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rosinus [cf. MW rhos = moor, heath, OIr. ros = wood, promontory; cf. et. MW rhos, rhosyn = rose, rose bush], (in place-name, Vallis ~a). b (understood as, or w. play on, CL rosa+-inus) abounding in roses, rosy. Cadocus ‥ petiit refugium ‥ simile refugio sancti David in ~a Valle (Cadocus 9) VSB 136; vidisse me ‥ doleo fumum ex ~a Valle surgentem (David 16) Ib. 155; celestis nuntius ad sanctum David in ~a Valle ‥ venit (Paternus 20) Ib. 258. b dicitur ‥ locus ubi ecclesia Menevensis sita est ‥ Vallis ~a que ‥ marmorea potius quam vel rosea vel rosina dici posset; quoniam rosis minime, marmore vero plurimum abundet Gir. IK II 1 p. 107.

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