† renowne(e Obs.
Also 4–5 renoune(e, -none; Sc. 5 ranowne, 6 renownye.
[A confusion of renomee and renown n.]
Renown.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce viii. 290 Thai suld richt weill revardit be, And gretly ek thair renownee. c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. 1513 Hypsipyle (Camb. MS.), Sche knew by folk that in his shepis be That it was Iason ful of renone [v.r. renoune, renomee]. 1513 Douglas æneis viii. xii. 143 The famus honour, and hie renownye, Or glorious gestis of his posterite. |