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csian
V
have power
, to rule, govern, reign
Source:
https://bosworthtoller.com/25784
,
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ricsian#Old_English
Attested in
Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia
("rixode")
originates from: PWGmc
*rīkisōn
"to rule, reign" (rīkisōn
>
rīkisān
>
rīċisān
>
rīcsān
>
rīcsan) through pwgmc-to-oe
Inflected forms
rixode
"have power
.pst.3sg
" (
oe-past-3sg
)
Paradigms