ruden

== English == === Etymology === From rude +‎ -en. === Verb === ruden (third-person singular simple present rudens, present participle rudening, simple past and past participle rudened) (transitive) To make rude; make raw, simplified, or more robust; toughen. 1984, The Poetic Works of Charles Harpur: None ever voyaged the wild sea of Life / Less warped and rudened by its stormy strife, […] === Anagrams === nuder, under-, urned, unred, runed, under, Düren, Duren, Rendu == Danish == === Noun === ruden c definite singular of rude == Middle English == === Alternative forms === rodye === Etymology === Inherited from Old English rudian, from Proto-West Germanic *rodēn, *rudēn, from Proto-Germanic *rudāną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti; equivalent to rode (“ruddiness”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Compare rudnen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrudən/ === Verb === ruden (third-person singular simple present rudeth, present participle rudende, rudynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle ruded) (rare) To redden; to become or make red. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: rud ==== References ==== “ruden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.