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Old English · verb

recan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class V
IPA
/ˈre.kɑn/
Syllables
ˈre · kɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
reckwildlyhasten

recan1 · verb

Senses

  1. to go quickly, go wildly, hasten, run

  2. to come, go

Conjugation

Conjugation of recan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular receræc
2nd singular ricstrǣce
3rd singular ricþræc
Plural recaþrǣcon
Subjunctive
Singular recerǣce
Plural recenrǣcen
Non-finite forms of recan
Form
Infinitive recan
Inflected infinitive recenne
Imperative singular rec
Imperative plural recaþ
Present participle recende
Past participle recenġerecen

recan2 · verb

Senses

  1. to care about

    Þis man mæġ rǣdan, sē ðe his rēcð tō ġehīrenne, on ðǣre Engliscan bēċ ðe iċ āwende be ðisum.

    Anyone can read about this, if they care to hear it, in the book on this topic that I translated into English.

    c. 1005, Ælfric, Letter to Sigeweard:

Conjugation

Conjugation of recan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular rēċerōhte
2nd singular rēċestrēcstrōhtest
3rd singular rēċeþrēcþrōhte
Plural rēċaþrōhton
Subjunctive
Singular rēċerōhte
Plural rēċenrōhten
Non-finite forms of recan
Form
Infinitive rēċan
Inflected infinitive rēċenne
Imperative singular rēċ
Imperative plural rēċaþ
Present participle rēċende
Past participle rōhtġerōht

All forms (31)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rekan, from Proto-Germanic *rekaną.

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from reċċan according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language. From Proto-West Germanic *rōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną. Cognate with Old Saxon rōkian, Old High German ruohhen, Old Norse rǿkja (“to care, to pay heed to”).

Descendants

reck

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