wrake

== 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 ==== enPR: rāk, IPA(key): /ɹeɪk/, [ɹeɪ̯kʰ] Rhymes: -eɪk ==== Noun ==== wrake (plural wrakes) (obsolete) Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution. (obsolete) Wrecked state or condition; destruction, ruin. === Etymology 2 === Variant of wrack, possibly influenced by Etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== wrake (plural wrakes) Obsolete form of wrack. ==== Verb ==== wrake (third-person singular simple present wrakes, present participle wraking, simple past and past participle wraked) Obsolete form of wrack. === References === Francis Henry Stratmann (1891), “wráke”, in Henry Bradley, editor, A Middle-English Dictionary: Containing Words Used by English Writers from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Century, Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 695, column 1 “wrake”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “†wrake, n.1”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === wreak, Waker, waker, kewra == Middle English == === Alternative forms === wrak, wrack, wracke, wrach, wrache, wrace, wraca, wracæ, wræce === Etymology === Inherited from Old English wracu, from Proto-Germanic *wrakō. === Noun === wrake (plural wrakes) vengeance, retribution, revenge haven/taken/nimen wrake on/upon/of ― to exact vengeance on (somebody) divine retribution or punishment an act of punishment or vengeance vengefulness ruin, destruction, wreck gon to/unto wrake ― to go to ruin fallen in-to wrake ― to fall into ruin bryngen/fallen wrake ― to bring to ruin ruination, violation death hostility, active enmity, discord physical pain, suffering, harm, injury distress, woe, misery wrongdoing, transgression ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== wraken ("to exact vengeance or punishment") ==== Descendants ==== English: wrack Yola: rocke === References === “wrā̆k(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “†wrake, n.1”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.