reule

Noun

reule (plural reules)

1. Obsolete form of rule.

Verb

reule (third-person singular simple present reules, present participle reuling, simple past and past participle reuled)

1. Obsolete form of rule.

Anagrams

• Euler, Reuel

Alternative forms

• rewle, rule, riwle, riule, rewl, rwle, reul, rewel

Etymology

From Old French reule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriu̯l(ə)/

Noun

reule (plural reules)

1. legal code, set of rules
2. moral code, principles
3. rule, authority, supervision, control
4. orderliness, efficiency
5. rule, regulation, law
6. custom, practice
7. decision, order, directive
8. instruction, recommendation
9. principle, scientific law; rule of nature
10. (Christianity) monastic rule
11. ruler, measuring stick

Alternative forms

• reulle
• rieule
• riule
• rule
• ruele

Etymology

Semi-learned term borrowed from Latin regula. Compare the inherited doublet reille, from Vulgar Latin *regla.

Noun

reule f (oblique plural reules, nominative singular reule, nominative plural reules)

1. rule (regulation, law, guideline)
2. ruler; rule (straight-edge)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (rieule)
• reule on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub