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▪ I. † ro, n. Obs.
Forms: α. 3–5 ro, 4–5 roo, 4 rou, 5 rowe. β. Sc. 5 ruf, ruff, 6 rufe, ruve, rove, roif.
[a. ON. and Icel. ró (Norw., Sw., and Da. ro, Fær. rógv), = OE. rów (once), Fris. rouwe, MDu. rouwe, roe, (M)LG. rouwe, rôwe, rou(e, rô(e, OHG. ruowa (MHG. ruow(e, later ruw) and rôa (MHG. ruo, rue, G. ruhe, ruh), regarded as cognate with Gr. ἐρωή cessation, rest. With the Sc. forms rufe, ruve, etc. (= røːv), compare roove rivet-burr:—ON. ró, cruive var. of croo, and the northern grofe, grove (:—ON. gróa), obs. variants of grow v.]
Rest, repose, peace.
αc1200Ormin 7042 Cristess resste & Cristess ro & Cristess swete slæpess. a1225Juliana 77 Ich aȝeoue þe mi gast,..& do hit, blisfule godd,..to ro & to reste. a1300Cursor M. 1007 Paradis is a..land o liue, o ro, and rest. 13..Coer de L. 7135 God geve us alle good endyng, And hys soule reste and roo! c1375XI Pains of Hell 299 in O.E. Misc. 220 Al þe fest of þe sununday..Þai schal haue rou and rest perpetualy. c1440York Myst. iv. 38 Nowe ar we brought Bothe vnto rest and rowe [rimes to, doo]. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 4880 Þar durst na paynym eftirward Assayle,..Bot lete þaim rest in ro.
βc1450Holland Howlat 14 This riche Revir dovn ran, but resting or ruf, Throwe ane forest. c1470Henry Wallace vi. 60 Now at vnes, now in to rest and ruff. c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxxi. 5 His mynd sall moif, But rest or ruve. Ibid. xxxvi. 85 As wes, is, salbe ay, but roif. c1570Montgomerie Misc. Poems vi. 20 To run that race but ather rest or rove.
b. In asseverative phrases, as so have I ro!
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xlii. (Agatha) 134 Þat I for-think, sa haf I ro. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 17568 Sithen ȝe it say I wol also Aȝeyn my wille—so haue I ro! c1460Towneley Myst. iii. 237 Full well may we mys the, as euer haue I ro. a1500Chester Pl. (E.E.T.S.) vii. 401 As ever haue I rest or rowe, much he spake of glasse.
▪ II. † ro, v. Obs. rare.
Also 4 rone, 6 Sc. rufe, ruve.
[f. ro n. With sense 1 cf. MSw. roas to rest oneself, Sw. roa to amuse, Norw. roa to bring to rest; and with sense 2, MSw. roa, MDu. r(o)uwen, MLG. r(ou)wen, OHG. ruowon (MHG. ruowen, G. ruhen), to rest.]
1. refl. To recreate (oneself). rare—1.
a1300Cursor M. 3351 Ysaac him yode to rone [Gött. went him forto ro], Thoght on thing he had to done [Gött. to do].
2. intr. Sc. To have or take repose.
c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxx. 19 That thay ma nowþir rest nor rufe, Till thay mischeif þair sellis. a1568Montgomerie Misc. Poems lii. 14 My mad misfortoun dois me so commuve, That I may nowthir rest nor ruve.
▪ III. ro
obs. f. roe. |