English

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.

Old French

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)

Related terms

• reuler/riuler

Descendants

• Middle English: rule
  • English: rule

References

• (fr) 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