wrecan

See also: ƿrecan

Old English

Alternative forms

ƿrecan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to pursue, to drive out”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwrekɑn/

Verb

wrecan

to drive, press
(a) to drive out, expel

(b) to drive words out, express

(c) to drive in, impress, inlay; goldwrecan
to wreak anger
to punish a person or fault
to avenge a person or wrong, to take vengeance on

Conjugation

Conjugation of wrecan (strong class 5)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	wrecan	tō wrecenne
1st-person singular	wrece	wræc
2nd-person singular	wricest	wrǣce
3rd-person singular	wriceþ	wræc
plural	wrecaþ	wrǣcon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	wrece	wrǣce
plural	wrecen	wrǣcen
imperative
singular	wrec
plural	wrecaþ
participle	present	past
	wrecende	(ġe)wrecen

Derived terms

Derived terms

goldwrecan
oferwrecan
onwrecan
scyldwreccende

tōwrecan
wracian
wreogan

Related terms

wræc

Descendants

Middle English: wreken
- English: wreak
- Scots: wreke, wrek, wreik

References

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

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