roose

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¶ Roody as a roose ay he kept his chere.

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  1. To extol; commend highly. [Now only Scotch.] To rose him [the king] in his rialty rych men soʒtten [sought]. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 1371. To roose you up, and ca' you guid. Burns, Dedication to Gavin Hamilton.

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  1. Also dial. rose, ruse; from Middle English rosen, from Icelandic hrōsa, praise, extol, boast, = Swedish rosa = Danish rose, praise.
 

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