Middle English Dictionary Entry
recchen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | recchen v.(1) Also recche, rechen, rech(e, rachen, (early) reccan, ræcchen, reache(n; p. reched(e & (early) ræhte, rehte. |
| Etymology | OE reccan; sg.3 receþ; p. reahte, rehte. Cp. note to rēchen v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. arecchen v., irecchen v.(1).
1.
(a) To say (sth.), talk of, speak, recount; tell (sth. to sb., sb. that sth. is the case); (b) to expound (sth., sth. to sb.), explain; interpret (a dream, book, etc.); -- also without obj.; (c) to direct (sth.), guide.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7026 : Ich þe wulle ræcchen [Otho: telle of] deorne runen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12538 : Summe heo muche runen ræhten heom bitweonen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12542 : Þa spac Howel þe hende..and his quides ræhte bi-uoren raien þan kinge.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1449 : Ich reache heom bi mine songe Þat sþucch [read: swucch] luue ne lest noȝt longe.
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)550 : An angele smot hem so with dyveres speche, That never won wyste what other schuld reche.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)517 : He..nempnid hir namys many mo þen oon, Huch, to rech hire, were noon honeste.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)102/7 : We rædæþ þæt deofel ongan haliȝe bec to reccan.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12792 : Ne durste þer na cniht to ufele ræcchen [Otho: teorne] na wiht.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2086 : Me wore leuere..Of eddi dremes rechen swep.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2124 : He told him quat him drempte o nigt, And iosep rechede his drem wel rigt.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4086 : Now, god..my sweuene recche [vrr. reche; rede] aright, And kepe my body out of foul prisoun.
- ?a1400 Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)15194 : Reche [Lamb: þere he stod..þer sauacion for to teche..on his cloþes þey henge Righe tailles].
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)p.264 : The threttene artycul..Ys ȝef that the mayster a prentes haue..meserable poyntes that he hym reche.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)521 : Þus he vndid him ilka adele & him þe dome reched, Said it was sett to be so, he saȝe by his artis.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1354 : Þe kyng callis him a clerke..to reche [Dub: rachen] him his sweuyn.
c
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)102/29 : He..alle isceaftæ on his weald hæfð, & heom alle æfter his willæn reccæð & styreð.
2.
(a) To go, proceed; ppl. recchinde, wandering, straying; (b) of the sun: to run (its course).
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8117 : Bruttes weoren balde & rehten ouer walde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12799 : Swa sone swa heo mihten, ut of scipe heom rehten [Otho: hii rehten].
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)74/2 : Godd..teide for þi a clot of heui eorðe to hire [soul], as me deð þe cubbel to þe ku oþer to þe oþer beast þet is to recchinde & renginde [Cleo: reachinde; Tit: raikinde] abuten.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)85/1 : Seinte peter seið þet helle liun rengeð & reccheð [Tit: recches; Cleo: rixleð] eauer abuten.
- ?a1300 Fox & W.(Dgb 86)268 : O frere..Of here slep hem shulde awecche, Wen hoe shulden þidere recche.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)22/19 : Þe sunne reccheð hire rune wið-uten euch reste.