Rixende?

I am trying to find out what Rixende means. It was in the book called Labryinth by [name_f]Kate[/name_f] Mosse and has been mentioned on here before, but even though I can find records of it being used in [name_f]France[/name_f] on real people (or literary?) way back when, there’s nothing about where it came from or what it means. Maybe someone on NB has done some digging and could share? Thanks

Since I was the one who suggested it, I figured I might try to provide a meaning :slight_smile:

From what I can tell (google), Rixende seems to be the participle form of the Middle English verb “rixin” or “rixien” which means “to reign”.
I first found it in a Middle English text that I couldn’t unserstand any of, continued by searching for “Rixende Middle English” and eventually found a book with a glossary in the back with an entry for “rixin”.
Here’s a link to the glossary thing –> LINK
I tried to find more sources for it, but the world of Middle English Online is sort of hard to navigate. I’m able to confirm that “rixian” or “ricsian” is a Middle English word meaning “to reign”, but not that rixende is the participle form.
In “A Concise Anglo-[name_m]Saxon[/name_m] Dictionary” (link) it seems “ricsiende” means “ruler” so it could be an alternative spelling of that. (Website has pictures of all the pages of the physical book, so you have to scroll down to the page you want, I used page 242, 244 and 245.)
Another link! This is the entry for “rixian” from what is apparently the best searchable Middle English dictionary online :slight_smile:

Wow, good work, Dearest!

Thank you @dearest! I just saw this, and yes you did a great job! It’s going on the list =)

Oh hey, I read that book and went through almost the same thought process, [name_f]Cristina[/name_f]! Nice to finally have that question answered. Thanks, @dearest!

Thank you so much everyone!

I must admit it was a sort of selfish pursuit, Rixende is one of my favourites as well :slight_smile: Now also with meaning :stuck_out_tongue: