rogre (c.1185)

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rogre (c.1185)

[gdw]

[ FEW: 16,249b hrókr; Gdf: 7,222a rogue; GdfC: 10,582c rogue; TL: 8,1388 rogue; DEAF:  rogre / rogue; DMF:  rogue; TLF:  rogue 1; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
regre  

The OED’s etymological commentary of the word rogue n. and a. briefly refers to the otherwise unrelated French word rogue (‘haughty, arrogant’), mentioning the rogre variant: it questions the Old Icelandic hrókr (‘crow’) etymon suggested by the FEW, and proposes a connection with Old Icelandic hroki (‘heap above the brim of a full vessel’). Semantically, the latter etymon seems more plausible, although the form rogre seems closer to the FEW’s hrókr.

a.

1high-spirited
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  or sunt rebaudiz, Rogres e bauz e envaisez  6177
pej.insolent, arrogant
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Capaneus en out grant ire, A haute voiz comence a dire: ‘Dans vassal, turnez ça vers mei, Fer et mut orgeillus vus vei!’ Capaneus esteit mut pruz, E cil fust regres (var. (D: s.xivm) engrés;  (B: s.xiv) egres) e estuz, Vers lui turne  3934
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