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russaz (c.1200)

The form rosas2 is a cross reference to the following entry:

russaz (c.1200)

rosas,  rosaz,  rossaz  (rouzhard  Crown and Italian Merch 58.32 rouseaus)  
  FEW:  russus 10,590a Gdf: GdfC: TL: rossaz 8,1492 DEAF:  ros 3 (rosat)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

AND1 included this word as a form of russet. However, this -a- form derives from Latin russatus ‘clothed in red’ (Lewis and Short 1607c), rather than a diminutive suffix added to rus1.

a.

colourred
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Les grenetes sunt rossaz mellez A color inde  Lapid 90.571
colour(of a person) red-haired, ginger
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Davi ert blunz, si ert un poi russaz (var. (B: s.xiii3/4) russez; (L: s.xiiiex) rusauz)  Anc Test (E) 6740
colourorn.red-feathered, tawny-coloured
( MS: 1272-82 )  Si il (=a falcon) est chanevaz (=hemp-coloured), ceo est nent ben rosaz (var. (C: s.xiiiex) russet) ne ben blauncs  A-N Falconry 94.11
( MS: 1272-82 )  Si vouz volez autry oysel deguiser, si il est de blaunce maille ou blauncs muers, moillez tout le ventre et le brayol [...] en leyssive de alne, si devendrad tut russaz (var. (A: s.xiv1/3) rouseaus) ou chanevaz  A-N Falconry 103.25 (var.)
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Se vostre oiseaus a le dos rosas [...] dont est il de jovenes airans  Glan lex 20B

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See also:

rus1  ruskin  russel2  russet  russi  russur 
This is an AND2 Phase 5 (R-S) entry. © 2018-21 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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