*wrekaną

Runic: ᚹᚱᛖᚲᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwre.kɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 5

Meanings

to pursue, to drive out

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (‘track, hunt, follow’). Cognate with Hittite ūrki- (‘track’), Tocharian B werke (‘to chase, hunt’), Sanskrit व्रजति (vrájati) (vrájati, ‘to go, walk, move’), and perhaps Latin urgēre (‘to be urgent’), Proto-Slavic *vèrťi (‘to throw, cast’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularwrekōwrekaų–
2nd singularwrikiziwrekaizwrek
3rd singularwrikidiwrekaiwrekadau
1st dualwrekōzwrekaiw–
2nd dualwrekadizwrekaidizwrekadiz
1st pluralwrekamazwrekaim–
2nd pluralwrikidwrekaidwrikid
3rd pluralwrekandiwrekainwrekandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwrekai–
2nd singularwrekazaiwrekaizau
3rd singularwrekadaiwrekaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralwrekandaiwrekaindau
2nd pluralwrekandaiwrekaindau
3rd pluralwrekandaiwrekaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularwrakwrēkį̄
2nd singularwrahtwrēkīz
3rd singularwrakwrēkī
1st dualwrēkūwrēkīw
2nd dualwrēkudizwrēkīdiz
1st pluralwrēkumwrēkīm
2nd pluralwrēkudwrēkīd
3rd pluralwrēkunwrēkīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
wrekaną wrekandz wrekanaz

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Descendants

  • *wrekan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *wrekan (Old Dutch)
      • wrēken (Middle Dutch)
        • wreken (Dutch)
          • wreek (Afrikaans)
  • *wrekan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wrecan (Old English)
      • wreken (Middle English)
        • wreak (English)
        • wreke, wrek, wreik (Scots)
  • *wrekan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wreka (Old Frisian)
      • wrekke (West Frisian)
  • *wrekan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • rëhhan, wrëhhan (Old High German)
      • rëchen (Middle High German)
        • rächen (German)
          • rächen (Luxembourgish)
  • *wrekan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wrekan (Old Saxon)
      • wrēken (Middle Low German)
  • vreka (Old Norse)
    • vrage (Danish)
    • reka (Faroese)
    • bräkä (Gutnish)
    • reka (Icelandic)
  • vreka (Old Norse)
    • reke (Norwegian)
      • reka (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • vreka (Old Norse)
    • vræka, rwæka (Old Swedish)
      • vräka, räka (Swedish)
  • reka (Old Norse)
    • vrage (Danish)
    • reka (Faroese)
    • bräkä (Gutnish)
    • reka (Icelandic)
  • reka (Old Norse)
    • reke (Norwegian)
      • reka (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • reka (Old Norse)
    • vræka, rwæka (Old Swedish)
      • vräka, räka (Swedish)
  • 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan) (Gothic)

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