Middle English Dictionary Entry
rẹ̄ken v.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | rẹ̄ken v.(3) Sg.3 rẹ̄keth, etc. & (early, error) rīc; p.ppl. i)rẹ̄ked, rẹ̄ket, (early) ȝerẹ̄ced. |
| Etymology | OE ge)rēocan & ge)rēcan. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To emit smoke; ppl. reking as adj.: smoking, smoky; (b) of smoke or stench: to rise, ascend; also, blow (upon sth.); (c) to grow hot or steam, as from exertion or anger; (d) to smoke (sth.), fumigate; also, treat (a sore) with smoke [1st quot.]; ppl. reked, suffumigated; also, ppl. reking as adj.: having a smoky taste (?of sulphur); ?muddy.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)183/1 : Þeos wyrt ȝedriȝed, þanne he tobrocen byð, he ric [OE rycþ], ealswa he smic of hym asenda.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)p.97 : Rekeles rekes upward evin, And menskis him that wonis in heuin.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)143.6 : Lauerd..Negh hilles, and reke þai salle [L fumigabunt].
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2612 : Th'encens out of the fyre reketh sote.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)103a : To Reke: fumare, fumere, fumescere, fumidare, fumigare, suffumigare, suffumare.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)302 : Rekynge: fumalis, fumidus, fumans, fumigans, fumigosus, fumigabundus.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)67.2 : Reke cumes of the flawm, and in passynge vp it witis away, swa wickidmen cumes vp of the rekand flawm of couaitis.
b
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3465 : On ðis munt..dinede an migtful hornes blast; Smoke up rekeð and munt quakeð.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)2742 : Of Sodome haue I herde þe cry; þe stink hit rekys to þe sky.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)7.70 : But fer away fro humour hit bistowe In that garner..and rathest yf the smeke Perpetuel vppon their dwellyng reke.
c
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)232 : All wroth wex þat sqwyne..As kylne oþer kechine, Þus rudely he rekes.
- a1500 Lady Prioress (Hrl 78)p.114 : He ran in a fyrryd gowen, he cast of alle hys clothys, alle his body gan reke.
d
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)259/17 : Blac rammes wulon on wæte ȝedifed & æfter þan on ele..þæt sar heo onweȝ afyrred, & ȝyf hit byð mid ȝereced [OE gereced], þa toslitena wunda heo forþricceð.
- (1432) in Rec.B.Nottingham 2132 : Thomas Sharp..praedicto Thomae Abbot dimidietatem unius quarterii brasii ordei rawe, reket, et cum weselys spevelled.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)29 : Þen take Perys & sethe hem a lytil; þen reke hem on þe colys tyl þey ben tendyr.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)39/13 : Take hempe and wete it well in watir, and folde þerinne þin argoyle in þe clowte, and late rekyn it weell in eymyris.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)103a : To Reke..fumigare..suffumigare.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)79/18 : Salt water, and bitter, and rekand [Abbrev. muddy; L fumose], ar euyl.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)81/30 : With sandell confyt ennoynt his body, reekyd with reek of ensens.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)259/17 : Ȝyf hit byð mid ȝereced þa toslitena wunda heo forþricceð.
Note: New spelling
Note: Ed. glosses as "v. to steam pp."
Note: ?sense