{{Short description|German chronicler}} '''Rahewin''' was an important German chronicler at the abbey of Freising in Bavaria.<ref>{{emc1|Simone Finkele|Rahewin of Freising|1250-1251}}</ref> He was secretary and chaplain to Otto von Freising; he also continued the work of his master Otto von Freising, ''Gesta Friderici,'' books 3 and 4, between 1157 and 1160. Rahewin was also a poet. His style makes use of the ''cursus tardus'' in which the stress falls on the third and sixth syllables from the end. He died between 1170 and&nbsp;1177.

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* {{cite book|last=Sidwell |first=Keith C. |date=1995 |title=Reading medieval Latin |publication-place=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-521-44239-7 |oclc=33819703}}.

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