Infinitive
| rēċan; recan |
| rēċenne; recenne |
Participles
| Present | rēċende; recende |
| Past | (ġe)rōht; (ġe)recen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | rēċe; rece |
| 2nd sing. | rēċest; rēcst; ricst |
| 3rd sing. | rēċeþ; rēcþ; ricþ |
| 1st plur. | rēċaþ; recaþ |
| 2nd plur. | rēċaþ; recaþ |
| 3rd plur. | rēċaþ; recaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | rōhte; ræc |
| 2nd sing. | rōhtest; rǣce |
| 3rd sing. | rōhte; ræc |
| 1st plur. | rōhton; rǣcon |
| 2nd plur. | rōhton; rǣcon |
| 3rd plur. | rōhton; rǣcon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | rēċe; rece |
| 2nd sing. | rēċe; rece |
| 3rd sing. | rēċe; rece |
| 1st plur. | rēċen; recen |
| 2nd plur. | rēċen; recen |
| 3rd plur. | rēċen; recen |
Past
| 1st sing. | rōhte; rǣce |
| 2nd sing. | rōhte; rǣce |
| 3rd sing. | rōhte; rǣce |
| 1st plur. | rōhten; rǣcen |
| 2nd plur. | rōhten; rǣcen |
| 3rd plur. | rōhten; rǣcen |
Imperative
| Singular | rēċ; rec |
| Plural | rēċaþ; recaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'recan'
recan,
Verbs similar to 'recan'
brecan,
decan,
iecan,
ræcan,
reccan,
reocan,
secan,
wrecan,
abrecan,
acan,
Etymology
1. 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.
2. 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”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*rōkijaną'.
Verbs referencing "recan"
Old High German rehhan.
Sample Sentences
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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:]
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c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
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He sende ðā sōna syððan to þām cyninge bēotlīċ ǣrende: þæt hē ābūgan sċeolde to his manrǣdene ġif hē rōhte his fēores. (After that, he (Ivar) immediately sent a gloating message to the King (Edmund): that he should submit to serving Ivar if he valued his life.)
Cognates
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