p. ode. I. to direct, rule (cf. reccan) :-- Ðæt is ðæt héhste gód ðæt eallum swá gereclíce racaþ and swá eáðelíce hit eall set est summum bonum, quod regit cuncta fortiter, suaviterque disponit, Bt. 35, 4 ; Fox 162, 1. Gif hí næfdon ǽnne God ðe him eallum stiórde and racode and rǽdde, 34, 12; Fox 154, 5. Hé sceal rǽdan and racian (reccean, MS. T.) óðra manna sáulum, R. Ben. 14, 6. Hé þeódum sceal racian ,(rǽdan, Kmbl.) mid rihte, Andr. Kmbl. 1041; An. 521. II. to take a course or direction, to run (cf. racu a ' rake ') :-- Hé his tungan gehealde ðæt hió ne racige on unnytte sprǽca ne lingua per verba inutiliter defluat, Past. 38, 5; Swt. 275, 19. Ne biþ ná gebeorhlíc, ðam ðe wið God hæfþ forworht hine sylfne, ðæt hé tó hrædlíce intó Godes húse æfter ðam racige, ac stande ðǽr úte, Wulfst. 155, 21. [Cf. (?) Scott. raik to move expeditiously; rack a swift pace : Chauc. rakel hasty : Icel. rakr straight; rak-leið, -leiðis straightway : Swedish raka to run hastily.] racian