wrake

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English wrake (vengeance, persecution, injury), from Old English wracu (revenge, persecution, misery, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *wrakō, likely related to *wrēkō (persecution, revenge, vengeance). Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰 (wraka, persecution), Middle Low German wrake and Middle Dutch wrake.

Pronunciation

Noun

wrake (plural wrakes)

  1. (obsolete) Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.
  2. (obsolete) Wrecked state or condition; destruction, ruin.

Etymology 2

Variant of wrack, possibly influenced by Etymology 1.

Noun

wrake (plural wrakes)

  1. Obsolete form of wrack.

Verb

wrake (third-person singular simple present wrakes, present participle wraking, simple past and past participle wraked)

  1. Obsolete form of wrack.

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Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English wracu, from Proto-Germanic *wrakō.

Noun

wrake (plural wrakes)

  1. vengeance, retribution, revenge
    haven/taken/nimen wrake on/upon/ofto exact vengeance on (somebody)
    1. divine retribution or punishment
    2. an act of punishment or vengeance
    3. vengefulness
  2. ruin, destruction, wreck
    gon to/unto wraketo go to ruin
    fallen in-to wraketo fall into ruin
    bryngen/fallen wraketo bring to ruin
    1. ruination, violation
    2. death
  3. hostility, active enmity, discord
  4. physical pain, suffering, harm, injury
  5. distress, woe, misery
  6. wrongdoing, transgression

Derived terms

  • wraken ("to exact vengeance or punishment")

Descendants

  • English: wrack
  • Yola: rocke

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