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roer3 (c.1290)

roer3 (c.1290)

rehaer,  rehayer,  roheer,  rouer  (reheiter  Fem2 34.7)  
  FEW:  rotjan 16,738b Gdf:  roir 7,227a GdfC:  roïr 10,585c TL: roïr 8,1418 DEAF:  roïr  DMF:  rouir  TLF:  rouir  OED: MED: DMLBS:

Some of the variant forms suggest that the verb was understood to be a prefixed form of the verb ha[y]er, which is otherwise unknown. The deviant form reheiter found in Fem2 may have arisen from confusion with reheiter1 or may have been influenced by the ME retten v.2, also meaning ‘to ret, soak’.

v.trans.

agriculturalto ret, soak (flax) in water to soften
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Vostre lyn par tens sarclez, Et par tens le arascez. Puis aprés la rehaez (M.E. rette hit) (var. (5: s.xiv1/4) rehayez;  (A: s.xiv1/4) roez;  (T: 1415-20) roheez;  (O: s.xv1) rouez) E puis ou solail le secchez  BIBB ROTH (G) 421

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