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rate1 (c.1290)
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rate1 (c.1290)

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ratte  
  FEW:  rate 16,673a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  rate 2 10,478b TL: rate 8,333 DEAF:  rate 1  DMF:  rate 1  TLF:  rate  OED:  rate n.2  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

The word normally refers to the spleen, and is still used as such in Modern French. However, the Middle English glosses suggest that in its Anglo-Norman use the word refers to the midriff or diaphragm (MED mid-rid(e n. and miggern n.). This ambiguity is hard to resolve, and the MED allows in both entries for the interpretation ‘?also, the spleen’.

s.

anat.spleen (also used with reference to the midriff): 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Dedens la gorge est le gargate, E pluis parfunt si gist rate  (M.E. miderede)  BIBB ROTH (G) 76
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Dedeynz le ventre de checun Est coer, foie [...], Veynes, rate et farsue (M.E. mygge and mydreme)  Nominale 73
( 1399; MS: s.xv1 )   ma faie, mon feel, ma ratte, mes boialz  Man lang ANTS 52.3

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