v. (pres. 3 sg.)
'rushes'
(Modern English rase)All major authorities derive the ME v. from the ON form of the root in /ɑ/ (a formation on the a-grade of the PGmc root *rēs-), cp. OIcel rasa ‘to rush headlong; stumble’. It is also possible to claim input from the ON v. represented by OIcel rása ‘to race, run’ (as Nagano 1966: 63), even though (despite WGmc equivalents OE rǣsan, OHG, MLG rāsen ‘to race, rage’) this is scantily attested in medieval texts and may be a recent derivation on the n. (ONP has a solitary attestation from the 15c.); or for that matter to derive the ME v. from the n. race. See further race.
PGmc Ancestor
?*ras- or *rēsōjan- or *rēs-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
rasa ‘to rush headlong; stumble’; rása ‘to race, run’
(ONP rasa (vb.), rása (vb.),)
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far rasa, Norw rasa, Icel rasa, Dan rase, Sw dial rasa; Far rása, Icel rása
OE Cognate
rǣsan 'to rush, hasten'
Phonological and morphological markers
[ON /ɑ:/ < PGmc */e:/ (1)] (may not be applicable)
Summary category
C2
The handful of citations in MED are widely distributed in date and dial.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 1461