† ˈrutson Obs. rare.
In 5 rot-, rutsonn, rutteson.
[ad. AF. ruteison (Bozon): cf rutey v. and rut n.1]
Rutting. Chiefly attrib.
| c 1410 Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) ii, Alle þe tyme fro þe Rutteson into whitsonday into Rutteson tyme men shall fynde but fewe gret dere, saue vpon þe hilles. Ibid. xiii, None of alle þise iii. manere of houndes hunteth not at þe herte in rotsonn tyme. |