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racu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
racu, e ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§57; §365; §366;
an exposition, explanation, orderly account, narrative
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  • Racu

    historia,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 56.

  • Geþeahtung, gesceád vel racu

    conlatio, i. conductio, comparatio, conciliatio, i. datio, contentio,

      134, 44.

  • Gesytnys ł racu

    textus,

      Hpt. Gl. 505, 61.

  • Ús ne segþ ná seó racu (

    the narrative

    ), tó hwam hé hine sette,
      Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 3 : Jud. Thw. 156, 10.

  • Ðætte on Arones breóstum sceolde beón áwriten sió racu ðæs dómes

    ut in Aaron pectore rationale judicii imprimatur,

      Past. 13, 1 ; Swt. 77, 9.

  • Ðære býcnendlícan race

    allegoricae expositionis,

      Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 42.

  • Race historiae, Hpt. Gl. 459, 68 :

    prosae,

      528, 1.

  • Of racu

    relatione,

      480, 24.

  • Ic eom geþafa ðæs ðe ðú segst forþam ðe ðú hit hæfst geséþed mid gesceádwíslícre race

    assentior, cuncta enim firmissimis nexa rationibus constant,

      Bt. 34, 9 ; Fox 146, 8.

  • Ðú spenst mé on ða mǽstan sprǽce and on ða earfoþestan tó gereccenne. Ða race (

    the explanation

    ) sóhton ealle úþwitan,
      39, 4; Fox 216, 15.

  • Ic wolde reccan sume race,

      41, 4; Fox 252, 14.

  • Race

    narrationem,

      Hpt. Gl. 522, 54 : Lk. Skt. 1, 1.

  • Raca

    conlationes,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 47.

  • Racum

    relatibus,

      Hpt. Gl. 529, 39.

  • Hit is gerǽd on gewyrdelícum racum

    in historical narratives,

      Homl. Th. i. 58, 10.

  • Rǽde him mon ða raca oððe líf ðæra heáhfædera,

      R. Ben. 66, 17.
comedy
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  • Racu, túnlíc spǽc

    comedia,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 13: 82, 63.
the art of exposition, rhetoric
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  • Swá gedéþ se dreámcræft ðæt se mon biþ dreámere and seó racu déþ ðæt hé biþ reccere

    sic musica musicos, rhetorica rhetores facit,

      Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 32.
an account, reckoning
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  • Ðǽr wæs uneten racu unc gemǽne ; ic onféng ðín sár ðæt ðú móste gesǽlig mínes éðelríces eádig neótan,

      Exon. Th. 89, 20; Cri. 1460.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. rahha res, causa, ratio, fabula, circumlocutio.]
Similar entries
v. martyr-, riht-, swefnracu ; reccan.
Linked entries
v.  eá-racu.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “racu.” 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/25438.

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