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reitel (s.xii1)

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reitel (s.xii1)

raitel,  raitele,  raytele;  reietel,  reistel,  reistele,  reitele,  restel,  restele,  retel,  reytel;  roitel, 
pl. roitelx,  roiteus;   
  FEW:  rex 10,369b Gdf:  roietel 7,225c GdfC: TL: roietel 8,1409 / roitel 8,1430 DEAF:  roi 2 (roietel)  / roi 2 (roitel)  DMF:  roietel  / roitel  TLF: OED:  roitelet n.  MED: DMLBS:  regulus 2730b

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1statusprinceling, petty king
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  aveit dous reis El realme de Merceneis; L'un ert Burnulf, menot boban, Li autre ot a nun Lutecan. Entr'els aveit set reietels (var. (L: s.xiii2) reitels)  GAIMAR1 2281
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  reitel demustre petit rei  Mirur1 162vb3
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Edward [...] Fist maunder les reytels de ses regiouns  LANGTOFT thiol2 475.76
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  les roiteus dé Bretons [...] fist tributers  TREVET Cron1 268.6
Bibl.occupationroyal officer, official (in reference to John 4.46)
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Car Equice en ceste vertu Gardot l'essample de Jesu, Qui al roitel son fiz garit Soulement par son simple dit  Dial Greg SATF 1305
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Un reitels en Capharne esteit Ki un sun fiz malade aveit  Mirur1 162va19
2Bibl.rept.poisonous serpent (cf. Prov 23.32)
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  La forsenerie d'els sicume la semblance de forsenerie de serpent, sicum [de] reitel surd estupant sa oreille (Latin: sicuit reguli obturantis aurem suam)  Camb Ps 99.LVII.4
3orn.wren, any species of the genus Troglodites
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Ci vient volaunt un restel  (var. (T: s.xivin) retel) Et ce trest ver cele tresel  BIBB ROTH (G) 759
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Assi, reitel (M.E. wrenne) et palevole  Nominale 797
( MS: s.xiv1 )  regula: un reitele, a wrenne  Westm Glosses 15
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  poucyns, musserons, estornelx, roitelx, pestiez en graunde pastez  Man lang ANTS 7.21

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See also:

rei2  reibaeitre 
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