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reverie1 (c.1185)

The form resverie is a cross reference to the following entry:

reverie1 (c.1185)

raeverie,  raiverie,  reiverie,  resverie  (reveerye  1069 (var. O) revesrie  1069)  
  FEW:  *reexvagus 10,185a Gdf:  resverie 7,134c GdfC: TL: resverie 8,1106 DEAF:  resver (resverie)  DMF:  rêverie  TLF:  rêverie  OED:  reverie n.  MED:  reverie n.1  DMLBS:

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1delusion, madness, delirium
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Mut le tent pur fol escapé, Sa bone chiere e sa hardie Ad tut tenu a resverie  8282
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii2 )  'George', dit il, 'vus resvez; Tel folur ne deissiez mie, Ne fust vostre resverie, Peise mei de ma folur'  911
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  (the world) Tant plein de [...] larrecins, de raiveries, De traisons  14121
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xivin )  Ire [...] Cele est plein de deverie [...] De male art e de reverie  282
( MS: s.xiv )  Autre pur reverie en maladie bone medicine […]  63.W54
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  vous fist l'anguisous dolour par droite reverie oublier vostre foy  139.27
2revelry, boisterous merriment
( c.1378; MS: s.xivex )  Ensi vint a la reverie La dame parlé vous ay  863
dire reverie
to rave, speak foolishly and incoherently
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  le sen perdi tut eralment [...] Parla et dist grant reverie, Autant de sen cum de folie  131.27
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  si ceo ne sont menestriers qe dient chanceouns et gestes ou autres reveries pur l’emperour alesser  374
estre en reverie
to be dreaming, in a state of unreality
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  'Ne sui pas', dit il, 'en reverie'  12264

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See also:

rever1  revure 
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