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raca

(n.)
Grammar
raca, an; m.
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A rake Raca rastrum vel rastellum, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 10

Linked entries: racu ræce

-raca

(suffix)

Similar entry: ǽrend-raca

ofen-raca

(n.)
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Add: <b>-racu,</b> e ; f.

ǽrend-raca

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Yldest ǽrendraca a responsis, i. magister responsorum, Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 33. Hé ðæs ǽrendes ǽrendraca wæs from Alexandre, Ors. 3, 11; S. 144, 22. Swifte ǽrendracan veltes, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 23. Ǽrendracum gerulis, An. Ox. 7, 281. Ǽrenddracan, Past. 39,

ǽrend-raca

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend-raca, ǽrend-wreca, an; m. [ǽrend an errand; raca, wreca from reccan to tell, wrecan to utter]

A messengerambassadoran apostleangelnuntiusapostolusangelus

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A messenger, ambassador, an apostle, angel; nuntius, apostolus, angelus Se ǽrendraca nys mǽrra ðonne se ðe hine sende non est apostolus major eo qui misit eum, Jn. Bos. 13,16. Sende he ǽrendracan misit legatarios, Bd. 5, 21; S. 64a, 34. Gabriél Godes

Linked entries: ǽrend-wreca -raca

ofen-raca

(n.)
Grammar
ofen-raca, an; m.

An oven-rake, an instrument for clearing out an oven or furnace

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An oven-rake, an instrument for clearing out an oven or furnace Ofenraca rotabulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 34 : 27, 10

Linked entry: hláf-ræce

racu

(n.)
Grammar
racu, e ; f.
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Ða race ( the explanation ) sóhton ealle úþwitan, 39, 4; Fox 216, 15. Ic wolde reccan sume race, 41, 4; Fox 252, 14. Race narrationem, Hpt. Gl. 522, 54 : Lk. Skt. 1, 1. Raca conlationes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 47. Racum relatibus, Hpt. Gl. 529, 39.

Linked entry: eá-racu

ráha

Grammar
ráha, v. rá
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racu

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Add [Godspel]licere race cwydas euangelicę relationis (i. narrationis) dicta, An. Ox. 169. 'Mid fæsthafelre race ł smeáþancelre trahtnunge tenaci (i. subtili) textu, 192.

racu

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
racu, e; f.
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Rack (?), cloud, storm 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

racu

Grammar
racu, e.
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Add: an Worhte hé him áne lytlan racan (rastrum) . . . geteáh hé þá racan æfter þǽre eorðan, Gr. D. 192, 24-193, 1

racu

(n.)
Grammar
racu, e; f.
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A rake Hé sceal habban race (cf.. man sceal habban ofnrace, 265, 2), Anglia ix. 263, 7

racu

(n.)
Grammar
racu, e; f.
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Kmbl. v. 122, 15 ; and see streám-racu. [Ryde doun þis ilk rake, bi ȝon rokke syde, Gaw. 2144. Out of the rake of riȝtwisnes renne suld he nevire, Alex. 3384.]

racca

(n.)
Grammar
racca, an; m.
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Icel. rakki the ring by which the sailyard moves round the mast Racca anguina (cf. cops anguina, 56, 56 : bogen streng anguina, 35, 26. The word occurs among a list of names for ropes under the heading de nave et partibus ejus ), Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 63

ræce

Grammar
ræce, ræcu.
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Add: v. fýr-, hláf-ræce (-u)

racsan

(v.)
Grammar
racsan, raxan
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to stretch one&#39;s self after sleep Swá hé of hefegum slǽpe raxende áwóce, Guthl. 12; Gdwin. 60, 6. [Cf. Après dormer il co espreche raskyt hym, Wrt. Voc. i. 152, 25. He ( sloth ) his brest knocked and roxed (raxed, MS. W.: roskid, MS. B.) and

Linked entry: raxan

rǽw

(n.)
Grammar
rǽw, ráw, e; f.
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A row, line Ðonon on ða rǽwe ( hedge-row ); of ðære reáwe on Temese, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 275, 20. Sele ðonne drincan sume on (on sume, MS.) ráwe nigon dagon nine days in succession, Lchdm. ii. 238, 10. Cf. He sende hem so muche honger and luþer geres

Linked entry: ráw

rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
rǽs, (?). On the analogy of blód-lǽs, -lǽswu (q. v.) this might be entered as rǽs, rǽswu : <b>rǽsa</b> (?).

Similar entry: on-rǽsa

ráwan

Grammar
ráwan, (?). Substitute: <b>ráwan.</b>

racian

(v.)
Grammar
racian, p. ode.
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Hé sceal rǽdan and racian (reccean, MS. T.) óðra manna sáulum, R. Ben. 14, 6. Hé þeódum sceal racian(rǽdan, Kmbl.) mid rihte, Andr.