wrek

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === wrekke, wrecke wrec, wrech (Early Middle English) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman wrek, itself borrowed from Old Norse *vrek. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wrɛk/ === Noun === wrek (plural wreks) wreck ==== Descendants ==== English: wreck ==== References ==== “wrek, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Alternative forms === werec wrec === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse *vrek, related to reka (“to push, drive”). === Noun === wrek oblique singular, m (oblique plural wres, nominative singular wres, nominative plural wrek) (Anglo-Norman) shipwreck === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “wrec”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. wrek on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub