Reccend

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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reccend

m. A ruler, governor. (1) applied to the Deity :-- God eálá ðú micele reccend (rector), Hymn. Surt. 72, 1 : Exon. Th. 2, 12; Cri. 18. Þeóda reccend, Ps. Th. 101, 1. God is ealra þinga reccend, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 9. Dryhten úre reccend is hé ðara læssena ríca reccend is, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 58, 22-25. God is scyppend and reccend ealra his gesceafta, Blickl. Homl. 185, 27 : Met. 4, 30. Ealra gesceafta reccend and stýrend, Wulfst. 255, 17. Án metod, reccend and ríce, Cd. Th. 252, 17; Dan. 580 : Exon. Th. 422, 8; Rä. 41, 3. (2) used of earthly rulers :-- Ðæt folc biþ gesǽlig þurh snoterne cyning, sigefæst and gesundful þurh gesceádwísne reccend, Homl. Th. ii. 320, 2. Nis ðeós þeód wyrðe ðæt hí swylcne reccend and cyning (as Oswine) habban, Bd. 3, 14; S. 541, 8. reccend