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rackan, reckon Obs. exc. north. dial.|ˈræk(ə)n, ˈrɛk(ə)n|
Forms: 1 racente, racete, 4 rakente, 5 rakende, racand, 6 raken, racon, 9 rackan; 4 recawnt, 5–6 rekand, 5 rekande, rekanth, -enth, 6 reckand, -en, recon, 7 reckan, 9 reckon.
[OE. racente wk. f. = ON. rekendi (usually in pl. rekendr as if from sing. *rekandi), OHG. rahchinza (Graff): cf. rakenteie. In ME. and later use only north. dial., and chiefly in forms rek-, reckan(d, which app. represent the Scand. rather than the OE. word (but forms with rak-, rack-, prevail in the comb. rackan-crook).]
†1. A chain, fetter. Obs.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xvi. §2 Þæt he wearð ᵹebunden mid hira racentum. 971Blickl. Hom. 43 Hie hine hæfdon ᵹeþreatodne mid fyrenum racentum. a1050Liber Scintill. (1889) 59 ᵹebeorscipas swylce racetan..forfleo lusta. 13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 188 Þer ragnel in his rakentes hym rere of his dremes. a1400–50Alexander 5128, I send ȝow..twa hundred & ten..of rekanthes of rede gold. 14..Sir Beues (MS. N.) 1636 Þe jailers liggen bothe dede & Beues liþ bounde in rakende.
2. A chain or other apparatus by which cooking vessels are suspended over a fire; now usually a vertical bar pierced with holes, into one of which the pot-hook is inserted.
1400Test. Ebor. (Surtees) I. 268 Unum recawnt de catenis ferreis. 1445Ibid. II. 194, j. rekand de ferro. 1485Ibid. III. 300, j pare of coberdis, ij potte-hyngyls, j racand. 1534in Peacock Eng. Ch. Furniture (1866) 186 Thre racons wt a peire of galows of yron. 1566Richmond. Wills & Inv. (Surtees) 184, j paire of tongs, j iron scummer and one recken. 1582Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 172 One recon,..one fier shole, one pare of tanges. 1674–91Ray N.C. Words 58 Reckans, Hooks to hang Pots or Kettles on over the Fire. 1876Mid-Yorksh. Gloss. s.v., A pot-hook..sliding through a hole in the bottom piece of the reckon. |