meak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hook with a long handle; scythe.

Word forms

meak meaks

Etymology

From Middle English meeke, probably from Old Norse mækir (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz. Cognate with Icelandic mækir, Old English mēċe.

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