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rudere

1 rudere v. riddare
2 rudere [CL], ~ire 1 (of an ass or donkey) to bray; b (of other animal). asini oncant vel ~unt Aldh. PR 131; 747 gens Anglorum ‥ hinnientium equorum consuetudine vel ~entum asinorum more luxoriando ‥ omnia ‥ fedet et confundat Bonif. Ep. 74; item a rure vel etiam ab hoc nomine quod est ruder, ~o, -is, id est clamare asinorum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 498; vis est rūdentis asini vi victa rŭdentis Serlo Wilt. 2. 101; ~it asinus Neckam NR II prol.; ut ridere et ~ire que sunt operaciones specifice Bacon XI 229; asserens se malle asinum suum audire ~entem quam clericos in ecclesia cantare Spec. Laic. 30.  b setiger in silvis armatos dentibus apros / cornigerosque simul cervos licet ore rudentes / contero Aldh. Aen. 39 (Leo) 2. 2 (of thing) to make a harsh or braying noise. rudentes circumquaque parte [v. l. circum quamque partem] protendantur, a ~endo [gl.: recaner] dicti, quorum extremitalibus [v. l. extremitatibus] velum malo maritetur Neckam Ut. 115 (cf. Isid. Etym. xix 4). 3 (of person) stutter, speak indistinctly or incoherently. sed tamen ipse solet rudentum solvere linguas / humanas, ut rite queant proferre loquelas Ps.-Bede Hymn. 610B; to faffle, balbutire, to maffle, idem ~ere ‥ to snaffle, ~ere Levins Manip. 9; to maffil, ~ere Ib. 127.
3 rudere [cf. CL rudis], (in gl.) to be new, rough. ~ente [understood as] niwum GlP 838; bustus, rudis, rigidus, to be bustus, ~ere CathA.

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