bachelrye

Middle English

Noun

bachelrye (plural bachelryes)

1. Alternative spelling of bachelrie
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The [Clerkys] Tale [of Oxenford]”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 177, recto:

     And of his retenue the bachelrye,
     With many a sown of sondry melodye
     Un to the village, of the which I tolde,
     In this array the righte wey han holde.

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