A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Roomthie], adj. spacious, Cotg. (s.v. large).

[ Roomthsome], adj. spacious, DG.

[ Rop], sb. a rope, PP; rapes, pl., S.—AS. ráp; cp. Icel. reip.

[ Rope], pt. pl. reaped, W2; see [Repen].

[ Ropere], sb. rope-maker or rope-seller, PP.

[ Roploch], adj. coarse, applied to woollen stuffs, JD; sb. coarse woollen cloth, S3 raplach, raplock, reploch, JD.

[ Roren], v. to roar, C, PP; roorin, Prompt.; rarin, H (Ps. 76. i); rar, B; rair, S3, B.—AS. rárian, to lament loudly, to bellow.

[ Ros], pt. s. rose, S, C2; see [Rysen].

[ Rose], sb. rose, Prompt.; roose, W2; rois, S3; ross, S3 (11 a. 6); rosen, pl., SkD; roosis, W2. Comb.: rose-reed, red as a rose, C3.—OProv. rose; Lat. rosa; cp. AS. róse.

[ Rosen], v. to praise, reflex. to boast, H; roose, JD; ruse, JD; roysen, H; rees, JD.—Icel. hrósa, to praise, reflex. to boast, from hróðr, praise, fame.