Middle English Dictionary Entry
rō̆sen(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | rō̆sen(e adj. Also rosin(e. |
| Etymology | OE rōsen &, for forms in -in(e, OF rosin, rosine; also cp. AL rosīnus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Made of or consisting of roses; ~ flour, a rose; mel ~, a mixture of honey and an extract of roses; (b) rose-colored, rosy; (c) as noun: a red pigment, red ink.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)845 : His leef a rosyn chapelet [F chapel De roses] Hadde mad.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.m.2.26 : The firste somer sesoun..highteth and apparaileth the erthe with rosene floures.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.m.3.9 : The wode waxeth rody of rosene floures.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)139b/b : Þen clense þe place wiþ a mundificatiue made of mel rosyne and terbentine and floure of lupines.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Say.Nightingale (Trin-C R.3.20)118 : Gadre on heepe þees rosen floures.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.128 : Phebus..made his stedis drawe His rosen chariet lowe vnder the wawe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1578 : Medea with hir rosene hewe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4985 : Lik gold hir tressis, & rosyn lippis rede I-liche fresche.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1656 : Þilk day in blody rosen hewe He hath her platis & her harneis steyned.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.m.3.2 : Phebus the sonne bygynneth to spreden his clernesse with rosene chariettes.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.m.8.6 : Phebus the sonne with his goldene chariet bryngeth forth the rosene [Walton Boeth.: rosye] day.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.m.1.13 : The day the fairer ledeth the rosene hors of the sonne.
- c1450(?a1405) Lydg.CBK (Frf 16)656 : Prayng to God..That er the sunne to morowe be ryse newe, And er he haue ayen his rosen hewe, That eche of yow may haue..His ovne lady in armes.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)874 : Her mantyll was rosyne, Pelured wyth ermyne.
c
- (1351-2) in Antiq.50386 : For arnement, rosyn, and geet for the painting of the glass.
- a1500 MS Sln.964 in Singer Cat.Alchem.(Sln 964)2.617 : Ad faciendum colores: For to make rosyn for writers and luminoures, take an unce of schafyng of brasile and di. unce of alom.