[ Route], sb. a rout, overthrow, troop, throng, company, S2, PP, S3, C2, C3; rout, S2; rowtes, pl., S2; rute, a route, rut, way, path, SkD. Phr.: by rote, C2, C3, SkD; by roote, C.—AF. route, rute, a band of men, a way, OF. rote; Late Lat. rupta, a broken mass of flying men, a defeat, a company in broken ranks, a disorderly array, a way broken through a country.
[ Route], v. to put to flight, Manip.; to assemble in a company, S2, C3.
[ Rouþe], sb. pity, S; see [Rewðe].
[ Rouȝte], pt. s. recked, C2; see [Rechen].
[ Roue], sb. roof, S3; see [Roof].
[ Row], adj. rough, C3, SkD; rogh, SkD; roȝe, S2; rouch, S3, JD; ruh, SD.—AS. rúh (gen. rúwes); cp. G. rauh.
[ Rowen], v. to row, S, PP.—AS. rówan.
[ Rowle], v. to roll, S3; rele, S3; rollyn, Prompt.; rueled, pt. s., S2.—AF. rouler, roler; Late Lat. rotulare. Cf. [Royle].
[ Rowm], sb. space, Prompt., B; rowme, cell, room, Prompt., S3, SkD; rome, S3.—AS. rúm, space, Goth. rums.
[ Rowme], adj. spacious, roomy, H; roume, S2.