Rásettan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Rásettan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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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

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚪᛋᛖᛏᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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