Middle English Dictionary Entry
roisen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | roisen v. |
| Etymology | ?OF roissier to beat. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To shake, rattle; shake (sb.), rouse; shake (a lance), brandish.
Associated quotations
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)234 : In þe morwe he was vppe and roises þis oþure.
- c1460 Chaucer CT.Kn.(SeldArch B.14)A.1986 : Royse [rime: vois; Heng: ther out cam a rage and swich a veze That it made al the gate for to rese].
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)336 : Euerychon al redy to fyȝt, with launces to Rooyse and gonfaucvns bryght.