Récan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - récan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

récan
p. réhte To smoke (trans.), steam :-- Réhte (Wrt. reþte : Wülck. reohte) fumarat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 55. Ðám mannum ðe fram ðære teóþan tíde ne geseóþ, ðæs ylcan drinces smýc heora eágan onfón and mid ðam broþe récen, and ða litre wǽten, and gníden and mid smyrgen, Lchdm. i. 346, 22. [O. H. Ger. rouhan; p. ta thurificare, sufire, vaporare : Icel. reykja; p. ta to smoke (trans.).]

Related words: reócan. recan,reccan

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