DEFINITIONS CONTINUED VERB 2. to praise, extol, commend, flatter (obsolete except Scottish and northern dialect) 3. to water; to sprinkle with water (obsolete Scottish) also REASE (Scottish dialect), REESE, REEZE (Scottish, dialect), REOUSE, REUSE, REUZE, ROOIS (dialect), ROOS, ROOYSE (dialect), ROOZE (dialect), ROS, ROSE, ROSENN, ROUS, ROUSE, ROWSE, ROWZE, ROYS, ROYSE, RUIS, RUISS (Scottish), RUISSE (Scottish), RUSE, RUS, RUSS, RUYS (Scottish), RUZE, RWS CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES From E-NED: NOUN - from Old Norse hrós (Icel. hrós, Fær. rós, Norw., Sw., and Da. ros) VERB - from Old Norse hrósa to boast of, praise (Icel. hrósa, Fær. rósa, Norw. and Sw. rosa, Da. rose) c 1200 - The Ormulum, Ormin; see below From: The Ormulum Edited by Rev. Robert Holt Volume I, 1878 Homilies P. 169 From: The History of the Kirk of Scotland:
From the Year 1558 to August 1637 By John Row, 1842 P. 476
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