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Old English Dictionary Entry

Rásettan

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1 rásettan

p. te To move impetuously, to rage (of fire) :-- Hé (Nero) wolde fandian, gif ðæt fýr (at the burning of Rome) meahte swá longe reád rásettan, swá hé secgan gehérde, ðæt Troia burg ofertogen hæfde léga leóhtost, Met. 9, 14. Blác rásetteþ reáda líg, reðe scríþeþ, Exon. Th. 51, 1; Cri. 809. Cf. rǽs. rasettan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚪᛋᛖᛏᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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