reccan - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From Proto-West Germanic *rakkjan.
reċċan
- to explain
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
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
- to argue
- to narrate, tell
- to stretch out, extend
- to reach out to someone
- to rule, direct
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
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
- Reċċan means to argue as in "make an argument," i.e. to put forth a line of reasoning whether or not anyone disputes it. For the sense "debate, quarrel," flītan is used.
- English: retch, rack (rack one's brains)
From Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną.
reċċan
- Alternative form of rēċan