rusen
Danish edit
Noun edit
rusen c
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman ruser, reuser; by surface analysis, ruse + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
rusen (third-person singular simple present ruseth, present participle rusende, rusynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle rused) (chiefly Late Middle English)
- To repel; to force away in battle.
- To retreat; to pull away from battle.
- (hunting) To turn to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.
- [c. 1368–1372 (date written), Geffray Chaucer [i.e., Geoffrey Chaucer], “The Dreame of Chaucer”, in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London: […] Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], published 1542, →OCLC, folio cclxviii, verso, column 2, lines 375–382:
- The mayſter hunte, anone fote hote / wyth his horne blewe thre mote / At the uncouplynge of hys houndes / wythin a whyle the herte founde is / Ihalowed, and rechaſed faſt / Longe tyme, and ſo at the laſt / Thys herte rouſed and ſtale awaye / Fro all the houndes a preuy waye
- (rare) To drop; to fall down.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of rusen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: ruse
References edit
- “rūsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Northern Sami edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rusen
Inflection edit
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Nominative | rusen | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | rusena | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | rusen | rusenat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | rusena | ruseniid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | rusena | ruseniid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | rusenii | ruseniidda | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | rusenis | ruseniin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | ruseniin | ruseniiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | rusenin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
rusen m
Swedish edit
Noun edit
rusen