vreka
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- reka
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, whence also Old English wrecan (English wreak), Old High German rehhan, Old Saxon wrekan, Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan).
Verb
vreka
- to drive (away), to chase away
- to avenge, take vengeance
- 800s, Anonymous, Vafþrúðnismǫ́l (‘the speeches of Vafþrúðnir’), stanza 2
- Ulfr glęypa / mun Aldafǫðr,
þess mun Víðarr vreka;
kalda kjapta / hann klyfja mun
vitnis vígi at.- The wolf will swallow the father of men <= Óðinn>; Víðarr will avenge that. The cold jaws he will cleave, at the fight with the wolf.
- 800s, Anonymous, Vafþrúðnismǫ́l (‘the speeches of Vafþrúðnir’), stanza 2
Conjugation
Conjugation of vreka — active (strong class 5)
| infinitive | vreka | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | vrekandi | |
| past participle | vrekinn | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | vrek | vrak |
| 2nd-person singular | vrekr | vrakt |
| 3rd-person singular | vrekr | vrak |
| 1st-person plural | vrekum | vrákum |
| 2nd-person plural | vrekið | vrákuð |
| 3rd-person plural | vreka | vráku |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | vreka | vræka |
| 2nd-person singular | vrekir | vrækir |
| 3rd-person singular | vreki | vræki |
| 1st-person plural | vrekim | vrækim |
| 2nd-person plural | vrekið | vrækið |
| 3rd-person plural | vreki | vræki |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | vrek | |
| 1st-person plural | vrekum | |
| 2nd-person plural | vrekið | |
Conjugation of vreka — mediopassive (strong class 5)
| infinitive | vrekask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | vrekandisk | |
| past participle | vrekizk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | vrekumk | vrákumk |
| 2nd-person singular | vreksk | vrakzk |
| 3rd-person singular | vreksk | vraksk |
| 1st-person plural | vrekumsk | vrákumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | vrekizk | vrákuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | vrekask | vrákusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | vrekumk | vrækumk |
| 2nd-person singular | vrekisk | vrækisk |
| 3rd-person singular | vrekisk | vrækisk |
| 1st-person plural | vrekimsk | vrækimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | vrekizk | vrækizk |
| 3rd-person plural | vrekisk | vrækisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | vreksk | |
| 1st-person plural | vrekumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | vrekizk | |
Descendants
- Icelandic: reka
- Faroese: reka
- Norwegian: reke
- Norwegian Nynorsk: reka
- Westrobothnian: räka; raka; vräka, bräka
- Old Swedish: vræka, rwæka
- Swedish: vräka, räka (dialectal)
- Danish: vrage
- Gutnish: bräkä