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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Rusche], sb. rush, PP; rische, PP; resshe, PP; rishe, S3; rish, Manip.; ryshes, pl., S3.—AS. risce, resce (Voc.).

[ Rusien], v. to shake, SD, C (n); rese, C; resye, C (n); rused, pt. s., PP.—AS. hrysian, Goth. hrisjan.

[ Russet], adj. russet, PP, Prompt.; roussat, S3; russets, sb. pl., clothes of a russet colour, ND.—AF. russet, OF. rousset; cp. Low Lat. roussetum (Ducange).

[ Russetting], sb. coarse cloth of russet colour, HD; a kind of apple, ND.

[ Ruþe], sb. ruth, pity, S; see [Rewthe].

[ Rutis], sb. pl. roots, S3; see [Rote].

[ Rwly], adv. ruefully, S2; see [Rewliche].

[ Rybybe], sb. a kind of fiddle, uetella, vitula, Voc., Prompt.; [ribibe, an old woman, CM, ND]; rebeke, Manip.; rebekke, rebeck, SkD; rebecke, ND.—It. ribebba (also ribecca); Arab. rabâba, a fiddle with one or two strings, Steingass, p. 397.

[ Rybybour], sb. a player on the ribibe, PP. See above.

[ Rydder], sb. a sieve, cribrum, Voc.—AS. hrider (Voc.). Cf. [Ridil].