▪ I. roose, n. ? Obs.
Forms: α. 3–5 ros, 4 rose, 4–5 roos, 5 roys(e. β. 4–6 rous, 7 rowze. γ. Sc. 4–6, 9 ruse, 5 rus(s, 6 ruys, ruiss(e. δ. 8– roose.
[a. ON. hrós (Icel. hrós, Fær. rós, Norw., Sw., and Da. ros): cf. roose v.]
1. Boasting, vainglory; an instance of this, a boast, brag, vaunt.
| α c 1200 Ormin 4910 All idell ȝellp & idell ros Þu cwennkesst i þe sellfenn. a 1300 Cursor M. 11948 Nu þat i do þou it for-dos, And þar-of sal þou mak na ros. 13.. Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 505 Such þing as þou seyst and doos, Þi Neiȝebor wol þerof make Roos. c 1400 Song Roland 650 Shall none of you mak your rose or ye go furþre. c 1450 Cast. Perseverance 1068 Þerfore do as no man dos,..& of þi-self make gret ros. 1486 Bk. St. Albans e vj b, The master to his man makyth his Roys That he knowith be kynde what the hert doys Att huntyng. |
| β 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5158 Ne be nat proude þogh þou weyl dous, yn þyn herte to make a rous. 1463 G. Ashby Poems 11 Goo forth, lytyll boke, mekely, without rous. 16.. Sir Lambewell 304 in Percy's Folio MS., Ball. & Rom. I. 154 Shee warned me be-forne, of all things that I did vse, of her I shold neuer make my rowze. |
| γ c 1470 Gol. & Gaw. 98 Bot thow mend hym that mys..Thow sall rew in thi ruse. 1513 Douglas æneis viii. Prol. 50 Sum makis a tume ruse. a 1572 Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 242 What thei receaved we can nott tell; but few maid ruse at thare returnyng. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. II. 242 Johne Moydert..maid meikle ruse that he him selfe was the cheif of Makdonelis kynd. 1808 Jamieson, To mak a tume ruse, to boast where there is no ground for it, but the reverse. |
| δ 1718 Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. iii. iv, Wha wins syn may make roose, Between you twa. 17.. Maggie's Tocher in Herd Coll. Sc. Songs (1776) II. 78 We'll mak nae mair toom roose. |
† 2. Commendation, praise.
Obs.| a 1300 Cursor M. 13896 Quen he his aun roos has soght, In his muth sothfast es noght. a 1350 St. Nicholas 87 in Horstm. Altengl. Legend. (1881) 12 Noght for no ruse of erthli thing Bot allone vnto goddes louyng. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xli. (Agnes) 114 Þe prefet begane to spere..quhat man it wes..þat agnes þe ruse of mad. c 1470 Gol. & Gaw. 1241 All erdly riches and ruse is noght in thair garde. |
▪ II. roose obs. form of
rose n.▪ III. roose, v. Now
Sc. and
north. dial. (
ruːz,
Sc. r{obar}ːz)
Forms: α. 3
rosenn, 4
ros, 4–5 (9
dial.)
rose, 5
roys. β. 4–9
ruse, 5–6
rus(s, 6
rws,
ruis, 7–9
ruze; 6
reuse, 7
reouse,
reuze;
Sc. dial. 8
reeze,
rease, 8–9
reese. γ. 6
rowse, 7–9
rouse. δ. 7–
roose (
dial. 8
rooyse, 9
rooze,
roois).
[a. ON. hrósa to boast of, praise (Icel. hrósa, Fær. rósa, Norw. and Sw. rosa, Da. rose): cf. roose n.] † 1. intr. To boast or be proud
of something.
Obs.| c 1200 Ormin 4906 Þatt iss hæfedd sinne..To rosenn off þin haȝherrleȝȝc. c 1475 Rauf Coilȝear 481 Of that Ryall array that Rolland in raid, Rauf rusit in his hart of that Ryall thing. |
† 2. refl. a. To boast oneself; to vaunt. Const.
of,
that with clause, or
infin. b. To praise or commend oneself.
Obs.| α a 1300 Cursor M. 28102 Ic ha me rosed in my mode bath o my werkes wyc and gode. a 1340 Hampole Psalter xxxi. 3, I cried all þe day rosand me of rightwisnes. |
| β 13.. SS. Peter & Paul 152 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 78 Simon..rusid him þan þat he might raise Dede men to lyue. c 1340 Hampole Prose Tr. 12 Noghte ruysand hyme of his reghtwesnes. c 1400 Melayne 956 So mot I spede, He sall noghte ruysse hym of this dede. c 1460 Towneley Myst. xxiii. 492 He has hym rused of great prophes. 1508 Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 194 He..makis repet with ryatus wordis, Ay rusing him of his radis. 1533 Gau Richt Vay 75 Mony spekis mekil and rwsis thayme of faith. c 1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) iii. 21 Reuse nocht ȝour self, latt vþiris preiss ȝour rentis. |
| γ c 1440 York Myst. xxix. 271 Oure stiffe tempill,..This rebalde he rowses hym it rathely to rayse. |
| δ 1637–50 Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 476 Alledging that honest ministers that went to the Bishop roosed themselves little of it. |
3. trans. To praise, extol, commend, flatter.
| α a 1300 Cursor M. 2417 Sua þai rosed hir to þe king þat he þam did befor him bring. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 1371 To rose hym in his rialty rych men soȝtten. c 1460 Towneley Myst. ii. 95 What gifys god the to rose hym so? Ibid. xii. 234 Here is..the leg of a goys, With chekyns endorde, pork, partryk, to roys. 1877 N.W. Linc. Gloss., Rose, to praise, to flatter. |
| β c 1460 Towneley Myst. xxi. 33 For if other men ruse hym, we shall accuse hym. c 1475 Rauf Coilȝear 80 Thank me not ouir airlie,..For I haue seruit the ȝit of lytill thing to ruse. 1513 Douglas æneis i. ix. 84 This ilk Tewcer his enemyis of Troy Rusit and lovit. 1570 Satir. Poems Reform. xii. 132 Be my saule, my self culd neuer ruse ȝow. 1603 Philotus xxxiv, Bot be it gude ȝe do not spair, As royallie to ruse it. 1677 Nicolson in Trans. R. Soc. Lit. (1870) IX. 316 Ruze, to flatter. 1691 Ray N.C. Words 59 To Reuze, to extol or commend highly. 1715 Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. ii. viii, They rus'd him that had skill. a 1800 in Skinner Misc. Poet. 110 There's nane that reads them..But reezes Robie. a 1800 Young Allan ii. in Child Ballads IV. 378 Some there reasd their hawk, their hawk, And some there reasd their hound. 1879 John White Jottings 225 (E.D.D.), I've rus'd ye for yer head and heart. |
| γ 1549 Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Cor. 27 If such let passe nothing undone and unsuffered and all to be rowsed and commended of the lewde people. a 1553 Udall Royster D. i. i, Prayse and rouse him well, and ye haue his heart wonne. 1766 A. Nicol Poems 104, I right fickle was and fain To be sae rous'd. 1842 Clark Rhymes 23 Wi' flattery I'll no rouse thee. |
| δ 1703 Thoresby Yorkshire Wds. (E.D.S.), Rooyse, to extol. 1723 Ramsay Fair Assembly ix, These modest maids inspire the muse, In flowing strains to shaw Their beauties, which she likes to roose. 1785 Burns 1st Ep. to J. Lapraik 94 Friends an folk that wish me well, They sometimes roose me. 1786 ― Ded. to G. Hamilton 3 A fleechan, fleth'ran Dedication, To roose you up, an' ca' you guid. 1834 A. Smart Rambl. Rhymes 162 Let poets in their idle lays Roose up auld Scotland's early days. 1865 Waugh Lanc. Songs 30 Aw roos't her, poor lass. |
b. In various proverbs and sayings.
| 1710 Ruddiman Gloss. Douglas æneis s.v., Every body ruses the ford as he finds it. 1721 Kelly Scot. Prov. 210 If it be ill, it is as ill rused. Ibid. 282 Ruse the fair Day at Night. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xxvii, Let ilka ane roose the ford as they find it. |