rusen

See also: rušen and rušeň

Danish

Noun

rusen c

definite singular of ruse

Middle English

FWOTD – 16 May 2024

Alternative forms

rousen, ruse, ruyse

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman ruser, reuser; by surface analysis, ruse +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈriu̯zən/

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, […] (in Middle English), [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
  The master hunter, anon foothot [at once without stopping] / with his horne blew three mote [notes] / At the uncoupling of his hounds / within a while the hart found is / Hallooed, and rechased fast / Long time, and so at the last / This hart rused and stole away / From all the hounds a privy way]
(rare) To drop; to fall down.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rusen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) rusen, ruse
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	ruse	rused
2nd-person singular	rusest	rusedest
3rd-person singular	ruseth	rused
subjunctive singular	ruse	rused
imperative singular	ruse	—

plural¹	rusen, ruse	ruseden, rusede
imperative plural	ruseth, ruse	—

participles	rusynge, rusende	rused, yrused