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recen

  • adjective
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Grammar
recen, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§430;
ready, prompt. v. recenian
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  • Mæg sige syllan se ðe symle byþ recon and rǽdfæst,

      Wald. 108; Vald. 2, 26.
    [Cumeð her forð, and beð alle reken, And lereð wel quat he sal speken, Gen. and Ex. 3485.

  • Louerd, ic (

    Moses

    ) am unreken of wurdes, 2817.

  • My rankor refrayne for þy reken (

    apt

    ) wordes,
      Allit. Pms. 60, 756.
  • (See the glossary for other instances. See also rekenli in the same work, and in Sir Gawayne.) O. Frs, rekon (of a road which is clear) : L. Ger. reken. v. Richthofen. Cf. O. Sax. rekón to make ready, set in order.]
swift, quick (cf. recene)
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  • Blác rásetteþ recen reáda líg réðe scríþeþ geond woruld

    bright and swift rushes the red flame, fierce strides through the world,

      Exon. Th. 51, 2; Cri. 810. v. full-recen.
coming swiftly and so causing terror. (? cf. fǽr
and its compounds)
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  • God ðe on Ægyptum æðele wundur worhte and recene wundar on ðam Reádan Sǽ

    Deus qui fecit magnalia in Ægypto, terribilia in Mari Rubro,

      Ps. Th. 105, 18.
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v.  recene recenlíce.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “recen.” 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/25636.

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  • recen, adj.

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