REHETING—REHETOURS—WHAT DO THESE WORDS MEAN?

Dear Sir,—In the Glossary at the end of Tyrwhitt's edit, of the *Canterbury Tales* of Chaucer, there are the following remarks under the words *Rehete* as a verb, and *Reheting* as a noun substantive:— "Rehete v. Fr. Rehaiter. To revive, to cheer. R." [i. e. Romaunt of the Rose] "6509. Reheting. n. T." [i e. Troilus and Creseide] "iii. 350. according to several MSS., And all the reheting of his sikes sore. Some MSS. and most of the printed editions read Richesse instead of Reheting. Gloss. Ur. Richesse, though almost as awkward an expression as the other, is more agreeable to the corresponding…