regest

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regest

(rɪˈdʒɛst)
n
obsolete a retort
vb (tr)
1. to register; record
2. to retort or cast back
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To facilitate an understanding of the Latin texts Ludwig has provided what he calls "structured paraphrases" (strukturierte Paraphrasen) in German, arguing that a complete German translation would have been too long while a brief "regest" too short.
Teudric King of Glamorgan, whom the Regest of Landaff recounts to have bin alwaies victorious in fight; to have Reign'd about this time, and at length to have exchanged his Crown for a Hermitage; till in the aid of his Son Mouric, whom the Saxons had reduc'd to extremes, taking Arms again, he defeated them at Tinterne by the River Wye; but himself receav'd a mortal wound.(5)
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