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reka.

to drive (forward or away)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈrɛːka]
  1. to drive (forward or away)

    strong · verb
  2. to run (a farm, business, etc.)

    strong · verb
  3. to coerce, to drive (someone to do something)

    strong · verb
  4. to hammer, to hit (iron)

    strong · verb
  5. to cause to drift [with accusative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "drift" with the accusative object as the subject)

    impersonal · strong · verb
    Bátinn rak út á haf.
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse vreka (the v had disappeared already in later Old West Norse), from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną.

noun[ˈrɛːka]
  1. shovel

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse reka.

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