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Raxan

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1 raxan

to stretch oneself after sleep :-- Hé þá se ylca man, swá hé of hefegum slǽpe raxende áwóce, and hé eft tó his hǽlo féng ipse velut qui de aestuantis gurgitis fluctibus ad portum deducitur, longa suspiria imo de pectore trahens ad pristinam salutis valetudinem redditum se esse intellexit, Guth. Gr. 148, 44. [N. E. D. rax.] in Dict. raxan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚪᚳᛋᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ælfric's Grammar
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