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Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *rausa (“reed”), from Proto-Germanic *rausą, *rauzą (“pipe, reed, shaft, tube”), from Proto-Indo-European *er- (“to move, excite, grow”).
Cognate with Old High German rōr (“pipe”) (German Rohr (“tube”)), Old Norse reyrr (“reed”) (Danish rør (“reed, pipe, tube”)), Old English rysc (“reed, rush”).
Noun
rosel oblique singular, m (oblique plural roseaus or roseax or rosiaus or rosiax or rosels, nominative singular roseaus or roseax or rosiaus or rosiax or rosels, nominative plural rosel)
- reed (plant)
- (in the plural, rosels) a jousting contest apparently using them stems of reeds as opposed to lances
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