Middle English Dictionary Entry
rusken v.
Entry Info
| Forms | rusken v. Sg.3 ruskes, rusket. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OSwed. ruska to rush, Swed. ruska to shake, ODan. ruske to rattle, MDan. ruske to shake, pull up. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To start (game); (b) ~ up, to root up (sth.); (c) of a bird: ?to ruffle (its feathers); (d) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 Hwi ne serue (Jes-O 29)71 : Per..geyneþ vs no grene..Ne þe ronke racches þat ruskit þe ron.
b
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)190 : He ruskes vppe mony a rote With tusshes of iij fote.
c
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)727 : Foules fallen to fote & her feþres rusken [vr. to reste].
d
- (1302-3) Nickname in LuSE 55154 : Ad. Ruskebasket.