rousen

rousen

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman reuser, ruser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːsən/

Verb

rousen

1. (rare, Late Middle English, of hawks) to shake one's feathers

Conjugation

Conjugation of rousen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) rousen, rouse
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	rouse	roused
2nd-person singular	rousest	rousedest
3rd-person singular	rouseth	roused
subjunctive singular	rouse
imperative singular		—
plural1	rousen, rouse	rouseden, rousede
imperative plural	rouseth, rouse	—
participles	rousynge, rousende	roused, yroused

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: rouse
• Yola: rooze

References

• “rǒusen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.