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The Wright's Chaste Wife - A Merry Tale (about 1462) by of Cobsam Adam
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O, 329, one.

Onredde, 308; AS. _unrét_, _unrót_, uncheerful, sorrowful, or _unrǽd_,
imprudent.

Oþre, 205, second.

Putry, 61, adultery; O. Fr. _puterie_, whoring.

Rawte, 503, reached, gave.

Rewe, 186, have pity.

Rocke, 503, 508; Du. _een Rocke_, _Spinrock_, A Distaffe, or a
Spin-rock; _Rocken_, To Winde Flaxe or Wool upon a Rock (Hexham).
Dan. _rok_, O.N. _rokkr_, G. _rocken_: "a distaff held in the hand
from which the thread was spun by twirling a ball below. 'What,
shall a woman with a _rokke_ drive thee away?'" Digby Mysteries, p.
11 (Halliwell). "An Instrument us'd in some Parts for the spinning
of Flax and Hemp." Phillips; for reeling and spinning (l. 529).

Rought, 198, AS. _róhte_, p. of _récan_, to reck, care for.

Ryde, 524, light, small, AS. _geryd_, levis, æquus, Lye.

Ryue, 642, Du. _rijf_, rife, or abundant.

Scales, 401; ? husks, bark, or rind, see _shoves_*, in _Swyngylle_,
below.
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