High Eolic word of the day: racandacam

racand- (transitive verb), imperfective racandacam: to raise, free, set something free.

manúcá racand-erc rándurvem
prisoner.PL set.free-PASS king.GEN.DEF
“the prisoners were freed by the king”

The verb racandacam is also often used in its middle form (with zero valence marking), with the rough meaning ‘to run away, to free oneself’.

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