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rǽswan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
rǽswan, rǽswian, rǽsian, résian; p. ede, ode
To think, suppose, suspect, consider, conjecture
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  • Tó ðǽm sóðum gesǽlþum ðe ðín mód oft ymbe rǽsweþ

    ad veram felicitatem, quam tuus somniat animus,

      Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 7.

  • Résiaþ

    comminiscimus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 7.

  • Résiat,

      77, 24.

  • Hié eallneg rǽswaþ and ondrǽdaþ ðæt hí mon tǽlan wille

    they are always suspecting and dreading that people want to blame them,

      Past. 35, 2; Swt. 239, 6.

  • Ðú rǽswedest (

    existimasti

    ) swíðe unryhte ðæt ic wǽre ðín gelíca,
      Ps. Th. 49, 22.

  • Hé résade (

    suspicabatur

    ) ðæt hé hæfde ðæs Cáseres ǽrendo sum tó Breotone cyningum ... Ðá hé ongeat ðæt hit swá ne wæs swá hé résade,
      Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 48-,565. 3.

  • Rǽswodan, spǽcan, wǽron gemunende

    comminiscuntur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 1.

  • Ne réccaþ hwæt him mon ymbe rǽswe

    mala de se opinari permittunt,

      Past. 59, 1; Swt. 447, 28.

  • Ðá ongan hé mid gleáwe móde þencan and rǽsian (résian, MS. C.) coepit sagaci animo conjicere, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 21 note. Résigan

    opinare,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 115. 55.

  • Rǽswian

    conici, conari,

      131, 79.

  • Résenðe ic eom

    suspicatus sum,

      Ps. Surt. 118, 39. v. next word.
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v.  résian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “rǽswan.” 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/25549.

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