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▪ I. † ˈreken, a. Obs.
[OE. recen = OFris. rekon and LG. reken (of a street) clear, open, unobstructed (see Richthofen), perh. related to OS. rekôn to put in order. In Eng. only as a poetic word of very lax application.]
1. Rapid, violent, terrible. (OE. only.)
c900Cynewulf Christ 809 Blac rasetteð recen reada leᵹ. c1000Ags. Ps. (Th.) cv. 18 [God] worhte..recene wundur on þam Readan Sæ.
2. Of persons: Ready, prompt; straightforward, upright.
a1000Waldere ii. 26 Mæᵹ siᵹe syllan se ðe symle byð recen and rædfest. c1250Gen. & Ex. 3485 Cumeð her forð, and beð alle reken, And lereð wel quat he sal speken. a1310in Wright Lyric P. v. 27 He is..Rekene ase Regnas resoun to rede. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 738 If fyue faylen of fyfty þe noumbre, & þe remnaunt be reken, how restes þy wylle? 13..S. Erkenwolde 245 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 271, I was ryȝtwis & rekene & redy of þe laghe. a1400Morte Arth. 4081 The rekeneste redy mene of þe Rownde Table.
b. Of language: ? Honest, sincere.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 756, I schal my þro steke..& my rankor refrayne for þy reken wordez.
3. Smooth, elegant, beautiful, gay.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 5 So rounde, so reken in vche araye, So smal, so smoþe her sydez were. Ibid. 906, & þou so ryche a reken rose. Ibid. B. 1082 Rial ryngande rotes & þe reken fyþel.
▪ II. reken(en
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