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| radwain | n | a swift chariot; [‹OE hrædwægn]
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| rainbow bridge | n | an idyllic place where a pet animal goes after death, where it will eventually be reunited with its owner.; [NE: rainbow + bridge]
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| rainshade | n | a tool for keeping the rain from the body, made of a circle of cloth stretched over a frame; umbrella [neologism, from rain + shade, based on sunshade]
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| rainy-brained | adj | pessimistic; [neologism, from rainy + brain]
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| rake | n | a narrative, an account; an exposition, a treatise; |
| ramson | n | a broad leaf species of garlic, allium ursinum, garlic; garlic, buckram, a leek [NE < OE hramsan]
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| ravenstone | n | an execution site in Britain; [NE: raven + stone]
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| ream | n | the milkfat that rises to the top; a film or skin on the surface of milk; cream [‹NE ream]
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| reard | n | voice, speech, loud vocal outburst, cry, roar; steven |
| redeship | n | political entity that controls, maintains, and represents a nation or state; government [neologism, from rede (archaic, "to advise, guide, govern") + -SHIP]
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| rede | n&vb | advice, counsel; to advise, to counsel; [< NE rede & ME rēd]
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| redlighter | n | a sexworker; [NE: red + light]
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| reem | vb | to lament, to complain, to mourn; to cry out, to call out, to shout [ᛏ]; [‹ME rẹ̄men]
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| rease | vb | to run, to rush, to hasten; to attack [ᛏ]; to charge (such as in battle); [‹ME rēsen]
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| Reethmonth | n(p) | March; [‹OE hrēþmōnaþ]
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| reep | vb | to touch; to touch on, discuss; to afflict; |
| reeping | n | touching; the sense of touch, sensation; |
| retch | vb | to explain, to expound; to describe; to interpret; |
| rether | n | breast, bosom; |
Ri[]
| rightwiseness | n | justice; righteousness [‹ME rightwīsnesse]
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| rightledge | vb | to correct, to rectify; [‹ME rightlēchen]
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| rich | n; adj | a state, a country, a realm; wealthy; powerful; |
| rimecraft | n | the art of numbers; arithmetic [‹OE rīmcræft ⁊ gerīmcræft]
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| rimecraftly | adj | arithmetic, arithmetical, numerical; [OE+NE: rīmcræft + -ly]
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| rimelike | adj | rhythmic, numerical; [ME rime + NE -like]
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| rimethurse | n | frost giant; [rime "hoar frost" + thurse "giant"]
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| rindle | n | a small watercourse or stream; a gutter; runnel, rithe, stream |
| rist | n | source, origin, rising; well, spring, lift |
| rithemeet | n | confluence; [NE: rithe 'small stream' + meet]
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Ro[]
| rood | n | cross, crucifix; [NE]
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| roomlike | adj | spatial; [E: room + -like]
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| rootfast | adj | firmly established; [NE]
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| rown | n | mystery, secret; whisper; rune; |
| rus | n | the crust or surface of the Earth; the ground; [‹OE hruse]
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| rover | n | turtle, tortoise; [shortening of roofer or roofpod
~ akin to 'stegosaurus', meaning 'roofed lizard'] |
Ru[]
| rusted-on | adj | (neologism) diehard, loyal, from the heartland; true, steadfast [NE: rusted + on; as, 'Even rusted-on supporters are criticizing Labor's performance in Government.]
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