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rǽcan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
rǽcan, p. rǽhte.
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §534;
intrans.
To reach, extend, stretch forth
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  • Ic wíde rǽce ofer engla eard,

      Exon. Th. 482, 26; Rä. 67, 7.

  • Yldo rǽceþ wíde,

      Salm. Kmbl. 588; Sal. 294.

  • Heó rǽhte mid handum tó heofoncyninge,

      Cd. Th. 292, 7; Sat. 437 : Beo. Th. 1499; B. 747.

  • Rǽhton wíde geond werþeóda wróhtes telgan,

      Cd. Th. 61, 1; Gen. 990.

  • Ne hé sóðfæste lǽteþ ðæt hí tó unrihte willen handum rǽcean

    ut non extendan justi ad iniquitatem manus suas,

      Ps. Th. 124, 4.
trans.
To reach, hold forth, offer, present
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  • Ic rǽce porrigo vel

    porgo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 46.

  • Hé ys se ðe ic rǽce (

    porrexero

    ) hláf,
      Jn. Skt. 13, 26.

  • For hwon ne rǽcst (

    porrigis

    ) ðú ús ðone hwítan hláf ?
      Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 14.

  • Rǽcþ (

    porrigit

    ) hé him scorpionem?
      Lk. Skt. 11, 12.

  • Ðǽr (

    in hell) hý leomu rǽcaþ (stretch forth )

    tó bindenne,
      Exon. Th. 99, 8; Cri. 1621.

  • Eall ða weoruldgód hé gefeónde þearfum rǽhte and sealde

    cuncta pauperibus erogare gaudebat,

      Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 26.

  • Hé hláf bræc and him rǽhte,

      Lk. Skt. 24, 30.

  • Se óðer rǽhte forþ (

    protulit

    ) his hand,
      Gen. 38, 28.

  • Heó rǽhte hire handa ,him tó,

      Th. Ap. 27, 1 : Past. 36, 1; Swt. 247, 21.

  • Ðara ánra ðe for neóde him þénunge æt ðæs mynstres ingange rǽcan scylon,

      R. Ben. 139, 11.

  • Se gebúr sceal erian healfne æcer and rǽcan (cf. on bærene gebringan,

      Chart. Th. 145, 1)
    ðæt sǽd on hláfordes berne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 35.
Etymology
[O. Frs. réka : O. H. Ger, reihhen.]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-, mis-rǽcan.
Linked entries
v.  a-rǽcan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “rǽcan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/25456.

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