wrecan

See also: ƿrecan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to pursue, to drive out”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwrekɑn/

Verb

wrecan

  1. to drive, press
    (a) to drive out, expel
    (b) to drive words out, express
    (c) to drive in, impress, inlay; goldwrecan
  2. to wreak anger
  3. to punish a person or fault
  4. to avenge a person or wrong, to take vengeance on

Conjugation
Conjugation of wrecan (strong class 5)
infinitive wrecan tō wrecenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular wrece wræc
2nd-person singular wricest wrǣce
3rd-person singular wriceþ wræc
plural wrecaþ wrǣcon
subjunctive present past
singular wrece wrǣce
plural wrecen wrǣcen
imperative
singular wrec
plural wrecaþ
participle present past
wrecende (ġe)wrecen

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • wrecan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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