† ˈremenant Obs.
Forms: α. 4–6 remenant(e, -aunt(e, (4 -ont, 5 -ent), 4–5 -and, 5 remunaunde, remynaunte. β. 4–6 remanant, 5–6 -aunt(e, 5 north. and Sc. -and, -aunde, (5 Sc. ra-). γ. 5 remelant, -aunt, -awnt, remulant.
[a. OF. remenant, remanant (AF. -aunt), pres. pple. of remenoir, remanoir to remain. See also remainant and remnant.]
1. The rest or remainder of a number of persons or (rarely) things; the others. Also pl.
| α 13.. K. Alis 5707 The remenaunt than fleigh on hast, Bisiden into a riche cite. c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. Prol. 304 Fyrst sat the god of loue & thanne this queene..And sithyn al the remenant by & by. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) xi. 42 Þe remenaunt he putte in presoun. 1470–85 Malory Arthur i. iii. 39 Kyng Vthers men..slewe many peple & putt the remenaunt to flight. 1546 Supplic. Poore Commons (E.E.T.S.) 63 Not withstandynge that the remenaunt of the sturdy beggers..do daylye..stere vs thereunto. |
| pl. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 3338 Belyn & Brenne..wente..To..take truage of þe remenauntz [v.r. heue trewage at Remanans]. |
| β c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 6210 (Kölbing), A þousand & mo þai slowen, Þe remanant of hors drowen. 1375 Barbour Bruce vii. 337 Till thar host the remanand fled. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) vii. 27 Twa of þam er wonder hie and wyde also, and þe remanand er noȝt so hie. c 1470 Henry Wallace iii. 185 The ramanand apon thaim folowit fast. 1534 More Treat. Passion Wks. 1310/2 He myghte thereby haue giuen occasyon of enuye..to Iudas, or peraduenture grefe to the remanant. 1573 J. Tyrie in Cath. Tract. (S.T.S.) 17 Ye and the remanant of your propheites ar alluterlie separat from the trew kirk. |
2. The rest or remainder of a thing or aggregate of things; that which, or all that, is left over.
| α c 1315 Shoreham i. 1060 Beter hys þat hy a lyte do her..And foluelle þat remenaunt Ine purgatoryes tense. ? a 1366 Chaucer Rom. Rose 1024 Hir nose, hir mouth, and eye and cheke Wel wrought, and alle the remenaunt eke. c 1400 Mandeville (1839) xxi. 230 In alle the remenant of the World, ne myghte a man fynde a more reverent man. 1430 E.E. Wills (1882) 87 All the Remenent of my gode & Catell y bequeth to my wif. 1473 in Arnolde Chron. (1811) 245 The whiche I reserue to the performyng of the remenaunt off my legates conteyned in this mi testament. 1536 Act 28 Hen. VIII, c. 11 §11 Suche rent and seruyces, as for the remenaunt of the sayde yere, shall vppon euery suche lease be due. 1560 J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 54 Claude, Duke of Guise..had gathered up the remenaunt of the Frenche armye dispersed at the battle of Pavie. |
| β c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xvi. (Magdalene) 79 Þe remanand dystribut scho to pure mene. 1423 Jas. I Kingis Q. clxxi, Spend wele, therefore, the remanant of the day. 1477 Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 68 A wyseman ought..to kepe wele the remanaunt of his good. 1566 in Peacock Eng. Ch. Furniture (1866) 88 The Remanaunt to the poore. |
| γ c 1440 York Myst. xxvii. 23 The remelaunt parted schall be. 1462 Paston Lett. II. 98, ij c. and l. mark to bene payed at this Estern and the remulant at Mihelmasse. And of the remulant the Kyng shuld be answered. |
b. = remainder 1.
rare—1.
| 1544 tr. Littleton's Tenures 51 Yf the lorde wil graunt the homage of his lande by his dede to another, sauynge to hym the remenaunt of the seruyces. |
3. A remaining thing or part; a remnant.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 16 The tothere remenant [F. le remanaunt] of the north son salle thei nomen. 1406 E.E. Wills (1882) 13 All the remenauntys of my godys, y wyll they be preysyd & parttyd in thre. Ibid. 37 Also ij remenauntz of the Lynne bed. 1433 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 452/1 The same Clothe to be sold for a remenaunt.. and nat for a Clothe. |
4. a remenant, for the future, henceforward.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 115 Ȝe wite wele a remenant [F. desore] & forsoth ȝe kenne, Þat Inglis & Normant be now ons men. |