rye – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of rye

Noun: rye
Sg.rye
Pl.ryes

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • Ẏıf vs a buſſhel whete / Malt oꝛ Reẏe / A goddes kechẏl / oꝛ a trẏp[e] of cheeſe / Oꝛ ellıs what ẏow lẏſt / we maẏ nat cheſe […] ("Give us a bushel of wheat, malt, or rye, a God's cake, a bit of cheese / or anything that you want; we don't need to choose […] ") [1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Somnours Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 80, recto:]

Nouns inflected like rye

schimeringe, synger, serche, sengle, snoute, saucer, sauter, sapour, saphir, sachel, sculle, scrape, scrowe, scisme, sclate, schyfe, schyve, schole, schere, schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ryġe, from Proto-West Germanic *rugi, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz. See: Old English Nouns 'ryġe', Old English Nouns 'ryġe'.

Verbs referencing "rye"

English Nouns rye, Dutch Nouns rogge.

Translations