wrake

English

Etymology

From Middle English wrake (“vengeance, persecution, injury”), from Old English ƿracu (“revenge, persecution, misery, etc.”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakō. Cognate to Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰 (wraka, “persecution”), Middle Low German wrake and Middle Dutch wrake.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rāk, IPA(key): /ɹeɪk/, [ɹeɪ̯kʰ]
  • Rhymes: -eɪk

Noun

wrake (plural wrakes)

  1. (obsolete, archaic, literary) Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.
  2. (obsolete) Variant of wrack.
  • wrakedom ("vengeance")
  • wrakeful ("revengeful")

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