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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.
(
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
russaz (c.1200)