reremayne
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Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Anglo-Norman reremein, variant of areremein, from arere (“back, backwards”) + main (“hand”).
Noun
[edit]reremayne (plural reremaynes)
- A blow with the back of the hand.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIX:
- Sir Launcelot lepe to hym and gaff hym backwarde with hys gauntelot a reremayne that he felle to the erthe starke dede.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
[edit]- English: reredemain