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Old English · verb

gereccan

Normalised ġereċċan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈret.t͡ʃɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈret · t͡ʃɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
relatenarrateexplaininterpretcontrol

gereccan1 · verb

Senses

  1. to explain, relate, put forth

    Sċortlīċe iċ hæbbe nū ġesǣd ymb þā þrīe dǣlas ealles þises middanġeardes; ac iċ wille nū, swā iċ ǣr gehēt, þāra þrēora landrīċa ġemǣre ġereċċan...

    I have now spoken about all three of this world's continents in brief; but I will now, as I promised before, relate the borders of the three continents...

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
  2. to interpret

    Hiericho is ġereht and gehāten 'mona'.

    Jericho is interpreted and called moon."

    c. 992, Ælfric, "SHROVE SUNDAY"
  3. to narrate, tell

  4. to stretch out, extend

  5. to reach out to someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of gereccan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġereċċeġereahteġerehte
2nd singular ġereċestġereahtestġerehtest
3rd singular ġereċeþġereahteġerehte
Plural ġereċċaþġereahtonġerehton
Subjunctive
Singular ġereċċeġereahteġerehte
Plural ġereċċenġereahtenġerehten
Non-finite forms of gereccan
Form
Infinitive ġereċċan
Inflected infinitive ġereċċenne
Imperative singular ġereċe
Imperative plural ġereċċaþ
Present participle ġereċċende
Past participle ġereahtġereht

gereccan2 · verb

Senses

  1. to control, rule

Conjugation

Conjugation of gereccan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġereċċeġereahteġerehte
2nd singular ġereċestġereahtestġerehtest
3rd singular ġereċeþġereahteġerehte
Plural ġereċċaþġereahtonġerehton
Subjunctive
Singular ġereċċeġereahteġerehte
Plural ġereċċenġereahtenġerehten
Non-finite forms of gereccan
Form
Infinitive ġereċċan
Inflected infinitive ġereċċenne
Imperative singular ġereċe
Imperative plural ġereċċaþ
Present participle ġereċċende
Past participle ġereahtġereht

All forms (19)

Etymology

From ġe- + reċċan.

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