Middle English Dictionary Entry
rēsen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | rēsen v.(1) Also rēs(e, ? rẹ̄s(e, resie, (early SWM) rusie(n & (error) refye; p. resede, rused, (early) risede & (error) russhed; pl. (early SWM) riseden, rusede; ppl. resed. |
| Etymology | OE hrisian, hrysian, hrissan, late K ppl. hresigende. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To tremble, shudder, quake; also, tremble with rage; (b) to shake (sth.); -- also without obj.; refl. shake oneself; fig. disturb (sb.), overthrow; (c) to rattle, clatter.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9416 : Scullen stan walles biuoren him to-fallen; beornes scullen rusien [Otho: rusie] reosen heore mærken.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10041 : Vp bræid Arður his sceld ..& he gon to rusien swa þe runie wulf..Arður þa cleopede..'Ford [read: Forð] we biliue, þeines ohte.'
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)167/17 : Uuel wune..lazre bitacneð..o hwam ure lauerd weop..& risede [Tit: resede] & mengde him seoluen.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)23/27 : Ydeleblisse is þe grete wynd þet..þe greate helles makeþ to resye [Vices & V.(2): quaken].
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1986 : Ther out cam a rage and swich a veze That it made al the gate for to rese [vr. rees].
b
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)92/1818 : His gode stede him resede [vr. russhed] & schok.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)116/22 : Þeruore bit sainte pawel his deciples þet hi by yzet ase tours..zuo þet non uondinge him ne moȝe refye [read: resye] ne rocky.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)11b : Þe rote of hit temperid with wyne, oiþer wiþ aisell resed, helpiþ for þe jandis and toþe ache.
- c1450 PPl.B (RwlPoet 38)16.78 : Rused [Ld: I had reuth whan Piers rogged..For euere as þei dropped adown, þe deuel was redy And gadred hem alle togideres].
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13435 : Þa riden Rom-leoden, riseden burnen [Otho: rusede wepne]; quahten on hafden helmes heȝen.