Middle English Dictionary Entry
rọ̄sen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | rọ̄sen v. Also ros(e, rouse, (chiefly N or NEM) ruse(n, ruson, ruisen, ruisse, roisen; sg.2 roses, etc. & (?error) reses. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI hrōsa, OSwed. rōsa. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To brag, boast; claim (that one can do sth.); claim (oneself to be sth. or to be able to do sth.); ~ of (o), boast about (sth.); (b) refl. to boast (that one can do sth. or has done sth., that sth. is so); ~ of, boast of (sth.), pride oneself on.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4906 : Þatt iss hæfedd sinne..To rosenn off þin haȝherrleȝȝc & leȝhenn off þe sellfenn.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)17983 : Hell..ma þe redi At receiue iesu..þat roses [Trin-C: boste] him-self goddes sun to be.
- c1400(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Tbr E.7)66/276 : Þan Simond..Rosed [Hrl: Made his rose] þat he myght rais Ded men ogain þe life vnto.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)264/271 : Sir, oure stiffe tempill..And it were doune to þe erth..This rebalde, he rowses hym it rathely to rayse.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)106a : To Ruse: Ostentare, & cetera; vbi to Pryse.
b
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)p.49 : He roses him of his cumly kinde, He wenes his mak mai na man find.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27592 : Pride es..quen þat þou þe roses [Glb: reses] oght O thing þou has.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28102 : Ic ha me rosed in my mode..O dedes þat i ded noght.
- a1425(c1300) NHom.(1) Peter & P.(Ashm 42)152 : Symon Magus..rusid him þan þat he might raise Dede men to lyue.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)3/27 : A frere minour..rosed & bosted hym that he had cured the forseid sekenes.
- c1425 Treat.10 Com.(StJ-O 94)22 : Therwith cometh in pride..and þan he beginneth to boste & ruson him self of many þinges þat he hath not, ne kowde, & alle saien it is sooth.
- c1440 HBk.GDei (Thrn:Horstmann)319 : Bot for he roysed hyme of his dedis, he losed all þat he dide.
- c1440 HBk.GDei (Thrn:Horstmann)319 : One foure maners mene loses mede of þair gud dede..The thirde es whene he ruses hyme of his gud dedis.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)88/26 : Þe gudnesse þat ȝe ruse ȝow offe may wele be lykkened to þe paynes of þaim þat ere in presonn.
- a1450(?1348) Rolle FLiving (Cmb Dd.5.64)117/25 : Connyng es þat makes a man in gude hope, noght rusand [vr. ruysand] hym of his rightwisnes, but sorowand of his syn.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)956 : He sall noghte ruysse hym of this dede.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)15061 : Þou rusys [vr. royses] þi self of ryȝtwysnes als þou in werld ware neuer gylty.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)11.4 : The ypocrites..hegh thaim self in ianglynge..and thai rose thaim that thaire lippes..ere of thaim self, noght of god.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)31.3 : I cried all the day, rosand me of rightwisnes.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)273/492 : He has hym rused of great prophes, That he shuld make vs tempylles..within thre dayes.
2.
(a) To praise (sb., God, sth.), extol; -- also refl.; (b) ppl. rosed as adj.: celebrated, famous.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2417 : Sua þai rosed [Göt: praised] hir to þe king, þat he þam did befor him bring.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22289 : He sal man do him for to ros [Trin-C: of him to boost].
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1371 : To rose hym in his rialty rych men soȝtten.
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)27594 : Prid es..if þou rose..þe thing þat þou byfore has done.
- a1425 Rolle FLiving (Arun 507)418 : Some he desceyuis with vayne glorie, þat..is glad þat men rosis [Cmb: loves] þaim.
- ?a1425 SLeg.(CmbAdd 3039)80/78 : A woman of Ebru..rosed ilk man als þai sat, als sho ȝode þaim amange.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4313 : Riches ne no rede gold rose we þam nouthire.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)14437 : To ruse [vr. rose] þi self I red þou blyn, yt dose vs harme swylk wordes to here.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)1144 : Yf thou now thy selfe schuld rose, Men wold say: All this he dos, His spendyng for to spare.
- a1500(a1450) St.Robt.Knares.(Eg 3143)209 : Þai rosed hym, doand reuerence, And peirles praysed hym i presenec [read: presence].
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)12/95 : What gifys god the to rose hym so?
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)107/234 : Here is to recorde, the leg of a goys, with chekyns endorde, pork, partryk, to roys.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)229/33 : For if other men ruse hym, we shall accuse hym.
b
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5122 : Ȝit sall I send ȝow..a sertan of giftis For reuerence of ȝour rialte & of ȝoure rosid werkis.
3.
To say (sth.), speak, utter; heren ~.
Associated quotations
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)83/18 : What man hath a dowtyr in his house þat passyth xiiij ȝerys olde, He muste here brynge, I herde hym Rowse, In to þe tempyl a spowse to wedde.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)97/472 : Kepe þe clene..and all þin maydenys in þin howse, þat evyl langage I here not rowse.