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raxan

  • verb [ uncertain ]
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to stretch oneself after sleep
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  • Hé þá se ylca man, swá hé of hefegum slǽpe raxende áwóce, and hé eft tó his hǽlo féng

    ipse velut qui de aestuantis gurgitis fluctibus ad portum deducitur, longa suspiria imo de pectore trahens ad pristinam salutis valetudinem redditum se esse intellexit,

      Guth. Gr. 148, 44.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. rax.]
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v. racsan in Dict.
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v.  racsan.
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  • raxan, v.