ræsan

Meaning

1. to rush, move violently or impetuously

   10th century, The Blickling Homilies

   Dogs rushed at the apostle

2. to proceed against something with violence, to assault, to attack

3. to rush into anything

   Oft mon biþ suīðe rempende and rǣsþ suīðe dollīċe on ǣlċ weorc and hrædlīċe

   One is often very impulsive, and rushes very foolishly and quickly into each task

   c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care

Conjugation