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rudu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
rudu, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§366;
Red, redness, redness of the cheeks, the countenance (?)
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  • Anwlita vel rudu

    vultus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 52.
  • Mid rude

    rubore,

      Hpt. Gl. 507, 63.
  • Ðá geseah se cyngc ðæt Apollonius mid rósan rude wæs eal oferbrǽded,

      Ap. Th. 22, 4.
  • Gezabel gehiwode hire eágan and hire neb mid rude,

      Homl. Skt. i. 18, 342.
Etymology
[The rude of monnes nebbe þet seið ariht his sunnen, A. R. 330, 29. Þe rose mid hire rude, O. and N. 443. Cf. Icel. roði redness.]
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  • rudu, n.