reccan

Senses

1. to explain

   Swīðe endebyrdlīce þū hyt recst.

   You explain it in a very orderly fashion.

   late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

2. to argue

3. to narrate, tell

4. to stretch out, extend

5. to reach out to someone

6. to rule, direct

   Đās cāseres rīċes ðȳ tēoðan ġēare Gregorius sē hālga wer, sē was on lāre ⁊ on dǣde sē hēhsta, feng tō bisċophāde þǣre Rōmanisċan ċyriċan ⁊ þǣs apostolīċan seðles: ⁊ þæt heold ⁊ reahte þrēottēno ġēr ⁊ syx mōnað ⁊ tȳn dagas.

   In the tenth year of this emperor's reign, the holy man Gregorius, who was the greatest in learning and in deeds, rose to the bishophood of the Roman church and the apostolic see; and he held and directed that office for thirteen years, six months, and ten days.

   late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Conjugation

Senses

1. alternative form of rēċan

   Nū wile monna sum mīn flǣsċ fretan, felles ne reċċeð, siþþan hē mē of sīdan seaxes orde hȳd ārȳpeð, …ec hr…þe siþþan iteð unsodene ea…

   Now one of men wishes to eat my flesh, doesn't care for skin, since he tears hide from me by a point of sword's sides, since he eats uncooked…

   c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 77:

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