rewle

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 19:25, 28 September 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Noun

rewle (plural rewles)

  1. Obsolete spelling of rule.

Verb

Lua error in Module:en-headword at line 1145: Legacy parameter 1=STEM no longer supported, just use 'en-verb' without params

  1. Obsolete spelling of rule.
    • 1474, Caxton, Game and Playe of the Chesse[1]:
      For as moche as the Noble persone canne not rewle ne gouerne with oute y'e seruyce and werke of the peple/ than hit behoueth to deuyse the oeuurages and the offices of the werkemen/ Than I shall begynne fyrst at the fyrst pawne/ that is in the playe of the chesse/

Anagrams


Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French reule.

Noun

rewle

  1. Alternative form of reule

Etymology 2

From Old French revel.

Noun

rewle

  1. Alternative form of revel