skrike

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skɹaɪk/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English skriken, a borrowing from Old Norse skríkja (“to scream”) (compare Old English sċrīċ, sċrēċ > English shriek/screech), literally "bird with a shrill call," referring to a thrush, possibly imitative of its call. Attested from c 1573. ==== Verb ==== skrike (third-person singular simple present skrikes, present participle skriking, simple past and past participle skriked) (UK, regional) To cry, sob, cry out or yell; to scream. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English skrike, scryke (also skryche, schryke, shryke). Cognate with Old Frisian skrichte, Middle Low German schrichte. ==== Noun ==== skrike (plural skrikes) (UK, regional) A cry or scream. c 1573, attested by J. Raine at what tyme the said Herrison wyfe gave a skrike. (UK, dialect) The mistle thrush. ==== See also ==== shrike === References === A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press. A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, J. R. Clark Hall, 1984, University of Toronto Press. Journal of English and Germanic Philology: Volume 29, 1930, University of Illinois Press. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “scric”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === Kikers, krieks, skriek == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic (lydord) === Verb === skrike (imperative skrik, present tense skriker, passive skrikes, simple past skrek or skreik, past participle skreket, present participle skrikende) to scream, shout, cry out to caw (of a crow) ==== Related terms ==== skrik (noun) === References === “skrike” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²skrɪːçə/, /²skrɪːkə/ === Verb === skrike alternative form of skrika === Participle === skrike past participle of skrika === Noun === skrike f (definite singular skrika, indefinite plural skriker, definite plural skrikene) alternative form of skrikje (“jay”) === References === “skrike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “skrika”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016 “skrike”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016 === Anagrams === kreksi, sikker, skreik, skreki