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See also: Ruden, rüden, Rüden, and rûdəñ

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Etymology

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From rude +‎ -en.

Verb

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ruden (third-person singular simple present rudens, present participle rudening, simple past and past participle rudened)

  1. (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, []

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Danish

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Noun

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ruden c

  1. definite singular of rude

Middle English

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Etymology

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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.

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ruden (third-person singular simple present rudeth, present participle rudende, rudynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle ruded)

  1. (rare) To redden; to become or make red.

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  • English: rud

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