ræsan

Old English

rǣsan

to rush, move violently or impetuously
- 10th century, The Blickling Homilies:
  Hundas rǣsdon on ðone apostol
  Dogs rushed at the apostle
to proceed against something with violence, to assault, to attack
to rush into anything
- c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
  Oft mon biþ suīðe rempende and rǣsþ suīðe dollīce on ǣlc weorc and hrædlīce
  One is often very impulsive, and rushes very foolishly and quickly into each task

Conjugation of rǣsan (weak class 1)

⇒ Middle English: rasen (merged with Old Norse ræsa and/or Old Norse rás)
- English: race
- Scots: ras, rase, race

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “rǣsan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.