reule

English

Noun

reule(pluralreules)

1. Obsoleteform ofrule.

Verb

reule(third-person singular simple presentreules,present participlereuling,simple past and past participlereuled)

1. Obsoleteform ofrule.

Anagrams

• Euler,Reuel

Middle English

Alternative forms

• rewle,rule,riwle,riule,rewl,rwle,reul,rewel

Etymology

FromOld Frenchreule,fromLatinrēgula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈriu̯l(ə)/

Noun

reule(pluralreules)

1. legalcode,set of rules
2. moralcode,principles
3. rule,authority,supervision,control
4. orderliness,efficiency
5. rule,regulation,law
6. custom,practice
7. decision,order,directive
8. instruction,recommendation
9. principle,scientific law; rule of nature
10. (Christianity)monastic rule
11. ruler,measuringstick

Derived terms

• reulen
• reuler
• reulily
• rewly

Descendants

• English:rule
• Scots:rule,reule
• >?Yola:zwae

References

• “reule,n.”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007,retrieved2018-04-01.

Old French

Alternative forms

• reulle,rieule,riule,rule,ruele

Etymology

Semi-learned term borrowed fromLatinregula.Compare the inherited doubletreille,from Vulgar Latin*regla.

Noun

reuleoblique singular,f(oblique pluralreules,nominative singularreule,nominative pluralreules)

1. rule(regulation, law, guideline)
2. ruler;rule(straight-edge)

Related terms

• reuler/riuler

Descendants

• →Middle English:reule,rewle,rule
  • English:rule

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric,Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes duIX^eauXV^esiècle(1881)(rieule)
• reuleon theAnglo-Norman On-Line Hub