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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹeɪk/, [ɹeɪ̯kʰ] Forms: wrakes [plural]
enPR: rāk Rhymes: -eɪk 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wrake||vengeance, persecution, injury}} Middle English wrake (“vengeance, persecution, injury”), {{inh|en|ang|wracu||revenge, persecution, misery, etc.}} Old English wracu (“revenge, persecution, misery, etc.”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wrakō}} Proto-Germanic *wrakō, {{cog|got|𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰||persecution}} Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰 (wraka, “persecution”), {{cog|gml|wrake}} Middle Low German wrake, {{cog|dum|wrake}} Middle Dutch wrake Head templates: {{en-noun}} wrake (plural wrakes)
  1. (obsolete) Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wrake-en-noun-bWkolahT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 32 33 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 12 15 9 9 4 4 14 4 7 7 7 1 2 3 2
  2. (obsolete) Wrecked state or condition; destruction, ruin. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wrake-en-noun-HLniRxdF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 32 33 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 12 15 9 9 4 4 14 4 7 7 7 1 2 3 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: wrakes [plural]
Etymology: Variant of wrack, possibly influenced by Etymology 1. Head templates: {{en-noun}} wrake (plural wrakes)
  1. Obsolete form of wrack. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: wrack
    Sense id: en-wrake-en-noun-op8i5uV5 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 32 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Forms: wrakes [present, singular, third-person], wraking [participle, present], wraked [participle, past], wraked [past]
Etymology: Variant of wrack, possibly influenced by Etymology 1. Head templates: {{en-verb}} wrake (third-person singular simple present wrakes, present participle wraking, simple past and past participle wraked)
  1. Obsolete form of wrack. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: wrack
    Sense id: en-wrake-en-verb-op8i5uV5 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 32 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Middle English]

Forms: wrakes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English wracu, from Proto-Germanic *wrakō. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|wracu|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English wracu, {{inh+|enm|ang|wracu}} Inherited from Old English wracu, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*wrakō}} Proto-Germanic *wrakō Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} wrake, {{enm-noun}} wrake (plural wrakes)
  1. vengeance, retribution, revenge
    divine retribution or punishment
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-7IkzOguu Categories (other): Middle English terms with collocations
  2. vengeance, retribution, revenge
    an act of punishment or vengeance
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-RCk5drFB Categories (other): Middle English terms with collocations
  3. vengeance, retribution, revenge
    vengefulness
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-B-4tFazA Categories (other): Middle English terms with collocations, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 12 15 9 9 4 4 14 4 7 7 7 1 2 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 15 9 9 4 4 19 4 5 5 5 2 2 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 13 8 8 3 3 30 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 2
  4. vengeance, retribution, revenge
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-1jF0N87- Categories (other): Middle English terms with collocations
  5. ruin, destruction, wreck
    ruination, violation
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-KxZUQGi7 Categories (other): Middle English terms with collocations
  6. ruin, destruction, wreck
    death
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-Lyd52Bav Categories (other): Middle English terms with collocations
  7. ruin, destruction, wreck
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-~QnSgkAW Categories (other): Middle English terms with collocations
  8. hostility, active enmity, discord
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-IUQnii64
  9. physical pain, suffering, harm, injury
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-BQfi3P~~
  10. distress, woe, misery
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-PmAngJ7d
  11. wrongdoing, transgression
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-fKhi9C-4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wrak, wrack, wracke, wrach, wrache, wrace, wraca, wracæ, wræce Derived forms: wrakedom, wrakeful Related terms: wraken () (english: to exact vengeance or punishment)

Inflected forms

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