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rǽdels

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
rǽdels, es; m.: e; f.: rǽdelse, rǽdelle (?), an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§277; §598;
counsel, consideration
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  • Seó rédelse and ðæt geþeaht úrra feónda geteorode,

      Ps. Th. 9, 6.
debate, speech in council (v. rǽdan, II b)
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  • Rǽdelse

    concionis, locutionis,

      Hpt. Gl. 461, 4.
conjecture, imagination, interpretation (v. rǽdan, VI a)
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  • Rǽswung

    vel rǽdels conjecture, i. opinatio, estimatio, interpretatio,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 53.

  • Ðeáh se leása wéna and sió rǽdelse ðara dysigena monna tiohhie ðæt se anweald síe ðæt héhste gód (

    hominum fallax opinio

    ),
      Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 32.

  • Eall ðis ðú gerehtest tó sóðe swíðe gesceádwíslíce búton ǽlcre leásre rǽdelsan

    haec nullis extrinsecus sumtis, sed altero ex altero fidem trahente, insitis domesticisque probationibus explicabas,

      35, 5; Fox 164, 31.

  • Hrǽdelse

    conjectura, argumentatione,

      Hpt. Gl. 443, 19.

  • Of rǽdelse

    conjectura, 460, 11. III a. the imaginative faculty :-- Hé (man) hine ongit þurh his rǽdelsan (imaginatio) synderlíce, þurh his gesceádwísnesse (ratio )

    synderlíce,
      Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 19.
a dark saying, enigma, riddle
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  • Rǽdels

    aenigma,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 1; Som. 8, 23.

  • Hé ásette rǽdels ðus cweðende : Swá hwilc man swá mínne rǽdels riht árǽde onfó se mýnre dohtor tó wífe, and se ðe hine misrǽde, sý hé beheáfdod, Ap. Th. 3, 8-11.

    The riddle is given on

    p.4.

  • Ða clamme ðe ða rǽdellan(rǽdelsan ?) wið rýnemenn heáld,

      Exon. Th. 423, 31; Rä. 43, 13.

  • Ic sprece tó him openlíce næs þurh rédelsas (

    per aenigmata;

    dark speeches,
      A. V.), Num. 12, 8.
Etymology
[Wick. redels : Piers P. redel, ridel : Prompt. Parv. rydyl or probleme enigma : M. H. Ger. rátsal : M. L. Ger. rédelse.]
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v. rǽsele.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “rǽdels.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/25475.

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