reikna

Icelandic

Etymology

From late Old Norse reikna, which is borrowed from Middle Low German rekenen, which is cognate to Dutch rekenen, English reckon and German rechnen.[1]

Verb

reikna

  1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to calculate, to compute

Derived terms
  • reikna eitthvað út (to calculate something, to work something out)
  • reiknast
  • reikna með einhverju (to expect something, to reckon on something)

References
  1. rekna; in: Alf Torp, "Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok", Oslo 1992 (reprint), →ISBN

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