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rád

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Add Rád ðín aequitatus tuus, Ps. Rdr. 284, 8. Hire hind hire ealne weg beforan arn ðonne hió on ráde wæs, Lch. iii. 426, 27. <b>I a.</b> a ride on horseback :-- Sceal hé (an old man ) þá eágon weccan mid gongum, mid rádum oþþe mid þý þe hine

rán

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ráp

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Add: v. æfter-, fót-, wǽde-ráp

ge-rǽswa

(n.)
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ge-rǽswa, an; m. [rǽswa a chief]

A chief, prince ⬩ dux, princeps

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A chief, prince; dux, princeps Cymeþ engla gerǽswa the prince of angels cometh, Salm. Kmbl. 223; Sal. 111

þeów-racu

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þeów-racu, þíw-, þýw-[w]racu, e, an; f.

A threat ⬩ threatening

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A threat, threatening Martianus hét hí gebúgan tó his deófolgyldum, ðe læs ðe hí fordémede wurdon; ac Iulianus ne róhte ðæs réðan þýwrace (cared not for the cruel one's threat), Homl. Skt. i. 4, 114. Þreále oððe þeówraca[n?] invectionis, inlationis,

Linked entry: þeów-racian

ge-rǽwod

(adj.)
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ge-rǽwod, ge-rǽwud; adj. (ptcpl.) Of troops,
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drawn up in line Gerǽwud (printed -rǽrud) féda acies Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 26

Linked entry: -rǽwod

ǽrend-raca

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

A messenger ⬩ ambassador ⬩ an apostle ⬩ angel ⬩ nuntius ⬩ apostolus ⬩ angelus

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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

dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morning ⬩ dilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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Betweox ðam dægréde [-rǽde MS. R.] and sunnan upgange between dawn and sunrise, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 6, 19; Lchdm. iii. 244, 6.

magu-rǽswa

(n.)
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magu-rǽswa, an; m.

A leader of men ⬩ a chief

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-ræwa), 145; Th. 181, 2; Exod. 55 : 143; Th. 178, 25; Exod. 17

Linked entry: rǽswa

met-ráp

(n.)
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met-ráp, es; m.

A line for sounding the depth of water

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A line for sounding the depth of water Sundgyrd on scipe vel metráp bolidis (βoλίς ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 46: 11, 17

mid-rád

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mid-rád, e; f.

A riding with another

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A riding with another Ðæt ǽlc man wǽre óðrum gelástfull ge æt spore ge æt midráde ( in accompanying the other in following the trace of the lost property ), L. Æðelst. v. 4; Th. i. 232, 12

swegel-rád

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swegel-rád, e; f.

Music ⬩ music of the flute

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Music (?) Scyl wæs hearpe, hlúdc hlynede, hleóþor dynede, sweglrád swinsade, Exon. Th. 353, 47; Reim. 29

rǽde-cempa

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rǽde-cempa, an; m.
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A mounted soldier Rǽdewíga vel [rǽde] -cempa equester, qui equitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 66

Linked entries: rǽde rǽde-wíga

mæst-ráp

(n.)
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mæst-ráp, es; m.

A rope fastening a sail to a mast

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A rope fastening a sail to a mast, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 27; Exod. 82

helpend-ráp

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helpend-ráp, es; m.
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A rope used to help or support Helpendráp opiffera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 47

Linked entry: helpend-bǽre

brim-rád

(n.)
Grammar
brim-rád, e; f.

The sea-road ⬩ the sea ⬩ maris cursus ⬩ mare

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The sea-road, the sea; maris cursus, mare Geofon swaðrode, brimrád gebád the ocean subsided, the sea-road stopped, Andr. Kmbl. 3172; An. 1589: 2525; An. 1264

on-rád

(n.)
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on-rád, e; f.

Riding on horseback

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Riding on horseback Sécen hié him broc on onráde and on wǽne let them seek for themselves fatigue in riding on horseback and in a carriage, Lchdm. ii. 184, 13

rand-wíga

(n.)
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rand-wíga, an; m.
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Randwígena ræst ( the camping of the Israelites on their march ), Cd. Th. 186, 5; Exod. 134. Randwígum frætwa dǽlan, 171, 14; Gen. 2828

ge-rǽde

(n.)
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ge-rǽde, es; n.
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Add: The word seems used only in the pl. ge-rǽdu(-a). An ornament, trapping. for a person Wé lǽrað ꝥ man geswíce higeleásra gewǽda and dislicra gerǽda, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 16. for a horse Ǽfteráp postela, gerǽdu falere, brídel frenum, Wrt.

wiþer-rǽde

(adj.)
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wiþer-rǽde, adj.

Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature

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Ongeán ðam wíslícan rǽde, ðe of Godes ágenre gyfe cymð, se wiðerrǽda deófol (the devilish adversary ) sǽwð réceleásnesse, Wulfst. 53, 7. Wurdon wiðerrǽde se cyng and se eorl, Chr. 1104; Erl. 239, 24.