recenian

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈre.ke.ni.ɑn/

Verb

recenian

1. to arrange, dispose, reckon

Conjugation

Conjugation of recenian (weak class 2)

infinitive	recenian	recenienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	receniġe	recenode
second person singular	recenast	recenodest
third person singular	recenaþ	recenode
plural	receniaþ	recenodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	receniġe	recenode
plural	receniġen	recenoden
imperative
singular	recena
plural	receniaþ
participle	present	past
	receniende	(ġe)recenod

Derived terms

• ġerecenian

Descendants

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

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “recenian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.