Middle English Dictionary Entry
rekenen v.
Entry Info
Forms | rekenen v. Also reken(e, rekeni(e, rekne(n, rekon(e, rekoun, rekunnen, recen, rekken(e(n, recken(en, riken(e(n, rikeni, (early) recnen, rikenin, (Orm.) reccnenn; sg.3 rekeneth, etc. & (errors) rekkyn, rekin; p. rekenede, rekont, reconed, recunid, rakend; ppl. i)rekened, i)rekned, ireckned, rekenet, rekend, rekkend(e, reckend, reconned, recconet, recont, rikened, (error) rekene & (early) irekenet, irikened, irikenet, reknet. |
Etymology | OE gerecenian (p. ppl. gerecenod, -ade, LOE gereconod) & LOE recenian (sbj. recna). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To enumerate (a number of things), name one by one, list; run through (a list of things); ~ forth; (b) to list (items) in order, enumerate serially; -- also without obj.; (c) ~ a (bi, on) reue, ~ in resoun, to list (sth.) in order; ~ up, list (sth.) in full; (d) to recite (a number of things), repeat.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)45/473 : Se feole ich habbe ifulet..þet ne mahte hit na mon rikenin ne reden.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)109/19 : Alle sunnen sunderliche bi hane nomeliche nomen ne mahte namon rikenin.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)390/17 : He helde also þat sike weren: ne may no man rikeni [Corp-C: rekeni] alle.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(LdMisc 108)501 : We ne mowen rikeni [Hrl: rekene] nouȝt alle is guode dedes.
- a1325 SLeg.Magd.(1) (Corp-C 145)245 : Heo rekenede hure louerd euerich stude þat seinte Peter and he Hadde isoȝt & wuche tyme in eche stude hadde ibe.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1933 : Festes, instrumentz, caroles, daunces, Lust and array and alle the circumstaunces Of loue whiche that I rekned [vrr. rekned haue; reken, rekened] and rekne shal By ordre weren peynted on the wal.
- c1390 In worschupe (Vrn)40 : Monnes falsed weore I-tolde; Men miht rikene moni a score.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)173b/b : He rekeneþ [L persequitur] many oþer worþinesses of men and of þe Ilonde.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2036 : Many synnes to hordam longe..Þat y nel rekene, ne telle of tale.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9124 : O þir thinges es mast to min, To recken [Frf: rekkin; Göt: rekin; Trin-C: reken] forth vr ladi kin.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)18.25 : Ich can nat rekene hem ryght now, ne reherce here names, That lyueden þus for oure lordes loue.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)2484 : Swa may we ay rekken and rede An hondreth syns agayne a gude dede.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)75/27 : Fra þeine men gase many iourneez by many citez, þe whilk ware ouerlang to rekken [Man.(1): to tell; F a compter].
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3452 : I rede thow rekkyn and reherse vnresonable dedis, Ore the repenttes full rathe all thi rewthe werkes.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)87/47 : Sum haueþ betur here þan summe as I haue herde telle..Mylkewhite..yren-graye, & oþer many hewes þat buþ not to rekne.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)24611 : Alle estates..kynges, prynces..Dukes, lordes..Reekne hem alle, by and by, and thei be pilgrymes as I.
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)2/14 : Wher-throgh many harmes ben oþer-whill, þat ne ben nat now al to rekne[Rwl: reherse].
- 1532(?a1400) RRose (Thynne)1390 : There were so many trees yit, That I shulde al encombred be Er I had rekened every tree.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2055 : Bi weppmann shollde reccnedd ben Uppwarrd & dunnwarrd baþe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5632 : Þa seoffne ȝifess alle..her icc wile reccnenn hemm.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)11217-18 : Maþþeow..biginneþþ Cristess kinn To reccnenn & to rimenn Att Abraham, & receneþþ aȝȝ Dunnwarrd fra mann to manne.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)440 : Of Saturnus so is saturday, and sonen-day of þe sonne, And of þe Mone Monen-day, ȝif ȝe wel rikeni konne.
- a1325 SLeg.Mich.(Corp-C 145)442 : Of a planete euerich day in þe wike icluped is An Engliss oþer a Latin, bote ȝe rekeni [Ld: telle] amis.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1101 : After Virgo to reknen evene Libra sit in the nombre of sevene.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Leg.Suppl.Hrl.(Hrl 4196)37/246 : Þat shews he by ensaumples sere, And sex resons he rekin [?read: rekins] here.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)16/27 : Seint Poule rekkeneþ here þe noblest vertues & werkis þat owen most to make men mede to wyn.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)980 : With a proloug he bygynnes, And þan þe chapiters rekynes.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)141 : Now sex eldes ar rekenet her ffrom worldes bygynnyng to ende.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)3224 : This Erod sex sons has..all sex arn recconet in this place.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)130a/b : Þise propertees and many oþir matiere haþ, and hit wore to longe to rekene [L recitare] hem alle on rewe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)173a/b : In eiþer germania ben oþer prouynces þat ben nouȝt lasse worþi..þat were noyful to rekken alle a rewe [L per singulas enarrare].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)189a/b : Þere vndir grounde is moche oþer gode nedeful to mankynde þat were to longe to rekkene a rewe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26611 : Ilk sin þat es to scau Reckenend [Frf: rekenande] be it self on raw.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)1.22 : Þre þinges..And rekne [vrr. rekkene, rekenen, rykene] hem in resoun [C: rekene hem by rewe]; reherse þou hem þeraftir.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)2 : Clannesse who so kyndly cowþe comende, And rekken up alle þe resounz þat ho by riȝt askez, Fayre formez myȝt he fynde in..his speche.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)4a : He nombreþ and rekenith vp [L enumerat] alle manere gynnes and instrumentis wiþ whiche citees..mowe ben assayled oþer defendid.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2031 : Antenor his tale titly began And rekont by row all þere rogh speche.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)164 : All hir names I shal you shewe And euery rekene hem in a rewe.
- (c1450) Boothe be ware (CotR 2.23)p.228 : Pite for to here the people complayne And riken up the ragmanne of the hole rowte That servyth silvyre and levyth the law oute.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)50/220 : Þou xalt ovyr-come..all þi fomen reknyd be rowe.
d
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)90/124 : Eche man scholde conne hy [the Decalogue] And rekeny wel y-lome.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)629 : He tolde hire [the Creed] a-non trewely him-seluen, And heo rikenede a-ȝeyn radly and sone, Also redili as he.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)421 : An ordinat zelatour of þi lawe keping..schulde..care how manye psalmes he myȝte reken, reherce, and seie.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1470 : Schryfte, trewly I trowe..Þat I schal rekne al on a rowe To lache me up to lyuys leuene.
2.
(a) To relate (sth.), recount; narrate (a story); ~ resoun, narrate an incident; to ~ the soth, to tell the truth; (b) to describe (sth.); ~ up; (c) to tell, speak; speak of (sth.), mention, tell; speak (words), utter; declare (sth. in a certain language); ~ of, describe (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1954 : Rinkes rif bi-gunne Ridende þurth rome, to rekene þe soþe, Riȝt to þe chef cherch.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3179 : Sche..rapli gan a-way renne, to reken þe soþe.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)76 : Þat tyme..þis reson bi-gon þat I schal now rikenen.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)138 : Þe lengore I here, Þe lesse reson I seo in þat þat þou rikenest.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)189b/b : Þere is a bridde þat hatte fenix and oþer wonndres þat Autours reken [L ab auctoribus referunter] in þe Regioun of Arabia.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)827 : Hys generacyoun quo recen con, Þat dyȝed for vus in Jerusalem?
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3441 : This sall in romance be redde with ryall knyghttes, Rekkenede and renownde with ryotous kynges.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)250 : Than kayre to the courte..Riche Romance to rede and rekken the sothe Of kempes and of conquerours.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1280 : Arestes..þas auntirs him tellis..Rekens him þar resons þat reuthe was to here.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4124 : Þen ferd þai furth..Euyn to þe heued of Eumaure, as I first rekend.
- -?-(a1449) Lydg.Cambridge (Cmb Mm.1.35)44 : Fro the greate transmigracion Of kyns, reconned in the Byble of old, Fro Ierusalem to Babylon, Two hundreth wynter & thirtie years told.
b
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)30/483 : Hwenne schuld ich al habben irikenet [Tit: irekened] þet springeð bituhe þeo þe þus beoð iȝederet?
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)10/94 : For ne mei na muð for wrecchedom ne for wa rikenin [Tit: rekenen] hit ne tellen.
- a1350 Iesu suete is (Hrl 2253)15 : Iesu..þine peynes rykene, hit were long, ne may hem tellen spel ne song.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1597 : Al þat real aray reken schold men neuer.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.427 : If that I koude a faukon wel discryue..As wel of plumage as of gentillesse, Of shap, of al that myghte yrekened be, A faukon peregryn thanne semed she.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24431 : Es na tung þat recken moght..Mi soruing to þe teind.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)70/1 : Þe whilk rekned [Man.(1): tolden; F deuiseeront] me all þe maner of my cuntree..als verraily as þai had bene euer ȝit dwelland in þam.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)166 : I..Now hafe rekkende ȝow theire araye.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)2737 : Vnto Josue þei reckynd [vr. rekend] ryȝt of Jerico all poyntes playn.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)2109 : Þe joye of þat bredale Nys not told yn tale Ne rekened yn no gest.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)165/210 : Now you may both here and see that I reconed up my rialtye.
c
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5583 : Pore men..rekened þe custome houses echoun, At whych þey had gode, and at whyche noun.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)157 : Of manyon he reknes & sayes, both of Troiens & of Gregeis.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.150 : Þe seuent day of heruest, in þat ilk ȝere þat I rakend last, writen abouen here, þat Richard turned to Gene.
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)29432 : Here haue I rekkind [Vsp: tald] of sere thing þat men falles fore in cursing.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)414/983 : On which day the moone was of age Too and twenty by computacioun; Indiccioun tweyne, reknyd in our language.
- c1450(a1400) Lavynham Treat.7 Dead.Sins (Hrl 211)12/1 : Malyce of mowþe is whan a man..rekenyth vp in his hastynesse alle þe euyl þt he kan of a man.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)150 : Slik care kindils in his curte..Þat it ware tere any tonge of þar tene to reken.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2354 : He rekinly rase & rekyns þire wordis.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4931 : Þe renke..rekind þir wordis: 'Haile, Alexander!'
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)51/4 : Sum man vsiþ þe bifore rekened kyndis of worldly godis into his propre lordschip.
3.
(a) To make calculations, reckon; calculate (a quantity, sum, tides, a time, etc.), add up (figures); also, work out (astrological conclusions); allow for (a variable) [quot.: Chaucer Astr., 2nd]; ~ togeder, add up (items); (b) to count up (money, a group), number; also, estimate (a sum, number); also fig.; count out (years, divisions on a scale, digits in a number); establish a measure for (time); mark out (the horizon in divisions); ~ up, read off (a point on a scale); (c) to give an accounting, render an account; present an account; make up an account, hold an audit; account for (money); estimate (items in an account), charge [quot.: 1340, 2nd]; ~ accountes, cast up accounts; (d) to answer for one's conduct; also, assess one'sconduct [quot.: Bk.Mother]; answer for (one's conduct), reckon up (sensual sins); ~ for (of), render an account of (one's conduct); answer for (sb., one's soul, another's soul or conduct), take responsibility for; (e) to settle accounts; ~ mid, take vengeance on (the sea); ~ with, repay (sb.), pay back; also, take account of (sb.); also fig.; (f) to pay (money due); fig. make atonement.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)111/27 : His eskibah feareð abuten esken..& makeð þrin figures of augrim, as þes rikeneres doð þe habbeð muche to rikenin [Tit: recnen].
- a1325 SLeg.Judas (Corp-C 145)17 : Þis wyf rikenede þe time & suþþe heo gan ywyte, & heo velede þat heo was mid chylde.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.401 : To rekene wel his tydes..Ther nas noon swich from Hulle to Cartage.
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)36/2 : Rekne in the same manere the mene motus of the sonne.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.64 : I beginne To rekne with miself withinne How many yeres ben agon Siththe I have trewly loved on.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9228 : Four thusand yeir and sex hundreth, Qua reckens [Frf: rekkenis; Göt rekines] right to tell es eth.
- c1400 Wycl.LAChurch (Dub 244)p.xxxi : Þis same rekened Ioachim in þe bookis bifore.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)139/12 : He hath euery ȝer to rente..l Mil. Cumantz..And euery Cumant is x M. Cumantz [read: floreyns] of gold. Now may men wel rekene [F assoumer] how much þat it amounteth.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)107/29 : So þei rikene her synnes togydere.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)428 : Reknyn [Win: Rekkyn], or cowntyn: Computo.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.17.19 : Rekne wel the myddel degre bitwene bothe ascendentes.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.40.86 : Yf thou wilt pleye this craft with the arisyng of the mone, loke thou rekne wel hir cours houre by houre, for she ne dwellith not in a degre of hir longitude but litel while.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)41b : How it longeþ to kniȝtes to kunne, a-counte & rekene [L computandi].
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)41 : He was wyse enoȝe wirdis to reken, When he þe heuyn beheld, of lede[s] opon lyfe.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5501 : Now is þe sowme reckend.
- a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)20 : All were trewe drynkers Tyl þe day was gon..Þat þay schuld rekyn þer scot and þer contes cast.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.1729-30 : They rekoned the goodis that to hem wolde fall; And whan they hadde rekoned, scored, and accompted Hoolly al his money..To xxx li. than his goodis amounted.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1948 : Of romayns to rekkene þe numbre, treuli twenti þousand a-tired atte best.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)126a/a : Passinge of tyme is a countid and I-rekened by nombre and tale of dayes.
- ?a1400 Numer.Algorism (Hal)29 : In nombrys composyt, and in alle other nombrys that ben of diverse figurys, ye schal begynne in the ritht syde and so rekene backwarde.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)2.61 : I can nouȝt rekene [vr. rekkenen; C: rekenye] þe route þat ran aboute mede.
- c1425(?a1400) Arthur (Lngl 55)410 : Fowre hunderd þowsand An hundred & foure & twenty, Thus herawdes dude ham rekeny.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.2939 : Space of thre yeer, reknid oon bi oon, Deide at myscheeff the moorderis euerichon.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.3.33 : Tho rekned I alle the capitale lettres fro the lyne of mydnight unto this forseide lettre x, and fond that it was 9 of the clokke of the day.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.17.17 : Rekne than how many degrees ben bitwixe the first ascendent and the secunde ascendent.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.31.9 : Now is thin orisonte departed in 24 parties by thin azimutes..al be it so that shipmen rekene thilke parties in 32.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.34.1 : Rekne thy altitude up among thyn almykanteras on which syde that the mone stondith.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)128 : Nis no clerk with countours couþe aluendel rekene.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)84 : He..is on þe se with siche a somme armed, Þat any hathill vnder heuen ware hardy to rekyn.
- (1471-2) Doc.in Welch Hist.Pewterers Lond.35 : Item, for costes & þe sewte of owre lyuelode, rekon hit Summa vij li. iiij s.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)9919 : Yiff thow..woldest now a-noon begynne..Thy meryte to reknen al, Nor thy decert ne wer but smal.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)181/27 : A grete burgeys that rekenyth [CQ(2): burgeses that accompten] his money for defaute of othir occupacion..shall kyre vpon us.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)8398 : As in þe Godhede be Rightly rekened persones þre, So þer be in euery man Þre þinges..Body and soule and þe witt.
c
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)35/11 : Hi wylleþ rekeny tuyes oþer þries þet yer, uor to do arise þet gauel.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)37/22 : Þe ontrewe reuen..rekeneþ more ine dedes and ine spendinge, an lesse ine onderuonginge and ine rentes.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)173/1 : He..ssel þenche of him-zelue ase þe ilke þet heþ day uor to rekeny [Vices & V.(2): to ȝelde acounte] of his onderuonginge..beuore his lhorde.
- (?1387) Wimbledon Serm.(Corp-C 357)77/259 : Euerych such bailie þerfore bewar, for anoon to þe laste ferþyng he shal rekene.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1268 : Vp in to his countour hous goth he To rekene with hym self, wel may be, Of thilke yeer how that it with hym stood.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1406 : How longe tyme wol ye rekene and caste Youre sommes?
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)12.298 : Selde falleþ þe seruant so deepe in arrirages As doþ þe reyue oþer þe conterroller þat rekene mot and a-counte Of al þat þei hauen hadd of..here maister.
- (1423-4) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7816 : So lefft behynde al thyngs y-rekenyd and alle thyngs alowyd, due to the procuratours forsayd xi d.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.54 : Whanne he hadde bigun to rekoun, oon was offrid unto him þat owid him ten thousand besantis.
- c1425 Treat.10 Com.(StJ-O 94)22 : At þe laste ende comith in wrath & he bringeth with him enuye, & rekunneth þer acunthes, for þat he is tresureer of þat howsoolde.
- (1449) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 871 : We reseyvede wyt a uale y made at Wytsuntyde halkostys rekened xi s viij d.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2035 : Litill is thy charge now, þouȝ þat I go nakid, That som tyme were partinere, & rekenydist nevir.
- (1467) Acc.St.John Peterb.in Antiq.51410 : Also payd at iiij tymys in expense qwan the Sayd iiij chyrchrevys recunyd togedyr sum, viii d.
- ?a1500(a1471) Brut-1461(2) (Lyell 34)93 : Yet hastow..in these lordes absence..to a kyng ryghte resonable expens; Thay shalle come agayne and rekene for the scoore.
d
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)44/27 : Of þulli speche..schal euch word beon irikenet [Nero: irikened; Tit: reknet].
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)165/20 : Euc tide & time schal beo þer irikenet [Pep: yrekened] hu hit wes her ispenet.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)169/1 : Al is naket ..& open to his ehnen, wið hwam we schulen rikenin alle ure deden.
- a1300 Leuedi sainte (Add 27909)44 : Inne mete & inne drinke ic habbe ibeo ouerdede..hwan ich hier-of rekeni schal, wel sore me mei drede.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)869 : At þi deijng shal ben þi domesday, For þere shal ben irekened [vrr. rekenyde, rekkend, rekene] al Þat euere distu.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)19/6 : Him ne poruayþ of his rekeninge, and wel wot þet rekeni him behoueþ.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)58/8 : Hit ne is naȝt lite þing, ne ydelnesse, huer-of hit behoueþ rekeni, and yelde scele ine þe heȝe cort ase beuore god.
- (?1387) Wimbledon Serm.(Corp-C 357)98/580 : I wole schewe first who shal clepe vs to þis rekenyng, aftirwar byfore what iuge we shulleþ rekene.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.105 : I wist neuere renke þat riche was, þat whan he rekne sholde, Whan it drow to his deth-day, þat he ne dred hym sore.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.210 : For þe riche hath moche to rekene.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)111/19 : Be now sori for al þat þou hast mysused þi soule and hure uertues..and þenk and þou maist finde, ȝif þou rikene redili, þou ert ful fer bihinde.
- a1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)347 : No drede al þat þe pope haþ over more þan hadden apostilis of Crist, he shal streitly rekene þerfore.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)5978 : Of þair awen saules þai sal reken þar, And of þair bodys þat þam obout bar.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)5984 : Fadirs and modirs sal rekken þat tyde, Of þairsons and þair doghtirs unchastide.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)407/33 : A verri obediencer schal not ȝeue rikenyng of himsilf to me, but his souereyn schal rikene for him.
- a1450(1410) This holy tyme make (Dgb 102)39 : Rekne wysely all þy wittes fyue, Wiþ god of pes when ȝe do trete.
- a1450 When adam delf (Cmb Dd.5.64)26 : Rekken þou mon, & ȝelde reson of thyng þat þou here thoght.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)6/1 : Yilding rekenyng to him þere of alle þi werkis and dedis and þoughtes: wich were neuer bi confessioun rekenid hiere.
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- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6575 : Let me in pes sitte, Oþer bi þe fey ich owe to god, icholle rekeni [B vrr. rikeni, rekyn the] mitte.
- a1350 Of Rybaudȝ (Hrl 2253)29 : Whose rykeneþ wiþ knaues huere coustage..þah he ȝeue hem cattes dryt to huere companage, ȝet hym shulde a-rewen of þe arrerage.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)336 : Prestely for pore men profer þe euer, For hem to rekene wiþ þe riche in riȝt & in skille.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)4.177 : Mede ouer-maistrieth lawe and moche treuthe letteth; Ac resoun shal rekene with ȝow, ȝif I regne any while.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Mat.18.23 : The kyngdom of heuenes is licned to a kyng that wolde rekyn [WB(1): putte resoun; L rationem ponere] with hise seruauntis.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)1517 : No sarazene solde come owte To þay had rekkenede with þat rowte.
- (1469) Paston (EETS)1.549 : I haue reknyd wyth hym and payid hym syche mony that he is owyng.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)425 : Þis lord wole rikene wiþ þes seruauntis fully aftir þat resoun axiþ.
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- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3287 : For to lokenn Hu mikell fehh he mihhte..sammnenn Þurrh þatt himm shollde off illc an mann An peninng wurrþenn reccnedd.
- a1425 Almiȝti God maker (Wht)7 : To ryken I am ful fer bihynde, But, Ihesu, þou haue mercy on me.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3587 : Resaywe the rentis of Rome qwen þay are rekkenede.
4.
(a) To include (sth.); include (sb. or sth. in a certain group or class), place, categorize; also, add (sth.), add on, throw in [quot.: c1390]; withinnen rekened, included; (b) to impute; consider (sth. to be of a certain kind), regard; indicate (sb. to be of a certain character), declare; rate (sth.), value; allow (hands to be called feet); ~ as (for), regard (sb., oneself, sth.) as (sth. of a certain kind, a misfortune, the best, etc.); ~ in, consider (sth. to be) in (a certain position); ~ in-to sinne, impute (sth. to sb.) as sin; (c) to take (sth.) into account; to ~ al (thinges, all in all, all things considered; (d) arith. ~ for, to regard (a digit) as (of one or ten, etc. times its value); (e) to reason, have in mind, take heed; decide (sth.), determine; also, estimate (sth.), judge; understand (that sth. is so); ~ of, decide about (sth.); ~ to, think about (sth.), pay attention to; ~ up, think about (sth.), note; (f) to compare (sth. to sth.), regard as comparable.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.25.53 : He shal ȝelde to þe byggere þat þat is left of þe ȝerys in þe which byfore he seruede, þe meedys wiþ ynne rekened [L imputatis].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.403 : Som ben bolde and hardy to despise þis Seneca..but me semeth þat þey doteþ, for..Ierom rekeneth hym among holy seyntes.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.171 : Þe þridde Leo..is nouȝt i-rekened [Higd.(2): putte] in þe ordre of bisshoppes.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)92/1781 : Þauh þou hire peynted neuer so briht And rikene [L cumulare] as muche goodnesse As þou const..I haue icast..To fleo flescliche doyng.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)176b/b : Capua..is þe heede of alle þe citees of campania and yrekenede among þree of greteste citees.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)222b/a : Lauri..is a tree of many manere kynde..among þe whiche he rekeneþ [L ponit] oon maner kynde þat was halwed to þe grete Iubiter.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.2.63 : Freendes schulde nat ben rekned among the goodes of fortune, but of vertu.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.2.116 : And power, aughte nat that ek to ben rekned [L numeranda] among goodes?
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)93/7 : Also iles of Inde..er noȝt rekned in þe climates.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)2159 : Fro þat day sal scho rekynd be On þe couent in hir degre.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)35/4 : Þou may be rekenyd endelesly a monge þe holy trees of his heuenly paradise.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)106/8 : Þei be not rekened a mongis gret synnes.
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38)188 : There were kyngys in that halle, Erlys and dewkys, who rekenyth all, Full a hundurd that tyde.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)214/3 : Al þane time þet þou ne þengst naȝt a god, þou hise sselt rekeni [Vices & V.(2): holde] uor naȝt.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.25.50 : Þe money whiþ which he was sold..þour resoun of an huryd man rekened [WB(2): rikenyd; L supputata].
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.367 : Yet prechestow and seist an hateful wyf Yrekened [vrr. I-rekenede, Yreckned] is for oon of thise myschaunces.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)876/12 : Þou art rekned for þe best knyȝt.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)707 : He gynneth forto crepe On four feet in his tendre ȝouth..A-forn yrekned his hondes both two.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2334 : They schouen thes schalkes schappely thereaftyre, To rekken theis Romaynes recreaunt and ȝolden.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.4.25 : Yit rekne they thilke planete in the ascendent.
- a1450 WBible(2) (Corp-C 147)Deut.23.21 : Rekened [Roy: if thou tariest, it schal be arretid to thee in to synne].
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)375 : Hit paieþ our peple in povert to libbe, For we hit rekenen for riche.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)p.329 : Here þai faght vij dayes to-gedur, Þat ys not recont no batell.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)14897 : An Innocent in erth is none, ne neuer was..bot god alon..And þou rekyns þi self for on, and makes þe þore als holy as he.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)4360 : Es noȝt left bot a lafe of breede..Þis I rekyn bot schorte aray.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)58/11 : A moder hath gret Joye of here sone whan he is made a bisshop..or hath ani gret dignite wich sche rekeneth for here owne worship.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)123 : Pondage and tonnage mey not be rekenned as parcell off the revenues..ffor the mayntenance off his estate.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)151 : Off wich I reken þe officers as the kynges officers.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)546 : Wytone, or rekone: Imputo.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)432 : Seynt poul biddiþ to tymothe and rikeneþ hym silf as o man to whiche þat he spekiþ to.
c
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1934 : No man vpon molde schuld mow deuise men richlier a-raid, to rekene alle þinges, þan eche rink was in rome.
- c1390 In worschupe (Vrn)30 : Þus þei greggen wymmens gilt: Of Monnes riken þei neuer on.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.158 : To rekne as wel hir goodnesse as beautee, Nas neuere swich another as is she.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)49/23 : A simple carpenter and his pore wif..nadde but simple cloþis..þe child in þe stalle bifore oxe and asse; and þis is a simple houshold, to rikene al ifere.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)78 : Euery beestis tynde shuld be rekenyd [F conter] as sone as a man may hang a baudrike or a lessh þerupon.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4809 : [Ilion] was like, to rekne siyt and al, In apparence a þing celestial.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1167 : Þis Horestes, to reknen al þing, Was with þe quene..Cherisshed as wel..As Clymena hir owne douȝter.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)951 : Al this yweied and rekned into on, Maketh myn herte hevy as a ston.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)387/611 : God hath sent him of grace gret foysoun, Semlynesse, wisdam, and beaute..Which in o persone to rekne be riht fayr.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)1.21.78 : By thys conclusioun maist thou take ensample in alle the signes, be thei moist or drie, or moeble or fixe, reknyng the qualite of the planete.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)5719 : Þanne is it forto recken aright Þat man of his lyf haþ no might.
d
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)9/17 : Set þe articul of þe composit next after þe digit in þe same rewe..And þere he schall be rekend for hym selfe.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)9/25 : Now cast þe articulle..to þe same figure, and reken þat articul bot for one.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)12/16 : Cast to 6 þe figure of þat 2 þat stode vnder þe hedde of 1 þat was borwed & rekened for ten, andþat wylle be 8.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)18/29 : Þat 1 schal be rekenet for 10, of þe quych 10, 5 is halfe, as þou knowest wel.
e
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)2218 : Now as þe þridde day, Who-so wel rekeneþ þer-to, þis is þat me him ysay. Ak þe gospel seiþ nouȝt what day hi made þis mete.
- c1390 In worschupe (Vrn)23 : At dredful dom such schal aryse..And rikene wiþ þe vnrihtwyse, Þat of wymmen comeþ worldes welle.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3032 : Ther was a womman eke that hight Shame, that, who can reken right, Trespas was hir fadir name.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.2165 : Was..yit neuer creature, Rekne up pryncis, for al ther hih noblesse Fortune koude recleyme hem to hir lure.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1275 : Thane sall we rekken full rathe whatt ryghte þat he claymes.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.1.1 : Rekne and knowe which is the day of thy month.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)21778 : They ne rekken to been distroyed, in certein.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)285/354 : His resoune þei rekenne noȝt with right.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)387 : To the Sowdane chambir..Oure foure lordis ledd thay than To rekken of theire Arraye.
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- a1475 Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)8126 : Sithe he may heuene and erthe fordo Oonly wiþ his worde also -- and þis is but a pointe of his mighte -- Hou moche more þan .. Is þe remenaunt of his pouste? Þerfore to him may noþing rekened be.