Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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.

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