n. (pl.)
WA ressynnys
'stalks of corn' (Modern English rissom)
PGmc Ancestor
*xrīs-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
(ONP )
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Sw dial resma, resme; cp. Dan rusme, rosme
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
C1c
This is the only ME instance of the word, which is otherwise cited by OED3 and EDD from N dial of MnE.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
WA 3060
Skeat WA reads <risonis>, but notes that <risoms> is also possible, and this is the reading given by TPD.