Old English · noun

rec

Normalised rēc

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /reːk/
/reːt͡ʃ/
Syllables: reːk (1 syllable)
Modern English: reek smoke

Meaning

smoke

Declension

Declension of rec
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rēc	rēcas
Accusative	rēc	rēcas
Genitive	rēces	rēca
Dative	rēce	rēcum

All forms (6)

rēc
rēcas
rēces
rēca
rēce
rēcum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rauki, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz, whence also Old Frisian rēk, Old Saxon rōk, Old Dutch rouc, Old High German rouh, Old Norse reykr. Possibly a loan from the Old Norse instead.

Descendants

reek

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