ræs

See also: raes and raés

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ræːs/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *rēsō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s- (“to flow, rush”). Related to Old English rinnan (“to run”). Doublet of English race via Old Norse rás.

Noun

rǣs m

1. run
2. rush

Declension

Declension of rǣs (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	rǣs	rǣsas
accusative	rǣs	rǣsas
genitive	rǣses	rǣsa
dative	rǣse	rǣsum

Related terms

• rǣsan

Descendants

• Middle English: ræse, rese, resse, res
  • Scots: rese, res, reas, reace

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *rēswō (“counsel, reckoning”). Related to Old English rǣswan (“to consider, conjecture”).

Noun

rǣs f

1. counsel, deliberation

Declension

Declension of rǣs (strong wō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	rǣs	rǣswa, rǣswe
accusative	rǣswe	rǣswa, rǣswe
genitive	rǣswe	rǣswa
dative	rǣswe	rǣswum