reynard
(ˈreɪnəd, ˈrɛ-, -ɑːd)
Forms: α. 4 reniarde, 5, 8 ren-, 5 reygnard (-art, reynart), 6 raynard(e, 6–7 rain-, 5, 7– reynard. β. 4 renaud; 6 rayn-, 7 rein-, 6–7 reynold (9 -olds); 7 rein-, reynald.
[Orig. a. OF. Renart, Renard, Regnart (see Regnard), etc., the name of the fox in the celebrated Roman de Renart, repr. the OHG. personal name Reginhart. The β-forms show assimilation to ME. Reinaud, Raynold, Reynold, OF. Renaud, = G. Rein(h)old (OHG. Reginolt). The later form Reynard is that used by Caxton (along with Reynart, etc.) to render the MDu. Reynaerd-, Reynaert of his original.]
A quasi-proper name given to the fox; also occas. used as an ordinary noun.
As a proper name written either with or without capital.
| α 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1728 Ofte he was runnen at, when he out rayked, & ofte reled in aȝayn, so reniarde was wylé. c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. cxxiii. (1869) 121, I do as Renard dide that made him ded in the wey, for to be cast in to the carte. [1481 Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 5 Alle the beestis grete and smale cam to the courte sauf reynard the fox.] 1562 Legh Armory (1597) 82 b, Hee beareth Or, a Saltier Sable, between foure Rainardes passaunt proper. 1592 Nashe P. Penilesse 10 b, Raynard, the Fox, may well beare vp his taile in the Lion's denne. 1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) 136 So Aesops crow whom crafty rainard spide With prey in bill, was earst by him deceivde. 1622 Fletcher Beggars' Bush iii. iii, Prick ye the fearefull hare through crosse wayes, sheep walks; And force the craftie Reynard climb quicksets. 1700 Dryden Cock & Fox 492 Before the break of Day, Saint Reynard through the Hedge had made his way. 1709 Dykes Eng. Prov. & Refl. (ed. 2) 46 Let Reynard loose after five or six Years taming,..and I would not be a Goose in his Way, for the Kingdom. 1798 Bloomfield Farmer's Boy, Spring 158 Where prowling Reynard trod his nightly round. 1842 J. Wilson Christ. North (1857) I. 39 After the first Tally-ho, Reynard is rarely seen, till he is run in upon. 1873 Tristram Moab ix. 168 A foxhunt after a reynard who started under our horses' feet. |
| β 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1898 Renaud com richchande þurȝ a roȝe greue, & alle þe rabel in a res, ryȝt at his helez. 1591 Spenser M. Hubberd 917 Such as hath a Reynold to his man, That by his shifts his Master furnish can. 1667 in J. Playford Mus. Comp. 67 Acteon shall eccho my Hounds and my Horn; Ne Reynold shall 'scape, though he run by the way. 1875– in dialect use (see Eng. Dial. Dict.). |
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▸ In forms Renard, Reynard. > n.); compare slightly earlier fox n. A member of the Meskwaki people (see Meskwaki n.). Now hist.
Previously also known as Fox (see fox n.) and Outagami (see Outagami n.).Meskwaki is now the preferred term.
| 1760 T. Jefferys Nat. & Civil Hist. of French Dominions in N. & S. Amer. I. 48 A small river..discharges itself into the bottom of the bay, and is known by the name of..the River of Foxes, on account of the neighbourhood of the Outagamis, commonly called Renards, or Foxes. 1762T. Hutchins Jrnl. 26 June in Mich. Hist. Mag. (1926) 10 369, I delivered the same Message to the Meynomeneys that I had done to the Sax and Reynard Nations. 1791 J. Long Voy. Indian Interpreter 150 As we landed, the Renards took our Indians by the hand, and invited them into their camp. 1811 Z. M. Pike Exploratory Trav. 123 The Reynards reside in three villages... The Sacs, Reynards, and Jowas..claim the land from the entrance of the Jauflione on the western side of the Mississippi, up the latter river to the Jowa,..and westward to the Missouri. 1875 C. R. Tuttle Illustr. Hist. State of Wisconsin iii. 71 We may, with good results, give a list of the different names by which the Indian tribes of Wisconsin have been known:—..Foxes = Reynard = Outagamies. 1911 E. H. Blair tr. N. Perrot Indian Tribes Upper Mississippi & Great Lakes I. xxiii. 245, I learned on the road, before arriving there, that a body of fifteen hundred men from the Bay - Renards, Maskouetechs, Kikapous—who were going to war against the Scioux, intended to pillage my stock of merchandise. 1997W. J. Eccles in J. L. Allen North Amer. Explor. II. xi. 190 When he strove to make them end their wars with the Sakis, Puants, Sioux, and Renards, it was to no avail. |