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réceleást

  • noun [ feminine ]
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réceleást, e; f.
Carelessness, negligence, heedlessness
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  • Swá hwæs swá his irsung willaþ, ðonne gehét him ðæs his réccelést,

      Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 24.

  • Récelést,

      Met. 25, 53.

  • Hí for heora slǽwþe and for gímeléste and for récceléste forléton unwriten ðara monna þeáwas ðe on heora dagum foremǽroste wǽron,

      Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 34.

  • Ðæt hé swá stiére ðǽm ungeþyldegum irsunga swá hé ðone hnescan þafettere on récceléste ne gebrenge

    sic ab impatientibus extinguatur ira, ut remissis ac lenibus non crescat negligentia,

      Past. 60; Swt. 453, 25.
Etymology
[Þurh mannes gémeléste and þurh mannes recheleste, O. E. Homl. ii. 45, 4.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “réceleást.” 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/25630.

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