recenian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rekanōn (“to count, explain”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈre.ke.ni.ɑn/

Verb

recenian

  1. to arrange, dispose, reckon

Conjugation
Conjugation of recenian (weak class 2)
infinitive recenian recenienne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular receniġe recenode
second person singular recenast recenodest
third person singular recenaþ recenode
plural receniaþ recenodon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular receniġe recenode
plural receniġen recenoden
imperative
singular recena
plural receniaþ
participle present past
receniende (ġe)recenod

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: rekenen, reknen, reckenen
    • Scots: rekkin, rakkin
    • English: reckon

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “recenian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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