† refreid, v. (and pa. pple.) Obs. rare.
In 4–5 refreyd(e, refrayed; refre(i)t, refreyt.
[a. ONF. refreider (-ier, -ir) to cool, to make or become cold; see also refroid v. and refraidour.]
1. trans. To cool, make cold, chill. Also in pa. pple., affected with a cold.
With the second quot. c 1410 cf. OF. ‘cheval qui estoit refroidié’ (1456–7 in Godef. VI. 727/3).
| c 1374 Chaucer To Rosemounde 21 My love may not refreyd be nor afounde; I brenne ay in an amorous plesaunce. c 1386 ― Pars. T. ¶267 If he were al refreyded by siknesse or by malefice of sorcerie or colde drynkes. c 1410 Master of Game v. (MS. Digby 182), And for cause þat þe sowe shall be refreted [v.r. refreited; F. refroidees], þe boore goth not frome hir. Ibid. xii, Houndes somtyme beth refrayed, as horse, when þai haue renne to longe and commeth hoote in some water. |
2. intr. To become or grow cold.
| c 1374 Chaucer Troylus ii. 1294 (1343) Troylus..[did] writen to hire of his sorwes sore. Fro day to day he leet it not refreyde. Ibid. v. 507 God wot refreyden may þis hote fare, Er Calkas sende Troylus Cryseyde. |
Hence † reˈfreiding vbl. n., cooling. Obs.
| 1382 Wyclif 2 Macc. iv. 46 So Tholome wente to the kyng, sett in sum porche, as for grace of refreytyng [L. refrigerandi], or colyng. |