▪ I. † reose, v. Obs.
Also 3 rese.
[OE. hréosan = ON. hrjósa to shudder.]
intr. To fall.
| Beowulf 1075 Hie on ᵹebyrd hruron gare wunde. Ibid. 2489 Gomela Scylfing hreas. c 825 Vesp. Psalter cxliv. 14 Uphefeð dryhten alle ða ðe hreosað. a 900 Cynewulf Christ 810 Wongas hreosað, burᵹstede berstað. c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 450 Þæt hus..hreosende ðine bearn..acwealde. c 1205 Lay. 15587 Sæie me wæh hit vælleð þat þe wal reoseð [c 1275 falleþ]. Ibid. 18869 Beornes scullen rusien, reosen [c 1275 rese] heore mærken. |
▪ II. reose
var. of rewsie Obs.