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requei (s.xii2/4)

requei (s.xii2/4)

recoi,  recoy;  reqei,  reqoy,  requey  (reqeis  S Greg 1410)  
  FEW:  requies 10,281b Gdf:  recoi 1 6,671a GdfC: TL: recoi 2 8,435 DEAF: DMF:  recoi 1  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  requies 2784c

s.

1theol.rest, ease (of the blessed in Heaven)
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Pri tei, beu sire (=God) [...] En ki li bon unt lur requei [...]  S Modw 4528
2secluded, hidden place
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Malbroin al requei ad les enfanz trovez, Ki erent pur l'esfrei la tuit .xv. muscez  Horn 19
private place
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Dunc va la dame en un requei, Saint Johan mena avuec sei, Si li mostra un vestement  Conception wace 1415
en (grant) requei
1at rest, alone and in repose
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  de nature est la lei: Hair mesaise [e] feim e sei, La char nurrir en grant requei  S Modw 52
2in private, discreetly
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  En l'oreille li dit soavet en requei  Horn 510
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  en apert mainteneient sa cause e en requei  Becket1 2360
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii? )  Cunu li a tut en requei Dunt li est venu cel esfrei  Chastoiement Pere1 1379
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Li serf Dé lor proiere oir Pas ne soi feinst, mais en reqei Un soen frere acenot a sei E dist: [...]  Dial Greg SATF 9865
( c.1378; MS: s.xivex )  Lors deinz son cuer tout en recoy [...]  GOWER Mirour 3077
surreptitiously, stealthily
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  La serpent [...] point par derere, celeement, e  (l. en) recoi  Ancren2 189.30
denz sun (etc.) requei
privately, intimately
( c.1390; MS: s.xivex )  Soubtz ciel n’est oill, maisq’il vous soit voiant, Qu’il n’ait le coer tantost deinz son recoi Suspris de vostre amour et suspirant  GOWER Balades 368.9
( c.1399; MS: s.xivex )  Deinz son recoi la conscience exponde A fol amant l’amour dont il foloie  GOWER Traitié 391.11
estre en (sun (etc.)) requei
to withdraw, be on one's own and in repose
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Tant que Adam seit en recoi  Adam2 274
( c.1378; MS: s.xivex )  Des dames sont [...] Que mangont en la sale poy, Qant sont devant les autrez gentz, Mais puis, qant sont en leur recoi, U plys n’y ad que dui ou troi [...]  GOWER Mirour 7888

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See also:

requiem 
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