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racu

  • noun [ feminine ]
  • adjective
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Grammar
racu, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§57; §365; §366;
Rack (?), cloud, storm
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  • Ic wille ǽhta and ágend eall ácwellan ða beútan beóþ earce bordum ðonne sweart racu (

    the black clouds that overspread the sky at the Deluge

    ) stígan onginneþ,
      Cd. Th. 81, 34; Gen. 1355.
Etymology
[Cf. (?) In rede rudede upon rak rises þe sunne, Gaw. 1695. A rak and a royde wynde rose in hor saile, A myst and a merkenes was meruell to se, Destr. Tr. 1984. Or cf. (?) Icel. raki wet, rakr; adj. wet.]
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  • racu, n.; adj.