† to-rushv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To dash in pieces; to disperse with force; to rout.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > beat or dash to pieces
to-slaya700
to-beatc893
to-torvec1000
to-hurtc1230
to-busta1250
to-dashc1275
dash1297
crazec1369
to-bray1382
to-flap1382
quasha1387
to-rusha1387
astone1440
stun1470
beat1570
to-swinge-
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > drive away in all directions
to-driveOE
to-dreveOE
to-skairc1175
scattera1300
skaila1300
disparplea1325
sheda1325
discatterc1330
to-scattera1382
sparple1382
to-rusha1387
to-sparplea1387
deperpeyla1400
rat1402
sever1412
to-ratc1440
disparklec1449
scarkle1450
sparklea1470
disperse1503
shudderc1540
sparse1549
dissipate?c1550
to wap sindry1563
squander1622
rout1641
to feeze about1689
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 399 Al þis was by Goddis ordinaunce so sodeynliche destroyed, so to russhed and to broke.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1428 The Romaynes..arrayez þame better, And al to-ruscheez oure mene withe theire ryste horsez.
1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) v. x. sig. i.viiv Syre gawayne..smote thurgh shelde..and al to russhed and brake the precious stones.
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