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rúh

  • adjective
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Grammar
rúh, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§328; §428;
rough, hairy, shaggy
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  • Rúh

    hispidus, hirsutus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 15-16 : 90, 17 : i. 51, 20.

  • Rúh hrægel

    amphibalum,

    • 25, 65.

  • Óxn vel rúh óxn ascella vel

    subhircos,

    • 43, 65.

  • Rúh scó

    pero,

    • ii.68, 6.

  • Se wæs reód and eall rúh

    totus in morem pellis hirsutus,

    • Gen. 25, 25
      • .

  • Min bróðer ys rúh and ic eom sméðe,

    • 27, 11.

  • Gif him þince ðæt hé habbe rúh líc,

    • Lchdm. iii. 170, 24 : Exon. Th. 407, 14
      • ;
    • Rä. 26, 5.

  • Rúwes nát hwæt,

    • 479, 17
      • ;
    • Rä. 62, 9
      • .

  • Rúhne wæfels

    yrcum tegimen,

    • Hymn. Surt. 103, 31
      • .

  • Rúhne (rihne, MS.)hine gesihþ gewordenne,

    • Lchdm. iii. 208, 29.

  • Leáf beóþ rúge and bráde,

    • i. 254, 13.

  • Ðá gesáwe wé rúge (pilosos ) wífmen and wǽpnedmen, wǽron hié swá rúwe and swá gehǽre swá wildeór,

    • Nar. 20,3-5
      • .

  • Ða rúwan ( pilosae ) handa wǽron swilce ðæs yldran bróður,

    • Gen. 27, 23.

  • Seó clǽne beó blósman gegrét swá lange ðæt hyre ða rúwan þeóh wurþaþ swýðe gehefegode,

    • Anglia viii. 324,13.

  • Rúwe

    hirta,

    • Germ. 398, 258.

  • Hrúhe wulla

    hirsutas lanas,

    • Hpt. 524, 13.
rough, untrimmed, uncultivated
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  • Rúg

    frondosa,

    • Wrt. Voc, ii. 151, 16.

  • Ne turf ne toft, ne land ne lǽse, ne fersc ne mersc, ne rúh ne rúm,

    • Lchdm. iii. 286, 24.

  • Tó ðære rúwan hecgan,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 172, 32.

  • On ðone rúwan hlync; andlang ðæs rówan linces,

    • v. 297, 22.

  • On rúwan beorg; of rúwan beorge,

    • 277, 18.

  • On ða rúgan þyrnan; of ðære þyrnan,

    • iii. 419, 12.

  • Ðá férdon begen þurh ða rúgan fennas,

    • Guthl. 3
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 20, 25.
rough, knotty
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  • Rúches

    nodosi,

    • Hpt. G1. 482, 60.
rough, undressed
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  • .xxx. ombra rúes cornes, iv. ambru meolwes,

    • Chart. Th. 40,9.

  • Þet ruwe vel,

    • A. R. 120, 23.

  • Nis þet iren acursed þet iwurðeð þe ¨swarture and þe ruhure so hit is ofture iviled?

    • 284, 17.

  • Margareet sette hire fot uppon his ruhe necke,

    • Marh. 12, 12
    .

  • Sharrp and ruhh and gatelæs þurrh þorrness and þurh breress,

    • Orm. 9211.

  • Mid ruȝe felle,

    • O. and N. 1013.

  • Sridde ȝhe Jacob and made him ru,

    • Gen. and Ex. 1539.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. rúh hirtus, hirsutus, hispidus, villosus, scaber, asper :
O. Du.rouw, rúgh , rú
.]
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v.  rýht rúg rupe.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “rúh.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26014.

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