Balmung, the sword forged by Wieland, and given to Siegfried, was so keen that it clove Amilias in two without his knowing it, but when he attempted to move he fell asunder.
This sword to thee I give; it is all bright of hue,
Whatever it may cleave, no gap will there ensue.
From Almari I brought it, and Rossê is its name.
The Heldenbuch.
Rostocostojambedanesse (M. N.), author of After Beef, Mustard.—Rabelais, Pantagruel, ii. 7 (1533).
Rothmar, chief of Tromlo. He attacked the vassal kingdom of Croma, while the under-king, Crothar, was blind with age, resolving to annex it to his own dominion. Crothar’s son, Fovar-Gormo, attacked the invader, but was defeated and slain. Not many days after, Ossian (one of the sons of Fingal) arrived with succors, renewed the battle, defeated the victorious army, and slew the invader.—Ossian, Croma.
Rothsay (The duke of) prince Robert, eldest son of Robert III. of Scotland.
Margaret, duchess of Rothsay.—Sir W. Scott, Fair Maid of Perth (time, Henry IV.).
Rou (Le Roman de), a metrical and mythical history, in Norman-French, of the dukes of Normandy, from Rollo downwards, by Robert Wace (author of Le Brut).
*** Rou’, that is, Roul, the same as Rollo.
Roubigné (Julie de), the heroine and title of a novel by Henry Mackenzie (1783).
Rougedragon (Lady Rachel), the former guardian of Lilias Redgauntlet.—Sir W. Scott, Redgauntlet (time, George III.).