wræc

== Old English == === Etymology 1 === From a variant base of wrecan. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /wræk/ Rhymes: -æk ==== Noun ==== wræc n exile (state of being exiled) misery, torment persecution, punishment ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== wræclāst wræcsīþ wreċċa ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: wrake, wreke, wrache, wreche (melded with wracu and wrǣċ) English: wrack, wreak Scots: wrak, wraik, wrek === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *wrāku, from Proto-Germanic *wrēkō. Cognate with Old Dutch wrāca and Old High German rahha. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /wræːt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -æːt͡ʃ ==== Noun ==== wrǣċ f revenge, vengeance ===== Declension ===== Strong ō-stem: ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: wrake, wreke, wrache, wreche (melded with wracu and wræc) English: wrack, wreak Scots: wrak, wraik, wrek === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /wræk/ Rhymes: -æk ==== Verb ==== wræc first/third-person singular past indicative of wrecan