单词 | rus |
释义 | Rusn.1adj. A. n.1 With the and plural agreement. A people of Scandinavian origin (later assimilated with the Slavic population) whose settlement around Novgorod and Kiev in the 9th cent. gave rise to the Russian principalities. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Germanic people > ancient Germanic peoples > [noun] > tribes AlemannieOE Quadia1387 Suevia1387 Batavian1598 Nervii1598 Rusa1837 a1837 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXIV. 225/1 The Vareghi (conquering) Russ, one of the enterprising Tribes of Scandinavia, whose fleets had appeared in the Bosphorus during the first half of the IXth Century. 1877 V. Thomsen Relations between Anc. Russia & Scand. ii. 37 I am going to..corroborate..the Scandinavian origin of the Russ. 1927 E. V. Gordon Introd. Old Norse p. xxi The population of the kingdom of the Rus was..mainly Slavonic, and the Rus themselves gradually lost their traditions and language. 1965 H. M. Smyser in J. B. Bessinger & R. P. Creed Medieval & Linguistic Stud. 92 In 921, Ibn Faḍlān..described..a tribe of Swedish Rūs Vikings, or, more accurately, Rūs armed merchants, and..a funeral which these Rūs accorded one of their chief men. 1976 H. R. E. Davidson Viking Road to Byzantium i. iv. 56 It is in the ninth century that we first hear of the Rus, who were well known to Arab geographers. 1996 B. Whittow Making of Byzantium viii. 252 On their return the Rus were attacked and defeated by the qaghan's irate Muslim subjects. B. adj. Of or relating to the Rus.In form Russ sometimes difficult to distinguish from Russ adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Germanic people > ancient Germanic peoples > [adjective] > tribes Belgic1577 Marcomannic1661 Suevic1663 Alemannic1669 Rugian1723 Saliana1727 Salic1781 Alemannian1786 Alemannish1813 Rus1877 1877 V. Thomsen Relations between Anc. Russia & Scand. ii. 61 The origin and signification of the Russ name Aïfar. 1914 W. B. Steveni Things seen in Sweden v. 122 The Arabian chroniclers, who came into contact with the Rūs vikings at Itel. 1976 H. R. E. Davidson Viking Road to Byzantium i. iv. 62 There is..general agreement that in the ninth century the important Rus state on the Dnieper around Kiev was formed. 2007 M. Chabon Gentlemen of Road (2008) xv. 189 A big man with skin the color of tarnished copper ran after him..and caught the Rus chieftain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † rusn.2 colloquial. Obsolete. rare. = rustication n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > punishment or dismissal bannition1640 bannimus1654 rustication1710 rusa1890 a1890 R. F. Burton in I. Burton Life R. F. Burton (1893) I. 90 I was singled out..by an especial recommendation not to return to Oxford from a Rus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1adj.a1837n.2a1890 |
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