ramelandeadj.
Alternative reading of ramel ande, i.e. rammel n.1 2 and and conj.1 ( Patience 279): see quot. c1400 at rammel n.1 2 for the reading now usually adopted.The MS reading is clearly ramelande, but this probably represents a scribal error by confusion of ande and conj.1 with the ending of the present participle -ande -and suffix1. Entered by N.E.D. (1903) under the MS form (although the possible error is noted), implying a participial adjective, apparently corresponding to (much later attested) rammel v., although the sense is unclear. Several similar instances of possible confusion of ande are found in the same MS; see further J. J. Anderson Patience (1969) 62.
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c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 279 Nowhere he fyndez No rest ne recouerer, bot ramelande [read ramel ande] myre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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