Etymology
The identification of the obscure v. at
Cl 59 ('al [the meat] is roþeled and rosted ryʒt to þe sete') is contested, and the varying interpretations depend on how its relationship with two other potentially identical verbs in
Gaw and
Cl is interpreted: (1) If
Cl 59 is taken as a
hapax legomenon, the most straightforward explanation in context is a v. related to cooking. GollCl (59n, followed by AW) interprets it as a dial variant of the N/EM dial word
rozzle 'heat, warm, scorch' (see
EDD; cp. similarly
MED), and Anderson (59n) suggests a parallel formation based on the ON adj. represented by OIcel
rjóðr 'ruddy, red' < PGmc *
reuda-, only otherwise attested by OE
rēod (adj.)
'red, ruddy' and Go
ga-riuþs 'honourable'. The related verbs OIcel
rjóða and OE
rēodan both mean 'redden, smear with blood', with a possibly extended sense 'kill' (cp. OHG
riuten 'exterminate, destroy')(unless this is a separate v., see Kroonen s.vv. *
reudan- (1) and (2)). A verbal formation with suffix
-le is then plausible (
OED3 compares ME
rostle 'burn slightly, scorch, singe' <
roast (v.)), but entirely speculative. (2) Olsen (following Vant; similarly Morris, Moorman, Menner) identifies this v. with
raþeled in
Gaw and
roþeled (2)(v.) at
Cl 890, suggesting a common sense of 'bringing together'. This requires quite forced readings in disparate contexts, however, and it is probably better to treat each instance separately (as e.g. Anderson,
OED3,
GollCl etc.). See further
raþeled (v.) and
roþeled (2)(v.).
PGmc Ancestor
(1) *reuda-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
(1) rjóðr (adj.) 'ruddy, red; (2) raða ‘to set in order’
(ONP )
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
(1) Icel rjóður, Norw rjod- (2) Far raða, Icel raða, Norw rada, Sw rada
OE Cognate
(1) rēod (adj.) 'red, ruddy'
Phonological and morphological markers
[ON fricative /ð/ < PGmc */ð/]
(may not be applicable)
Summary category
DD2