折おれ返かえる

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

tell again and again; repeat; refrain; turn up; turn down

Rare and archaic verb. The core meaning is 'to turn back' or 'to return', extended to 'repeating' or 'refraining'. Modern Japanese uses 繰り返す for 'repeat' and 控える for 'refrain'. The 'turn up/down' glosses may reflect a physical folding or turning sense, but this is not a common modern usage.

• 古こ文ぶんでは「折おれ返かえる」が「繰くり返かえす」の意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In classical texts, 折れ返る is sometimes used to mean 'repeat'.

• 「折おれ返かえる」という動どう詞しは現げん代だい語ごではほとんど使つかわれない。

  The verb 折れ返る is rarely used in modern Japanese.