raketeye

Middle English

Alternative forms

• rakentei, rakenteie, raketeȝe, raketeie, raketeiȝe, raketiȝe, rakketye
• rachentege, rake-teȝe, rake-tehȝe, raketehe (Early Middle English)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English racentēag; equivalent to rakente +‎ teye. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique cases.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrak(ə)ˌtɛi̯(ə)/, /ˈrak(ə)ˌtiː(ə)/
• (early) IPA^(key): /ˈrakə(n)ˌtɛːɣ(ə)/, /ˈrakə(n)ˌteːɣ(ə)/

Noun

raketeye

1. (especially Early Middle English) chain, fetter
   • p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:

     In mani of þe caſtleſ ƿæron lof ⁊ gri[n]. ð ƿæron rachentegeſ ð tƿa oþer thre men hadden onoh to bæron onne.

     Many of the castles had "collars and shackles", which were chains that two or three people could barely endure.

References

• “rāketeie, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.