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hrekja

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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hrekja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hrakti, supine hrakið)

  1. to refute, to disprove
    Synonyms: afsanna, hnekkja
  2. to drive away, to hound out
    Synonym: reka burt
  3. to vex

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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Verb

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hrekja (singular past indicative hrakti, plural past indicative hrǫktu, past participle hrakiðr or hraktr)

  1. to drive away, chase off
  2. to annoy, vex
  3. to damage, spoil
  4. to abuse

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: hrekja

References

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  • hrekja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press