rosel

See also: Rosel

Old French

Alternative forms

• roseal (Thomas d'Angleterre)

Etymology

From Frankish *rausa (“reed”), from Proto-Germanic *rausą, *rauzą (“pipe, reed, shaft, tube”), from Proto-Indo-European *er- (“to move, excite, grow”).

Cognate with Old High German rōr (“pipe”) (German Rohr (“tube”)), Old Norse reyrr (“reed”) (Danish rør (“reed, pipe, tube”)), Old English rysc (“reed, rush”).

Noun

rosel oblique singular, m (oblique plural roseaus or roseax or rosiaus or rosiax or rosels, nominative singular roseaus or roseax or rosiaus or rosiax or rosels, nominative plural rosel)

1. reed (plant)
2. (in the plural, rosels) a jousting contest apparently using them stems of reeds as opposed to lances

Descendants

• French: roseau

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (rosel, "jousting contest")
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (rosel, supplement, "reed")
• rosel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub