recenian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rekanōną (“to count, explain”).

Verb

recenian

  1. to arrange, dispose, reckon

Conjugation
Conjugation of recenian (weak class 2)
infinitive recenian tō recenienne
indicative present past
1st-person singular recenie
receniġe		 recenode
2nd-person singular recenast recenodest
3rd-person singular recenaþ recenode
plural receniaþ
receniġaþ		 recenodon
subjunctive present past
singular recenie
receniġe		 recenode
plural recenien
receniġen		 recenoden
imperative
singular recena
plural receniaþ
receniġaþ
participle present past
receniende
receniġende		 (ġe)recenod

Derived terms
  • ġerecenian

Descendants
  • Middle English: rekenen, reknen, reckenen
    • Scots: rekkin, rakkin
    • English: reckon

References

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

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