A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Rase], sb. a race, rush, SkD; ras, SkD, S2; rese, S2; res, SD, G (n); rees, attack, fit of passion, G.—AS. rǽs.

[ Rasen], v. to scrape, Prompt.—OF. raser; Late Lat. rasare, freq. of Lat. radere.

[ Rasour], sb. razor, C2, C, W2; rasure, H (Ps. 51. 2).—OF. rasoir; Late Lat. rasorium.

[ Raspen], v. to rasp, scrape, SkD; rospen, S.—OF. rasper; OHG. raspón, see Weigand.

[ Rasse], sb. a raised mound or eminence, a cairn of stones, S2; raise, HD. See [Reysen].

[ Rat], pr. s. reads, PP; see [Reden].

[ Raþ], sb. advice, S, SD.—Icel. ráð.

[ Rathe], v. to advise, HD. See above.

[ Raðe], adj. quick, swift, SD; rad, quick, S; rade, pl., S; raddere, comp. pl., S.—AS. hræð, hreð, also hræd, hred, quick, also rad. Cp. Chron. ann. 755 (Parker) with the Laud MS.

[ Rathe], adv. early, PP, S2, S3; quickly, S, S2; reaðe, S; rath, B; raðer, comp., sooner, rather, PP, S, S2, C2; redþer, S; raðest, superl., PP; raðeste, S.