*rekaną

Runic: ᚱᛖᚲᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈre.kɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 5

Meanings

to rake up, to pile up, to heap up

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (‘to make straight’), via semantic shift "make straight" > "erect (a pile)" > "rake and pile up".

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	rekō	rekaų	–
2nd singular	rikizi	rekaiz	rek
3rd singular	rikidi	rekai	rekadau
1st dual	rekōz	rekaiw	–
2nd dual	rekadiz	rekaidiz	rekadiz
1st plural	rekamaz	rekaim	–
2nd plural	rikid	rekaid	rikid
3rd plural	rekandi	rekain	rekandau

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
rekaną	rekandz	rekanaz

*rekan (Proto-West Germanic)
- reka (Old Frisian)
*rekan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *recan (Old Dutch)
  - rēken, reecken (Middle Dutch)
    - reken (Dutch)
*rekan (Proto-West Germanic)
- recan (Old English)
  - reken (Middle English)
    - reke (English)
    - reke, reik (Scots)
*rekan (Proto-West Germanic)
- rëhhan (Old High German)
  - rëchen (Middle High German)
    - rechan (Cimbrian)
    - rechen (German)
*rekan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rekan (Old Saxon)
  - rēken (Middle Low German)
    - reken (German Low German)
? (Old Norse)
- rag (Old Danish)
𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (rikan) (Gothic)
- recar (Catalan)
- recare (Italian)