Icelandic

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Etymology

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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

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reikna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative reiknaði, supine reiknað)

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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “rekna”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard)

Anagrams

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