An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/verrecken

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
verrecken
Friedrich Kluge2507784An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — verrecken1891John Francis Davis

verrecken, vb., ‘to die’ (of cattle), from MidHG. (rare) verrecken, ‘to stretch out the limbs rigidly in death’; allied to recken. —