releetn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈliːt/, U.S.

/riˈlit/

Forms:

α. 1800s releat, 1800s– releet.

β. (Chiefly after four) 1800s a-leet, 1800s elite, 1800s élite, 1800s– eleet, 1800s– ey-leet, 1900s aleet, 1900s– e-leet.

γ. 1800s to-leat, 1900s deleat, 1900s deleet.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by metanalysis. Etymon: English threereleet.

Etymology: Apparently < -releet in threereleet, foureleet, by metanalysis; the latter representing respectively the reflexes of the Old English genitive phrases *þrēora gelǣte , literally ‘junction of three (ways)’ and *fēowera gelǣte , lit. ‘junction of four (ways)’, short for þrēora wega gelǣte and fēowera wega gelǣte : see leet n.¹ (and compare especially quot. OE¹ at sense 1). See further W. W. Skeat in Academy (1878) 2 Mar. 190, G. Watson ‘Dialect Survivals of Anglo-Saxon Inflection’ in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. (1936) 35 52.In γ. forms with occlusion of the sonorant r.

English regional (East Anglian).

Chiefly in place names: a place where two or more roads meet, a crossroads or other road junction. Usually with the number of roads specified by a preceding numeral, esp. in three-releet, four-releet.

ΚΠ

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 133 Fourey-leet, the crossing of two roads—four ways meeting—or as commonly called ‘four cross ways’.

1839 C. Clark John Noakes & Mary Styles 4 From Mauldon toun to Keldon 'tis, An' 'gin a four releet.

1863 East Anglian Notes & Queries Jan. 294 There are several places in Suffolk..where two roads cross each other, which go by the name of the Four élite, or eleet or perhaps releet.

1919 Essex Rev. July 123 For the meeting of three roads there was another term, viz., the three eleet or releet... Quite recently I asked my father, whose memory goes back to the early ‘forties’, if he could remember any junction in our neighbourhood to which he had heard the term [three eleet] specifically applied, and he at once cited the junction at Langford.

1950 M. J. Becker Thirsty Oak 147 You should ha' taken the Sedgley road at the four eleet—you have to go two miles back and then it's four miles on.

1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. 20th Cent. (ed. 2) 78 Three-E-Leet, a junction of three roads. There is a ‘three-e-leet’ Farm at Great Bricet, near Needham Market.

2009 Walton Conservation Area Managem. Plan (Tendring District Council) Mar. 14 Many of the local retailers are concentrated around the ‘Six Releet’, which is the local name for the wide junction of Old Pier Street, Suffolk Street, Newgate Street and Station Street.

2013 S. Hartwell Childhood & School Memories in www.messybeast.com (O.E.D. archive) The staggered crossroads at the top end of the street [at Bocking Churchstreet, Essex] was known as the Four Releet.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	releet
释义	releetn. Brit. /rᵻˈliːt/, U.S. /riˈlit/ Forms: α. 1800s releat, 1800s– releet. β. (Chiefly after four) 1800s a-leet, 1800s elite, 1800s élite, 1800s– eleet, 1800s– ey-leet, 1900s aleet, 1900s– e-leet. γ. 1800s to-leat, 1900s deleat, 1900s deleet. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by metanalysis. Etymon: English threereleet. Etymology: Apparently < -releet in threereleet, foureleet, by metanalysis; the latter representing respectively the reflexes of the Old English genitive phrases þrēora gelǣte , literally ‘junction of three (ways)’ and fēowera gelǣte , lit. ‘junction of four (ways)’, short for þrēora wega gelǣte and fēowera wega gelǣte : see leet n.¹ (and compare especially quot. OE¹ at sense 1). See further W. W. Skeat in Academy (1878) 2 Mar. 190, G. Watson ‘Dialect Survivals of Anglo-Saxon Inflection’ in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. (1936) 35 52.In γ. forms with occlusion of the sonorant r. English regional (East Anglian). Chiefly in place names: a place where two or more roads meet, a crossroads or other road junction. Usually with the number of roads specified by a preceding numeral, esp. in three-releet, four-releet. ΚΠ 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 133 Fourey-leet, the crossing of two roads—four ways meeting—or as commonly called ‘four cross ways’. 1839 C. Clark John Noakes & Mary Styles 4 From Mauldon toun to Keldon 'tis, An' 'gin a four releet. 1863 East Anglian Notes & Queries Jan. 294 There are several places in Suffolk..where two roads cross each other, which go by the name of the Four élite, or eleet or perhaps releet. 1919 Essex Rev. July 123 For the meeting of three roads there was another term, viz., the three eleet or releet... Quite recently I asked my father, whose memory goes back to the early ‘forties’, if he could remember any junction in our neighbourhood to which he had heard the term [three eleet] specifically applied, and he at once cited the junction at Langford. 1950 M. J. Becker Thirsty Oak 147 You should ha' taken the Sedgley road at the four eleet—you have to go two miles back and then it's four miles on. 1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. 20th Cent. (ed. 2) 78 Three-E-Leet, a junction of three roads. There is a ‘three-e-leet’ Farm at Great Bricet, near Needham Market. 2009 Walton Conservation Area Managem. Plan (Tendring District Council) Mar. 14 Many of the local retailers are concentrated around the ‘Six Releet’, which is the local name for the wide junction of Old Pier Street, Suffolk Street, Newgate Street and Station Street. 2013 S. Hartwell Childhood & School Memories in www.messybeast.com (O.E.D. archive) The staggered crossroads at the top end of the street [at Bocking Churchstreet, Essex] was known as the Four Releet. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1823
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