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ǽrend-raca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ǽrend-raca, ǽrend-wreca, an; m. [ǽrend an errand; raca, wreca from reccan to tell, wrecan to utter]
A messenger, ambassador, an apostle, angel; nuntius, apostolus, angelus
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  • Se ǽrendraca nys mǽrra ðonne se ðe hine sende

    non est apostolus major eo qui misit eum,

    • Jn. Bos. 13,16
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  • Sende he ǽrendracan

    misit legatarios,

    • Bd. 5, 21; S. 64a, 34
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  • Gabriél Godes ǽrendraca

    Gabriel God's angel.

    • Hy. 10, 12
    • .
  • Ǽrendraca,

    • Bd. 2, 9; S. 510, 27: 2, 12
    • ;
    • S. 513, 8; 515, 3: 1, 12
    • ;
    • S. 480, 25
    • .
  • Ǽrendraca

    an apostle.

    • Wrt. Voc. 42, 1
    • .
  • Ǽrendraca unnytnesse

    a tale-bearer,

    • Cot. 139
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  • Gesibbe ǽrendracan

    messengers of peace;

    caduceatores vel pacifici,

    • Wrt. Voc. 36, 6
    • .
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v.  ǽrend-wreca -raca.
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  • ǽrend-raca, n.