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Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English racentēag; equivalent to rakente + teye. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique cases.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrak(ə)ˌtɛi̯(ə)/, /ˈrak(ə)ˌtiː(ə)/
- (early) IPA(key): /ˈrakə(n)ˌtɛːɣ(ə)/, /ˈrakə(n)ˌteːɣ(ə)/
Noun
raketeye
- (especially Early Middle English) chain, fetter
p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:In mani of þe caſtleſ ƿæron lof ⁊ gri. ð ƿæron rachentegeſ ð tƿa oþer thre men hadden onoh to bæron onne.- Many of the castles had "collars and shackles", which were chains that two or three people could barely endure.
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