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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1929
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RUE, v.2 [rø]
1. To drizzle (Ork. 1911 Svenska Landsmål 337).
2. To talk in a rambling nonsensical manner, freq. of a drunk person.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
He was sittan there just ruean oot o' him. Ruean wi' drink.
[Norw. dial. rjoda, rjoa, ry, to eject, spray out, drizzle, to chatter, O.N. hrjóða, to throw or spread out.]
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