Runsik, vb. to ransack. Wallace, VII, 120. O. N. rannsaka, to search a house, Norse ransaka, from ran, house, and saka, söka, seek. See Skeat, and Kluge and Lutz.
Rusare, sb, a flatterer. R.R., 3356. See ruse.
Ruse, roose, russ (rūs), vb. to praise, to boast, pride oneself. Douglas, II, 57, 8; Rolland, I, 389; R.R., 2823. O. N. rósa, older hrósa, to praise, Norse rosa, Dan. rose, Sw. rosa, M. E. (h)rosen, Lincolnshire rose, reouse, Cu. roose.
Ruse, sb. praise, a boast. Dunbar, T.M.W., 431; Sat. P., 12, 17. O. N. hrós, praise, Norse, Dan. ros.
Saikless, adj. innocent. Lyndsay, 545, 4563. O. N. saklauss, O. E. saclēas. The O. E. word is a loan-word from O. Nh. See Steenstrup, 210-211. In modern Eng. dial. the form is generally sackless.
Saiklessness, sb. innocence, innocency. Psalms, XXVI, 6, 11; LXXIII, 13. See saikless.
Sait, sb. session, court. Dunbar, 79, 41. O. N. sǽti, seat, sitting, Norse sæte, id. See Skeat under seat.
Saucht, adj. reconciled, also at ease, undisturbed, tranquil. Bruce, N, 300; Douglas, II, 91, 22. O. E. saht, borrowed from O. N. See Kluge, P. G.2 I, 934. For discussion of O. E. seht and sehtian see Steenstrup, 181-182. In Howlate, III, 16, sacht vb. pret., made peace.
Say, sb. a milk-pail, also tub. Jamieson, Dumfries. O. N. sár, a large cask, Norse saa, a pail, a water-bucket, a wooden tub, Dan. saa, vandsaa, waterpail, Sw. så, id.