Middle English Dictionary Entry
rǒusen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | rǒusen v. |
| Etymology | ?OF rëuser, ruser; cp. F (16th cent.) rousee ?abrupt movement. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Refl. Of a hawk: to shake the feathers; (b) ppl. rousing, of birds in a heraldic charge: rising [cp. rousand adj.].
Associated quotations
a
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)10 : Lete here not fle afterwards til she haue sewyd here beke or rowsed here.
b
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.9 (Hrl 2169)177 : [Six pieces gules and silver with] iij ostryc[hes] rowsyng.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1486 Sln.Bk.Hawking (Sln 3488)142 : Let hure rest til she haue snowted hure beke, oþer j rowsed hire.
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