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rǽs

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
rǽs, es; m.
a race, swift or iviolent 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
; if. a race, running.]
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v.  rǽs-bora.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “rǽs.” 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/25536.

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