Middle English Dictionary Entry
rescǒusen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | rescǒusen v. Also rescous(e, rescuse; p.ppl. rescheusede. |
| Etymology | OF rescosser, rescouser, AF rescuser; cp. AL rescussire. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To rescue (sb., a country); deliver (sb. under siege), relieve.
Associated quotations
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)13039 : Petron had go, nad Beofs be tow; þe Romayns Petron wilde rescouse.
- c1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)1536 : Duke Naymes..was..in þe felde tane..Rowlande..And sir Otuell hase thre kynges slone & reschewsede hym with honour.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)10840 : When tythynges com to kyng baasa of þe phylesteyns ferse and fell, þen bud hym refuse Ramatha and wend to rescows [vr. rescv] israel.
- (1469) Paston1.345 : I wuld the seid massangere shuld wyth the seid letteres bryng..othere letteres to rescuse them forth-wyth.