled in aȝayn, so Reniarde watz wyle. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 121 (MED) I do as Renard dide that made him ded in the wey for to be cast in to the carte and thanne haue of the heringe. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 6 Alle the beestis grete and smale cam to the courte sauf reynard the fox. 1494 Loutfut MS f. 21v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Rennart For the rennart is suttell in takin of prais. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory f. 142 He beareth Or, a Saltier Sable, betwene fower Raynardes passaunte proper. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 22 Then Master Reignard ransacketh euery corner of his wily skonce. 1679 in J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush (new ed.) iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher 50 Comedies & Trag. sig. Aa/1 Prick ye the fearefull hare through cross wayes, sheep-walks, And force the crafty Reynard [(ed. 1) Reimald] climb the quicksetts. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 241 Before the break of Day, Saint Reynard through the Hedge had made his way. 1708 O. Dykes Moral Reflexions Eng. Prov. 46 Let Reynard loose after five or six Years taming,..and I would not be a Goose in his Way, for the Kingdom. 1798 R. Bloomfield Spring in Farmer's Boy 158 Where prowling Reynard trod his nightly round. 1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North I. 39 After the first Tally-ho, Reynard is rarely seen, till he is run in upon. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab ix. 168 A foxhunt after a reynard who started under our horses' feet. 1908 A. J. Dawson Finn x. 168 Reynard picked up the dead rabbit and..trotted leisurely down the run~way towards his own earth. 1922 Q. Rev. July 265 The Reynard of the poem is shown to be a splendid fellow, with such gameness and pluck that, under the illusion of this galloping verse, he wins sympathy and a right ending. 1991 M. Duffy Illuminations (1992) 2 Predatory Reynard has got his comeuppance sneaking down to drowsing henfolk. The snare was meant for rabbit or hare. < as lemmas |
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