Obs. Forms: 4 sonne rist, 5 sunne ryst, rest. [prob. shortening of sunne arist or uprist: see ARIST, UPRIST.] The sunrise; the east.
1340–70. Alisaunder, 791. Þis rink, or þe sonne rist,… passes in þe Paleis. Ibid., 855. Hee shall fare as farre as any freke dwelles, And right too þe sonne rist his raigne shall last.
c. 1460. Promp. Parv. (Winch. MS.), 448. Sunne rest, or rysyng of þe son.
