recels

French

Noun

recels ?

1. plural of recel

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː.kels/, [ˈreː.keɫs]

Noun

rēcels n

1. incense
   • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

     Him mon brōhte gold tō ġefe, on þǣm wæs ġetācnod þæt hē wæs sōð cyning. Ōðer him brōhte reċels, on þǣm wæs ġetācnod þæt hē wæs sōð god. Sē þridda him brōhte myrran þā wyrt, on þǣm wæs ġetācnod þæt hē wæs dēadlīċ mon, ond þæt hē þurh his ānes dēað ealle ġelēaffulle men ġefrēode fram ēċum dēade.

     One man brought gold to give to him, which signified that he was a true king. The second brought him incense, which signified that he was the true god. The third brought him the myrrh-plant, which signified that he was a mortal man, and that through his death alone, he freed all faithful men from eternal death.

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “récels”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.