rǽswa
- noun [ masculine ]
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Cwæð ðá se ðe wæs cyninges rǽswa (cf. 'the king spake unto his counsellors ... They answered and said unto the king,' Dan. 3, 14), wís and wordgleáw,
- Cd. Th. 242, 11; Dan. 417.
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Se rǽswa (
Nebuchadnezzar
),- 256, 14; Dan. 640.
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Werodes rǽswa, Babilone weard,
- 246, 31; Dan. 487.
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Folca rǽswa, Caldea cyning,
- 257. 34; Dan. 667.
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Ealwealdan Gode, þeóda rǽswan,
- Andr. Kmbl. 3243; An. 1624,
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Ðá wearð forht manig folces rǽswa
many a chief man among the Mermedonians,
- Andr. Kmbl. 2174; An. 1088.
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Gesetton Sennar leóda rǽswan leófum mannum heora,
- 99, 34; Gen. 1656 : 100, 25; Gen. 1669.
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Folces rǽswan (
the chief men with Holofernes
),- Judth. Thw. 21, l0; Jud. 12.
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Leóda rǽswan (
the chief men of Bethulia
),- 24, 8; Jud. 178.
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Hæleþa rǽswan, dugoþ dómgeorne (
the high priest and his fellows
),- Andr. Kmbl. 1384; An. 692.
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Módgleáwe men, middangeardes rǽswan,
- Salm. Kmbl. 362; Sal. 180.
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Rǽswan herges,
the leaders of the host,
- Cd. Th. 192, 20; Exod. 234.
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Hé beforan fremede folces rǽswum (
the chief men among the Jews
),- Andr. Kmbl. 1238; An. 619.
Bosworth, Joseph. “rǽswa.” 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/25548.
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