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richement2 (c.1135)

richement2 (c.1135)

rechement,  richiement  
  FEW:  rîki 16,713b Gdf:  richement 7,186b GdfC:  richement 10,576c TL: riche (richement) 9,1266 DEAF:  riche (richement)  DMF:  richement  TLF:  richement  OED:  richly adv.  MED:  richeli adv.  DMLBS:

adv.

1with great power, authority, nobility
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Que direie des dous regnez? Chascun fud richement chasez  GAIMAR1 4388
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  'Sire', çoe dient tuit, 'cist ad dit richement'  Horn 1384
2amply, abundantly
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  Mult par fud richement armé  Trist thomas2 2178
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Dedenz ont le navye richiement apprestee  Dest Rome1 215
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  il a nus veut richement rendre  Ancren2 153.26
( 1379 )  collegialx, abbeies, priories et autres benefices de vostre dit roialme furent jadys foundez et richement dowez par voz nobles progenitours  Rot Parl1 iii 82
richly, sumptuously, opulently
( c.1135; MS: s.xiii )  Se tun Deu guerpis e ta lei, Richement remandras o mei, Riche feme de tei ferai  S Marg wace 160
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Environ sunt les genz richement herbergees  Rom Chev ANTS 2877
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  E le uveraigne est si haut levé Ke richement est achevee  Mir N-D 216.180
( c.1378; MS: s.xivex )  Le destre bras portoit extent L'anel ou doi moult richement  GOWER Mirour 7100

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See also:

riche  richei  richement1  richesce  richeté  richir  richor  tresrichement 
This is an AND2 Phase 5 (R-S) entry. © 2018-21 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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