racu
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A 'rake' (rake a mountain track across a steep, Cumberland Gloss. e. g. the Lord's rake on Sca-fell), a hollow path, bed of a stream Cf. Andlang bróces ; ðanon . . . on ða ealdan eárace, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 122, 15 ; and see streám-racu.
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.
rád-wérig
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Th. 401, 19; Rä. 21, 14
ram-gealla
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Ram-gall (a plant name); menyanthes trifoliata Ramgeallan ðone fágan, Lchdm. ii. 124, 13. Hramgeallo, 140, 13
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racu
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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
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A rake Hé sceal habban race (cf.. man sceal habban ofnrace, 265, 2), Anglia ix. 263, 7
floc-rád
A riding company ⬩ a troop ⬩ turma
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A riding company, a troop; turma Ðá fundon hie óðre flocráde, ðæt rád út wið Lygtúnes then they raised another troop, which rode out towards Leighton, Chr. 917, Erl. 102, 15.
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þunor-rád
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Add: — Seóþunorád (se dunorrád, v.l.) ofslóh ealle] þá nǽd-ran idem tonitrus omnes serpentes interemit, Gr.
rand
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[Cf. later English rand border, strip, slice :-- Raweȝ and randeȝ, Allit. Pms, 4, 105. Randes of bakun, Piers P. Crede 763. Rand a narrow stripe, Jameson. Rand the edge of the upper leather, a seam of a shoe, Bailey.
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rǽd
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Ðæne rǽd ( paying the Danes ) gerǽdde Síríc, 991; Erl. 131, 19. Rǽd geþencean, Cd. Th. 19, 4; Gen. 286 : 35, 28; Gen. 561. Rǽd áhicgan, 122, 24; Gen. 2031 : 131, 24; Gen. 2181. Rǽdas consulta, Wrt.
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rǽd
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in composition of adjectives, v. án-, fæst-, heard-, hwæt-, læt-, wiðer-rǽd[e]
rǽd
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Hé cwæð ꝥ sume dæge wǽre mid gafoles neóde genéded sum getreówe wer, and him nyste nǽnne rǽd, Gr. D. 157, 23. Ne canst þú þé nǽnne rǽd, Hml. S. 35, 34. Add Ic gelýfe ꝥ hit sý rǽd (operae pretium credo) ꝥ ic ásægce ðá sprǽce, Gr. D. 305, 17.
ragu
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Ragu and meós ( rubigo ) fornymþ ealle eówre landes wæstmas, Deut. 28, 42. v. berc-, sláhþorn-ragu
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ranc
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C. 35; Th. ii. 358. 5. v. ofer-ranc. bold, valiant (Icel. rakkr courageous, bold) Ðǽr mihton geseón Winceastre leódan rancne here and unearhne a host bold and fearless, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 26
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rǽs
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a race, swift or violent running, rush 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.
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réc
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Th. 381, 5; Rä. 2, 6
ræps
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Sý án rǽding gerǽd, and án swýðe scort ræps æfterfylige, R. Ben. 34, 53. Án rǽding, æfter ðam reps (ræps, MSS. O. F. : ryps, MS. T.), ymen, fers and lofsang, 36, 21. Æfter ðæm glorian ðæs feórþan repses (ræpses, MS. O.), 35, 18.
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hweól-rád
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A wheel-road, rut; fig. an orbit Huueólrád, hueólrád, -raat orbita, Txts. 82, 710. Hweoglrád, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 52
-rǽd
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Add: á-, ge-, gelóm-, oft-, twi-, unfæst-, wiþ-rǽd[e]