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Reklesnes, Raklesnes, n. Also: raklas-, -lis- and -nace. [ME and e.m.E. reklesnes (Rolle), north. var. of rechelesnes f. Rekles adj., OE réceléasnes.] a. Negligence. b. Impetuousness, rashness.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xxxiv 89.
I … lefit of my reklesnes To serwe hyme c1420 Wynt. vi Prol. 48.
Gywe it ware wilfully foryhete, It wald be repute … Wan wyt, or than reklesnes a1500 Bernardus 313.
Quhat sum euer man excuseis reklesnes Of worde and verk … He accuseis hym selffe and his foly c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus ii 959.
Wordis of iniure I said in reklesnes(b) a1400 Leg. S. xxxiii 437.
Our gret god Appollony, That to thi raklasnes ma spare c1475 Wall. x 173.
He suld repent … The gret trespace that throw raklesnace, Had gert him mak to Wallace a1500 Prestis of Peblis 652.
Ane gentleman percace Had slain ane man al throw his raklesnes 1535 Stewart 24148.
Except thame that mycht nocht flie … thraw sleuth and raklisnes a1578 Pitsc. II 40/16.
They war nocht slaine in the battell bot witht the artaillȝe schot and slaine throw raklesnes