rusen

rusen c

1. definite singular of ruse

• rousen, ruse, ruyse

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman ruser, reuser; by surface analysis, ruse +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈriu̯zən/

rusen (third-person singular simple present ruseth, present participle rusende, rusynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle rused) (chiefly Late Middle English)

1. To repel; to force away in battle.
2. To retreat; to pull away from battle.
3. (hunting) To turn to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.
   • (in Middle English), Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes , published 1542, →OCLC, folio cclxviii, verso, column 2, lines 375–382:

     The mayſter hunte, anone fote hote / wyth his horne blewe thre mote / At the uncouplynge of hys houndes / wythin a whyle the herte founde is / Ihalowed, and rechaſed faſt / Longe tyme, and ſo at the laſt / Thys herte rouſed and ſtale awaye / Fro all the houndes a preuy waye

     The master hunter, anon foothot / with his horne blew three mote / At the uncoupling of his hounds / within a while the hart found is / Hallooed, and rechased fast / Long time, and so at the last / This hart rused and stole away / From all the hounds a privy way]

4. (rare) To drop; to fall down.

• English: ruse

• “rūsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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rusen

1. raisin

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

rusen m

1. definite singular of rus

rusen

1. definite plural of rus