Middle-English Word of the Day - October 11, 2007
Ramage (adj.) - wild, (of a hawk) living in the branches.
Bot whan reson is put aside
And will governeth the corage,
The faucon which that fleth ramage
And soeffreth nothing in the weie,
Wherof that he mai take his preie,
Is noght mor set upon ravine,
Than thilke man which his covine
Hath set in such a maner wise:
- Gower, John: Confessio amantis (1390-1393)
The Middle-English Word of the Day is selected from Mayhew and Skeat's
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