rusen
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Danish
Noun
rusen c
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman ruser, reuser; by surface analysis, ruse + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
Verb
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
Conjugation of rusen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: ruse
References
- “rūsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Northern Sami
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
rusen
Inflection
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Nominative | rusen | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | rusena | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
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
- 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
Noun
rusen m
Swedish
Noun
rusen
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