Rúde

Old English Dictionary Entry

Rúde

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 rúde

roughness of the skin, scab :-- Seó rúde or se rúda (se rude, MS.) on ðam men scamma in homine, Wrt, Voc. i. 45, 30. [O. L. Ger. rútha scabies : O. H. Ger. rúda, rúdo scabies, impetigo : Ger. räude. Cf. (?) Icel. hrúðr crust or scab on a sore. This form seems to point to hrúde as the earlier form in English.] rude

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