reikna
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.[1]
Verb
reikna
- (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to calculate, to compute
Derived terms
- reikna eitthvað út (to calculate something, to work something out)
- reiknast
- reikna með einhverju (to expect something, to reckon on something)
References
- rekna; in: Alf Torp, "Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok", Oslo 1992 (reprint), →ISBN
Anagrams
- akrein, einkar