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raben

Bingham

ræ/ben

vi. to increase in size perpendicularly as the batua when about to fight.

Sabatier

raben

v. to move (going, flying, swimming, sailing), sideways (for ex. as aeroplane veering), to lean to one side.
red. rabeniben: to oscillate, to move now on one side, now on another (as dying fish).
ex. rabeniben nako: moving in this manner.