Middle English Dictionary Entry
rosel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rosel n. Also rasel. |
| Etymology | OF; cp. AL rosella, var. of rusca. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
a.
A reed, rush; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)140 : Take egrimoyne & dytayne & þe rote of þe rosel ana..& ley to þe sore, & hit wol open hit & drawe out þe felþe.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)68/31 : Þat stomake ys lykned to a..feble feer, þat vnnethes may to-brenne rosels [Ashmole: reedis] and smal chippys.
- a1500(1452) Cart.Boarstall in OHS 88193 : Collectis ouorum ad festum Pasche..de omnibus illis hominibus qui colligunt rasell seu siccum boscum infra forestam predictam.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)80/6 : Take þe rote of þe rosell and put it well with hony, and do it on a cloþe of flex and ley it on þe sore, [etc.].
b
- (1200) Fine R.King John75 : Willielmus Rosel.