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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Roȝte], pt. s. cared, S; see [Rechen].

[ Ruddocke], sb. the robin redbreast, Manip.; ruddok, CM.

[ Rude], sb. redness, S; ruddes, pl., S3.—AS. rudu (Voc.).

[ Rude], adj. rough, undressed (of cloth) (= Lat. rudis = ἀγνάφος) S2; ruyd, B; roid, B.—OF. rude; Lat. rudem.

[ Rudelyche], adv. rudely, C; ruydly, B; roydly, B; rudly, B.

[ Ruffle], v. to bluster, to be noisy and turbulent, S3, Sh., ND; ruffelynge, pr. p., S3.—ODu. roffelen, to pander.

[ Ruffler], sb. a cheating bully, ND, HD.

[ Rug], sb. back, S; rugge, S, S2; see [Rygge].

[ Ruggy], adj. rough, C, CM.—Cp. Swed. ruggig, rough, hairy. See [Row].

[ Ruke], sb. a heap, S; ruck, JD; ruken, pl., S. Cp. OSwed. rúka, ‘acervus’.