Middle English Dictionary Entry
reusen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | reusen v.(1) Also (early) reusin, reousiæn, reousi(ȝ)en & (early SEM) rieusien, riusen; ppl. (early SEM) reusende, etc. & (early sg.gen.) reousi(ȝ)endæn, (early sg.dat.) reousiȝendum; p. (early SWM) reousede, reosede, rousede. |
| Etymology | OE hrēowsian, LOE hrȳwsian. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To feel sorrow or repentance; repent (sin); ppl. reusende, repenting; also, repentant; (b) to feel pity or compassion; ppl. reusende as adj.: compassionate; (c) ppl. reusende as noun: one who repents, a penitent.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)52/25 : Þa ðe her..nellæþ reowsunge don..witodlice heo sceolon reowsiæn & wepæn on helle wite.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)27 : Þet beoð þa men þe gað to scrifte..for heore suune to beten and to reusin.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)121/10 : Us meneȝeð..ure lauerde..þat we scolden beon rewsende ure sennen and..þat we eft ne befallen on senne.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)121/23 : Mann ðe wel wile bien riwsinde..rewe him..ðat he for is ȝemelaste ne hafð god ȝedon.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10944 : Þis iherde Arður.. þesne wop..and reosede [Otho: rousede] on heorte.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11065 : Þis iherde Arður..hu þeos þreo cnihtes fæire hine bisohten; reousede on heorte.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14711 : We weoren ut isalde of Anglene londe, and fulluht we to þe ȝeorneð..Þa reousede Gregori.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)63/26 : Gif ðu ðese godes ȝiue biȝeten miht, þanne scalt tu hauen nexce herte and gode, and riewsiende ðe seluen to helpe.
c
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)42/33 : God.. þencþ hu mucel þeo lufe beo þare syferlicnesse on þare heortæn þæs reowsiȝendæn.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)44/4-6 : Þam reowsiȝendum witodlice is þeo wæcce to biganne, forþam ðan ðe heo to heofenum up ahæfð þæs reowsiendæn wæstmæs.