reneye

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Middle English

Verb

reneye

renay; deny or disown
- 1357, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville‎, modernized spelling edition:
  And, amongst these other, there is a great image more than any of the other, that is all covered with fine gold and precious stones and rich pearls; and that idol is the god of false Christians that have reneyed their faith.
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- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 375-376:
  She rydeth to the sowdan on a day,
  And seyde him, that she wolde reneye hir lay, [...]
  She rides to the Sultan on a day,
  And said to him that she would renounce her religion,

References

“reneye”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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