reikna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From late Old Norse reikna, which is borrowed from Middle Low German rekenen, which is cognate to Dutch rekenen, English reckon and German rechnen.

Verb

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

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

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References

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

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