A-rǽcan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - a-rǽcan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

a-rǽcan
p. -rǽhte, -rǽcte; pp. -rǽht. I. to reach, get at; prehendere, attingere :-- Ðæt man arǽcan mihte that one could reach, Chr. 1014; Ing. 193, 19. II. to hold forth, reach out, hand; porrigere :-- Arǽce me ða bóc porrige mihi librum, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 47.

Related words: rǽcan. a-ræcan

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