Middle English Dictionary Entry

rekenen v.
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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.
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.).
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.
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.