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rǽs

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
rǽs, es; m.
a race, swift or
violent running, rush
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  • Wæs se þridda hlýp, rodorcyninges rǽs ðá hé on róde ástág,

      Exon. Th. 45, 30; Cri. 727.
  • Micle rǽse (

    magno impetu

    ) worn tódrifen wæs on sǽ,
      Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 13.
  • Mycelum rǽse,

      Lk. Skt. 8, 33.
  • Ðæt hors sum slóg on ðam wege mid swíðran rǽse (

    valentiore impetu

    ) oferhleóp,
      Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 17.
  • Ongeán ðam rǽse ðæs forþgotenan streámes

    contra impetum fluvii decurrentis,

      5, 10; S. 625, 7.
  • Hé hét hwílon ða hundas ætstandan ðe urnon on ðam rǽse deórum getenge

    he sometimes ordered the dogs to stop that were running at full speed close upon the game,

      Homl. Th. ii. 514, 25.
an onset, attack
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  • Beadumægnes rǽs,

      Cd. Th. 198, 28; Exod. 329.
  • Hit ofslóh mínra þegna xxvi. áne rǽse (

    in one onslaught

    ),
      Nar. 15, 25.
  • Ðá wearð líg tólýsed, leád wíde sprong, hæleþ wurdon acle for ðý rǽse,

      Exon. Th. 277, 27; Jul. 587.
  • Hé gúðe rǽs mid his freádryhtne fremman sceolde,

      Beo. Th. 5246; B. 2626.
  • Gúðe rǽsum,

      4702; B. 2356.
Etymology
[Laym. ræs, res, reas an attack, onslaught : Allit. Pms, to run in on a res to rush in : Icel. rás; f. a race, running.]
Similar entries
v. beadu-, deáþ-, feónd-, gár-, gúþ-, hand-, heaðo-, hilde-, mǽg-, mægen-, on-, scyte-, sweord-, syn-, wæl-rǽs.
Linked entries
v.  rǽs-bora.
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