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Wrake

//ɹeɪk// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution. obsolete
  2. 2
    Obsolete form of wrack. alt-of, obsolete
  3. 3
    Wrecked state or condition; destruction, ruin. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of wrack. alt-of, obsolete

Etymology

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.

Etymology 2

Variant of wrack, possibly influenced by Etymology 1.

Etymology 3

Variant of wrack, possibly influenced by Etymology 1.

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