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renchair (s.xii2)
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The form reinchair is a cross reference to the following entry:

renchair (s.xii2)

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rencaeir,  rencair,  rencheir  (reinchair)  
  FEW:  cadere 2/i,26b Gdf:  rencheoir 7,19b GdfC: ∅ TL: renchëoir 8,777 DEAF:  chëoir (renchëoir)  DMF:  renchoir  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  reincidere 1 2732a

v.intrans.

theol.to relapse, return to sin or wrongdoing: 
( s.xii2; MS: c.1200 )  de cels me guarderai de renchair  Psalter Comment 204.655
( s.xiii?; MS: c.1300 )  Fere penitaunce est plurer ses pechez e ne mie pus renchair  Sentences 13r
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  dotez onchore vostre fieble nature ke legere est a reinchair  Ancren2 3.15
♦med.to relapse, suffer a recurrance of illness: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  se il sent amertume en sa buche aprés la quinte jur et l'urine soit encore teinte, ce est signe de renchair en la maladie  Pop Med 333

sbst. inf.

theol.relapse, recidivation, return to sin or wrongdoing: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Garde sei mes del rencaeir E leist le peché tut maneir  S Gile1 3049

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See also:

chair  dechair  enchair  meschair  parchair  rechair 
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reinchair