in adverbial phrase i rrec, later arec(c). The orig. meaning seems to be absolutely, outright , emphasizing an assertion or word. a llán-indarpe hirecc, gl. abiciuntur, Sg. 10b1 (`directly', Thes.; altogether ?). delb tri tuisel foraib nó it tri tuisil hirec (gl. gerundia cum videantur habere casus obliquos) `three cases simply' ; actually (?), 148b8 . sloind gnimo hirec dogni indidit (i.e. the indicative asserts the action absolutely, without qualification?), 153a3 , cf. PCr. 63b2 (hirrec). noco ría nech dib aréc | donaib dib trebaib déc | co crich Cannan absolutely no one . . . will reach the border of C. (?), SR 4729 (leg. a rec . . . deëc). menadach eter da usci, sech ni teit sis a rrec co dommain lestir it does not sink right down to the bottom of the vessel , Mon. Tall. 74 = a reg, Anecd. i 75.19 . focheirdi erchor uait . . . docuirethar obonn anmannae ar a chind ┐ gonta no benta no marbthae a rrec it wounds it or strikes it or kills it outright. Corm. Y 1229 = irrec, Corm. p. 44 s.v. taurthait ( LL 179a42 ).

In follg. exx. possibly at once, directly, forthwith; cf. rec .i. donithear go hobann, O'Cl. (perh. a reminiscence of Corm. quoted above). dindgnai Lagen . . . na dindgnai, na rátha a rrec `the notable places, and next the raths', Metr. Dinds. iii 66.3 . a ndíth ba ro-moch a rrec `their loss was early and sudden' (? altogether premature ), 140.11 . marbsat na [trí] Ruaid a rrec | Conall C[ernach] na cruadglecc, LL 166b45 . cach doerchland, cach merlech | nā marbthar a rrec, 147a47 ( PRIA iii 552 § 40 ). o creidis inniut a recc | medon laithi . . . | hi parthus iar n-oidche uair | is e gilla docuaid lat ( of the penitent thief), ZCP x 47.17 ; perh. just at noon. ? [Fl]and find Fína . . . ar brú [sro]tha Rēin arrecc | fuair a réir mar ro-lán-dét, Ériu viii 70.91 ; ? ro nas ith ┐ blicht . . . ciche bá rogell a regg | sonend ┐ dubdonend (of the sureties promised for the payment of the Boroma), LL 376a4 . ? acht ma scerter for mo thengaid irecc (MSS. arecha) 'unless it is sprinkled directly on my tongue' EIS 52 § 2 .

v ā. denom. from 2 rec(c), 1 reic(c); comes into use in early Mid.Ir., often in juxtaposition with renaid which it finally supplants. Occas. with palatal stem reic-. vn. supplied by 1 reic(c). Part. nec. rectha, q.v.

sells, barters, exchanges , with FRI of pers. to whom the sale is made: ni rir (.i. niro recc), Thes. ii 327.40 ( Hy. v 6 Comm. ). díol, reac `sell, pay', Eg. Gl. 217 . `In recai in cumail?' `Reacfat' ol D., Lism. L. 1184 (cf. ren in cumail, 1185 ). rot-míll Esáu a prímgentecht, corus recc fria a brathair, PH 8400 . recustar comorbu Pedair cis Erenn fri Saxanaib, Ériu iv 244.7 . ro recsam ar n-oenbrathair, SR 3624 . ro recsabar, 3636 . ro recsat Patraic i tuascert Dal Araide, Trip. 414.7 . Ochtauin . . . do reac re hIoruaidh an tír, Content. vi 76 . reac leam . . . do c[h]eart-beirthe sell me thy birthright , Gen. xxv 31 . do reac na ba leis na Sasanachaibh, Cín Lae Ó Meall. 33.4 . reic mé rem dhearbhráthair ndil, a ghealmháthair Dhé! `ransom me . . . thou and my dear brother ' (?), A. Ó Dálaigh xix 2 (reac v.l.). (Fig.) ro recustar no ro choillestar toil a chuirp, LB 239a54 ( ACC 102 Comm. ). ? ba leo riġe Cassil chóir . . . in fed batar ina thír | niro recsat bríg na báig they did not barter, part with (?) their power or warlike spirit , LL 146a44 = niro chrechsat, ZCP xii 379.17 .

With AR of price or equivalent: ní recfaind-se brathair mo mathar bar ríg n-aile I would not exchange . . . for any other king , TBC-LL¹ 1626 = ní rriri bráthair a máthar ar rig n-aile, LU 5606 . rec ar egna do miri exchange thy folly for wisdom , ZCP xii 386.29 . do reacais Dia ar a deich fichead, A. Ó Dálaigh xxxvi 2 (said to Judas). nit recfider sund ar argad `hier wirst Du nicht für Silber verkauft werden', Anecd. i 7.17 (s. Z. f. roman. Phil. 43, 395.3 ). do recad deichnebur ar .xx. dib ar aenpingind `he used to sell thirty of them for one penny', Maund. 78 . do reic [Esáu] a oighreacht ar chorn praisge, TSh. 8319 , cf. 3454 (do reac).

Occas. with stem rac-: as mesa mé iná Iudas, ór racaim thú ar nísa lugha, Mac Aingil 52.17 . gé gur racadar é, 432.1 .

n io, m. a seller, vendor : ná gáirdigheadh an ceannuighe, ná caóigheadh an r[e]acaire, Ezekiel vii 12 ; ib. 13 .