English Explanatory Dictionary

wrake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.
  2. Wrecked state or condition; destruction, ruin.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of wrack.
verb
  1. Obsolete form of wrack.

Pronunciation

rāk /ɹeɪk/ [ɹeɪ̯kʰ]

Word forms

wrake wrakes wraking wraked

Etymology

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.

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