The term, as a derivative of rescindere, seems to be a departure from the sense of the etymon (‘to cut away, remove’). The editor of gaimar2 confirms the word’s questionable status, and rejects it without comment.
v.a.
recendir ... sur
1to defend the right of (one) to the disadvantage of (another) (?):
(
1136-37; MS: s.xiv1
)
Engleis dient k’il =Edmund’s sons sunt dreit hair, Sis volent sur tei receveir (ms. recendir)4552 (MS)
(recendir) (1136-37)