† To-rese v.²

Obs. [ME. to-rusien, to-rese, f. TO-² + RESE v.²] intr. To shake, to quake; to be shaken to pieces.

1

c. 1205. Lay., 15946. Þe eorðe gon to rusien & þi wal to-reosen. Ibid. (c. 1275). Þe eorþe gan to-cwakie and þin wal to-rese.

2

a. 1225. Juliana, 58. Swa þat hit al to resde [v.r. to reasde].

3

† To-rese v.2