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rǽsan

  • verb [ weak ]
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rǽsan, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§531;
To rush, move violently or impetuously; inruere
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  • Rǽsde

    inruit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 56.
of actual movement
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  • Seó hǽtu rǽsde on ða ðe ðæt fýr ǽlde,

      Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 9.

  • Hé, getogene ðý wǽpne, rǽsde on ðone cyning,

      2, 9; S. 511, 22.

  • Hé út rǽsde on ðone æþeling,

      Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 34.

  • Se stranga wind ðǽr on rǽsde,

      Shrn. 81, 32.

  • Hit on ús and on úre wícstówe rǽsde,

      Nar. 15, 20 : Beo. Th. 5373; B. 2690.

  • Hiá rǽsdon (

    inruerent

    ) on hine,
      Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 3, 10.

  • Hundas rǽsdon on ðone apostol,

      Blickl. Homl. 181, 21.

  • Hié rǽsdon on gífrum grápum,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2670; An. 1336.

  • Wǽron hý reówe tó rǽsanne gífrum grápum,

      Exon. Th. 126, 27; Gú. 377.

  • Rǽsed eode

    impetu abiit,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 32.
of violent action,
to proceed against with violence, to assault, attack
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  • Se hláford ne scrífþ freónde ne feónde, ac hé réðigmód rǽst on gehwilcne wédehunde gelícost (cf. se ne murnþ náuþer ne friénd ne fiénd ðe má ðe wédende hund,

      Bt. 37. 1; Fox 186, 7-8), Met. 25, 17.

  • Hine (deáþ) rǽscþ on gífrum grápum,

      Exon. Th. 161, 34; Gú. 968.

  • Hú longe on rǽsaþ (

    inruitis

    ) gé on men,
      Ps. Surt. 61, 4.

  • On rǽsdun (

    inruerunt

    ) in mé stronge,
      58, 4.

  • Ðæs burhgeréfan sunu wolde rǽsan on hí on ðæm scandhúse and hí bysmrian,

      Shrn. 56, l1.
of precipitate action,
to rush (into anything)
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  • Oft mon biþ suíðe rempende, and rǽsð suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce,

      Past. 20; Swt. 149, 12.

  • Geþence se láriów ðæt hé unwærlíce forþ ne rǽse on ða sprǽce,

      15; Swt. 95, 9.
Similar entries
v. be-, ge-, in-, þurh-rǽsan; fǽr-rǽsende.
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v.  on-rǽsan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “rǽsan.” 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/25538.

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