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récan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
récan, réccan (reccan?); p. róhte
To care, reck,
with gen.
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  • Ne can ic eów ne ic eówer récce

    I know you not and I care not for you,

      L. Ælfc. P. 40; Th. ii. 380, 3.
  • Ðú ǽfre ne récst ǽniges þinges (cf. ðú ne wilnast nánes óðres þinges,

      Bt. 23; Fox 80, 2) ofer ða áne, Met. 12, 31.
  • Biþ micel rǽd ðam ðe his sylfes récþ,

      Homl. Skt. i. 12, 122, 132.
  • Se deáþ swelces ne récþ,

      Bt. 19; Fox 68, 32.
  • Hé wǽpna ne récceþ,

      Beo. Th. 873; B. 434.
  • Ne réccaþ hí ðara metta,

      Bt. 25; Fox 88, 19.
  • Hí habbaþ cornes swá fela swá hí mǽst récceaþ (réccaþ, MSS. P. S.)

    they have as much corn as ever they care for,

      Lchdm. iii. 254, 5 : Wulfst. 132, 21.
  • Wé willaþ nú on Englisceum gereorde secgean ðám ðe his (

    the book

    ) récceaþ, Basil prm. ;
      Norm. 32, 14.
  • Hwæt róhte ic hwæðer ic wǽre gyf ic ne lyfde, oððe hwæt róhte ic ðæs lýfes gyf ic náwiht nyste,

      Shrn. 194, 2.
  • Hé lǽrde ðæt ða þearfan ne wénden ðæt God heora ne róhte,

      Ps. Th. arg. 48.
  • Ðǽr læig ðæt reáf beæftan, forðon ðe hé ne róhte ðæs eorþlícan reáfes, syððan hé of deáþe árás,

      Homl. Th. i. 224, 4.
  • Feores hí ne róhton,

      Byrht. Th. 139, 27; By. 260.
  • Hié ðæs ne róhton,

      Cd. Th. 79, 31; Gen. 1319 : 228, 13; Dan. 201 : Exon. Th. 88, 17; Cri. 1441.
  • Gif ðú ðínes feores récce,

      119, 30; Gú. 262.
  • Gif ðú aldres récce,

      Cd. Th. 160, 27; Gen. 2656.
  • Gif hwelc wíf forlǽt hiere ceorl and nimþ hire óðerne wénestú récce hé hire ǽfre má (numquid revertetur ad eam ultra?) Past. 52, 3; Swt. 405, 12 : L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 15 : L. A. G. prm. ; Th. i. 152, 6. (1 a) used impersonally with acc. of person :-- Hí ðæs metes ne récþ (cf. above, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 19), Met. 13, 45. [Cf. me ne reccheð (naut I ne recche, MS. C.)

    non requiro,

      A. R. 104, 21.
    ]
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  • Ðú eart sóðfæst and ðú ne récst be ǽnegum menn (

    non curas quemquam

    ),
      Mk. Skt. 12, 14.
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  • Ne récþ God, ðeáh ic ðus ðó

    non requiret Deus,

      Ps. Th. 9. 33.
  • Hwæt réce wé hwæt wé sprecan

    quid curamus quid loquamur?

      Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 14.
  • Gé ne réccaþ hweðer gé áuht tó góde dón,

      Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 20.
  • Hié ne récceaþ hwæðer,

      Past. 19, 2; Swt. 145, 21.
  • Se cyng ne róhte ná hú swíðe synlíce ða geréfan hit begeátan, ne hú manige unlaga hí dydon,

      Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 12.
  • Hí woldon on elþeódignesse beón, hí ne róhton hwǽr,

      891; Erl. 88, 8.
  • Men ne róhton hwæt hý worhtan,

      Wulfst. 163, 16.
Etymology
[Laym. rehchen, recchen (with gen.) : O. and N. recche; recþ (3rd pers.) : Piers P. Chauc. recche, rekke : Havel. recke : O. Sax. rókian : O. H. Ger. ruohian : Icel. rœkja.]
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