A Middle English Vocabulary, Designed for use with Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Rowe, Rawe, n. row, VI 185; be rowe (rawe), on rawe, in (due) order, in turn, XV h 15, XVI 317, 401. [OE. rāw.]

Rowe. See Roȝ(e).

Rowtyn, pres. pl. they crash, beat, XV h 15. [OE. hrūtan; but see N.E.D. for various sources and senses of Rout, n. and v.]

Rude-evyn, n. eve of the feast of the (Exaltation of the) Cross, X 42. [OE. rōd + ǣfen.] See Rode, n.¹

Ruful. See Reweful.

Rugge; Ruȝe. See Rigge; Roȝ(e).

Rugh-fute, n. rough-footed, XIV a 19. [OE. rūh + fōt.] See Roȝ(e), Fote.

Ruysand, pres. p. glorifying, in r. hyme of, glorying in, taking credit to himself for, IV b 80. [ON. hrósa sér.]

Runne; Rurde. See Ryn; Rerd.

Rusche, v. to rush; make a loud rushing noise, V 136; rusched on þat rurde, ? went on with that rushing noise, V 151. [Echoic, but app. based on OFr. r(e)usser, AFr. russ(h)er.]