reka

fire

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I)

(rek; rak, rákum; rekinn), v.

1) to drive (r. hesta, fé, svín, naut); r. aptr, to drive back; r. aptr kaup sín, to recall, cry off from one’s bargains; r. af (ór) landi, to drive out of the land, drive into exile; r. af höndum, r. burt, to drive away; r. flótta, to pursue a flying host;

2) to compel (segir, hver nauðsyn hann rekr til); þér vegit víg þau, er yðr rekr lítit til, ye slay men for small cause;

3) to perform, do; r. hernað, to wage war; r. erendi, to do an errand;

4) to thrust, push violently (hann rak hann niðr mikit fall); r. aptr hurð, to fling the door to; r. hendr e-s á bak aptr, to tie one’s hands behind the back;

5) various phrases, r. augu skygnur á e-t, to cast one’s eyes upon, see by chance; svá langt, at hann mátti hvergi auga yfir r., so far that he could not reach it with his eyes; r. minni til e-s, to recollect; r. upp hljóð, to set up a cry, utter a scream;

6) r. nagla, hæl, to drive a nail, peg;

7) impers., to be drifted, tossed (skipit rak inn á sundit); e-n rekr undan, one escapes (bað þá eigi láta Gretti undan r.); of a tempest, þá rak á fyrir þeim hríð, a storm rose upon them;

8) with gen., to pursue, take vengeance for (ef þér rekit eigi þessa réttar, þá munu þér engra skamma r.);

9) refl., rekast, to be tossed, wander (ek hefi rekizt úti á skógum í allan vetr); r. landa á milli, to go from one country to another; r. á e-m, to intrude oneself upon; r. eptir e-m, to accommodate oneself to a person; r. undan, to escape (ef Kjartan skal nú undan r.); rekast (vrekast) at virði, to quarrel over a meal.

II)

f. shovel, spade.

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u, f., qs. vreka, [Engl. rake; Germ. rache], a shovel, spade, K. Þ. K. 38, Ísl. ii. 193, Vm. 34, Dropl. 28: the saying, stikk mér í, kvað reka! Fms. vii. 115; myki-reka, fjós-reka.