reccan

Etymology 1
From.

Verb

 * 1) to explain
 * 2) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
 * "ang"

- Swīðe endebyrdlīce þū hyt recst, ac ic þē wille secgan ġēt þēah hwæs [ic] þǣr fæstlīce ġelȳfe [and] ymb hwæt ic þǣr ġȳt twēoge.


 * 1) to argue
 * 2) to narrate, tell
 * 3) to stretch out, extend
 * 4) to reach out to someone

Usage notes

 * Reċċan means to argue as in "make an argument," i.e. to put forth a line of reasoning whether or not anyone disputes it. For the sense "debate, quarrel," is used.

Descendants

 * (rack one's brains)

Etymology 2
From.