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ruf1 (s.xiii2/4)
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The form ruffe is a cross reference to the following entry:

ruf1 (s.xiii2/4)

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f. ruffe  
  FEW:  rufus 10,543a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  rufus 2 2866b

While f and long s may be at times hard to distinguish in medieval palaeography, there are etymological grounds for separating a lexeme ruf1 from rus1 (from rufus vs. russus).

a.

colourred, dark orange, gold-coloured: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Les signes de peripleumonie si sont icés: la difficulté de aleiner ovesques tousse, [...] les joes rouges et les euz jaunes, l'urine ruffe ou suzruffe et espesse et bleve  i 201.77

[gdw]

See also:

rus1  suzruf 
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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