recan

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ can.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹi.kæn/

Verb

recan (third-person singular simple present recans, present participle recanning, simple past and past participle recanned)

1. (transitive) To can (place in a can) again or anew.

Anagrams

• Crane, caren, Crean, Caren, rance, Carne, ancré, Rance, nacre, Nérac, crane, nacré, Cerna, caner, crena

Old English

Etymology 1

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from reċċan according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.

From Proto-West Germanic *rōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną. Cognate with Old Saxon rōkian, Old High German ruohhen, Old Norse rǿkja (“to care, to pay heed to”).

Alternative forms

• reċċan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

rēċan

1. to care
   • c. 1005, Ælfric, Letter to Sigeweard‎^[1]:

     Þis man mæġ rǣdan, sē þe his rēcþ tō ġehīerenne, on þǣre Engliscan bēċ þe iċ āwende be þissum.

     Anyone can read about this, if they care to hear it, in the book on this topic that I translated into English.

   • c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints

     Hingwar sende þā sōna siþþan Ēadmunde cyninge bēotlīċ ǣrende: þæt hē ābūgan sċolde tō his manrǣdene ġif hē rōhte his fēores.

     After that, Ivar immediately sent a gloating message to King Edmund: that he should submit to serving Ivar if he valued his life.

Usage notes

• Rēċan usually takes an object in the genitive: Mīn sunu rēcþ mæġdena ("My son cares about girls"), Rīċe menn ūre ne rēċaþ ("Rich people don't care about us").

• Verbs following rēċan are subjunctive in an indirect question: Wē ne rēċaþ hwæt menn seċġen ("We don't care what people say"), Hwæt rēcst þū hwæt ōðre menn wēnen? Þū wāst sōþ ("What do you care what other people think? You know the truth").

• The present tense and infinitive stem of this verb appears to have merged with that of reċċan before the written period, with gemination of the coda resulting in shortening (and unrounding of the vowel, even in Anglian). The cause of this gemination is unexplained; compare lǣċan, but also sēċan[2]

Conjugation

Conjugation of rēċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	rēċan	rēċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	rēċe	rōhte
second person singular	rēċest, rēcst	rōhtest
third person singular	rēċeþ, rēcþ	rōhte
plural	rēċaþ	rōhton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	rēċe	rōhte
plural	rēċen	rōhten
imperative
singular	rēċ
plural	rēċaþ
participle	present	past
	rēċende	(ġe)rōht

Descendants

• English: reck

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *rekan, from Proto-Germanic *rekaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈre.kɑn/

Verb

recan

1. to go quickly, go wildly, hasten, run
2. to come, go

Conjugation

Conjugation of recan (strong class 5)

infinitive	recan	recenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	rece	ræc
second person singular	ricst	rǣce
third person singular	ricþ	ræc
plural	recaþ	rǣcon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	rece	rǣce
plural	recen	rǣcen
imperative
singular	rec
plural	recaþ
participle	present	past
	recende	(ġe)recen

Descendants

• Middle English: reken