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racente

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
racente, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§404;
A chain, fetter
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  • Licgaþ mé ymbe írenbendas, rídeþ acerntan sál,

      Cd. Th. 24, 3; Gen. 372.
  • Gebunden mid gyldenre racentan

    vinctum compedibus aureis,

      Ors. 3, 9 ; Swt. 128, 12.
  • Gerǽped mid his racentan,

      Met. 13, 8 : 25, 37 : 26, 78.
  • Racentan slítan,

      13, 29.
  • Sleán on ða raccentan and on copsas,

      Bt. 38, 1 ; Fox 194, 32.
  • Geseah hé his sylfes ungesǽlige stówe and carcern (racetan, MS. B.)

    videt suum infelix carcerem,

      Bd. 5. 14; S. 635, 3.
  • Hié hine hæfdon geþreátodne mid fýrenum racentum,

      Blickl. Homl. 43, 31.
  • Ðonne hié mon on racentum beforan hiera triumphan drifon

    regibus catenatis ante currum actis,

      Ors. 5; 1 ; Swt. 214, 16.
  • Restart on racentum,

      Cd. Th. 28, 11 ; Gen. 434.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. rahhinza baga : Icel. rekendr; pl. f. a chain.]
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v.  racete.
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  • racente, n.