▪ I. runge, n. dial.
(rʌndʒ)
Also 9 runze.
[Of obscure origin.]
A kind of tub (cf. ringe n.2 and flasket 1 d).
| 1574 Ludlow Churchw. Acc. (Camden) 161 Item, for a runge of lyme, v d. 1674 Ray N.C. Words, A Runge, a flasket. 1688 Holme Armoury iii. xiv. (Roxb.) 11/2 A Runge or Soe: which is a kind of vessell that Tanners, Glouers, and Beere-brewers use to carry water in. 1814 Pegge Suppl. Grose, Runze, a long tub. 1886 Holland Cheshire Gloss. 295 Runge, salt-mining term, a large tub or bucket used for drawing water or brine out of a rock-salt mine. |
▪ II. † runge, v. Obs. rare.
[Of obscure origin.]
intr. To rise up.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 22 Ȝe schulen..euer et Gloria Patri arisen up [C. rungen vp] & buwen. Ibid. 290 Þet is to siggen, rung up & sture þe; hef up on heie eien & honden touward heouene. |