rubben
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUncertain, though akin to Low German rubben, Saterland Frisian rubben, and Old Norse rubba. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rubbōną, related to *reufaną.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editrubben (third-person singular simple present rubbeth, present participle rubbende, rubbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle rubbed)
- To rub; to move back and forwards on a surface:
- Synonym: rudden
- To file or scrape off; to attack with an edge.
- (medicine) To smear with a lotion.
- (rare) To scratch or claw.
Conjugation
editConjugation of rubben (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “rubben, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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