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 ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== rek (“jetsum; prosecution”) rekhvalr (“a whale drifted ashore”) reki (“jetsum; persecution; driver”) rekingr (“wretch”) rǿkr (“deserving to be driven out”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: reka Faroese: reka Norwegian: reke Norwegian Nynorsk: reka Old Swedish: vræka, rwæka Swedish: vräka, räka (dialectal) Danish: vrage Gutnish: bräkä