"wrecan" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈwre.kɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to pursue, to drive out”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wrekaną|t=to pursue, to drive out}} Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to pursue, to drive out”) Head templates: {{ang-verb}} wrecan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|wrecan<s5>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], wrecan [infinitive], wrecenne [infinitive], wrece [first-person, present, singular], wræc [first-person, past, singular], wricst [present, second-person, singular], wrǣce [past, second-person, singular], wricþ [present, singular, third-person], wræc [past, singular, third-person], wrecaþ [plural, present], wrǣcon [past, plural], wrece [present, singular], wrǣce [past, singular], wrecen [plural, present], wrǣcen [past, plural], wrec [imperative, past, present, singular], wrecaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], wrecende [imperative, present], wrecen [imperative, past], ġewrecen [imperative, past]
  1. (transitive, intransitive) to punish (+ dative = a person) (+ accusative = a wrong) Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms (to punish): wītnian
    Sense id: en-wrecan-ang-verb-twkY3qXx Disambiguation of 'to punish': 85 7 7 0
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to avenge or take revenge (+ accusative or with on + dative = "on someone") Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-wrecan-ang-verb-kzbXQc4A Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 16 66 15 3
  3. to unleash or take out (one's anger) (with on + dative = on someone)
    Sense id: en-wrecan-ang-verb-NrjoA45w
  4. to drive, press
    Sense id: en-wrecan-ang-verb-QNAv5owA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wracu (english: revenge)
Derived forms: ǣrendwreca, bewrecan, forwrecan, goldwrecan, oferwrecan, onwrecan, sċyldwreccende, tōwrecan, þeōdwrecan, þurhwrecan, wracian, wrecend, āwrecan, ġewrecan

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "to spare",
      "word": "ārian"
    },
    {
      "english": "to forgive",
      "word": "forġiefan"
    },
    {
      "english": "to spare",
      "word": "sparian"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ǣrendwreca"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bewrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "forwrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "goldwrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "oferwrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "onwrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sċyldwreccende"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tōwrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "þeōdwrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "þurhwrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wracian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wrecend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "āwrecan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ġewrecan"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wreken"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wreken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wreken"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wreak"
          },
          "expansion": "English: wreak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: wreak"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "wreke",
            "3": "wrek",
            "4": "wreik"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: wreke, wrek, wreik",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: wreke, wrek, wreik"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wrekaną",
        "t": "to pursue, to drive out"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to pursue, to drive out”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to pursue, to drive out”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "5",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrece",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wræc",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wricst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrǣce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wricþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wræc",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrǣcon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrece",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrǣce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrǣcen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrec",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewrecen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wrecan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wrecan<s5>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "revenge",
      "word": "wracu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The teacher punished her students for using bad words.",
          "text": "Sēo lǣrestre wræc hire leornerum þæt hīe yfelra worda brucon.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to punish (+ dative = a person) (+ accusative = a wrong)"
      ],
      "id": "en-wrecan-ang-verb-twkY3qXx",
      "links": [
        [
          "punish",
          "punish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) to punish (+ dative = a person) (+ accusative = a wrong)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "85 7 7 0",
          "sense": "to punish",
          "word": "wītnian"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 66 15 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I promised my father that if he was killed, I would avenge his death.",
          "text": "Iċ ġehēt mīnum fæder ġif hine man ofslōge, þæt iċ his dēaþ wrǣċe.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "If you prick us, don't we bleed? If you tickle us, don't we laugh? If you poison us, don't we die? And if you wrong us, don't we take revenge?",
          "text": "Ġif ġē ūs priciaþ, ne blēdaþ wē? Ġif ġē ūs ċiteliaþ, ne hliehhaþ wē? Ġif ġē ūs ġeǣtriaþ, ne sweltaþ wē? And ġif ġē ūs yfeliaþ, ne wrecaþ wē?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to avenge or take revenge (+ accusative or with on + dative = \"on someone\")"
      ],
      "id": "en-wrecan-ang-verb-kzbXQc4A",
      "links": [
        [
          "avenge",
          "avenge"
        ],
        [
          "take revenge",
          "take revenge"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#Old English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) to avenge or take revenge (+ accusative or with on + dative = \"on someone\")"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He took out his anger on his children.",
          "text": "Hē wræc his ierre on his bearnum.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to unleash or take out (one's anger) (with on + dative = on someone)"
      ],
      "id": "en-wrecan-ang-verb-NrjoA45w",
      "links": [
        [
          "unleash",
          "unleash"
        ],
        [
          "take out",
          "take out"
        ],
        [
          "anger",
          "anger"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#Old English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "(a) to drive out, expel"
        },
        {
          "text": "(b) to drive words out, express, recite"
        },
        {
          "english": "I can recite a true story about myself.",
          "text": "9th or 10th century, The Seafarer\nMæġ iċ be mē selfum / sōðġiedd wrecan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "(c) to drive in, impress, inlay"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to drive, press"
      ],
      "id": "en-wrecan-ang-verb-QNAv5owA",
      "links": [
        [
          "drive",
          "drive"
        ],
        [
          "press",
          "press"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwre.kɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wrecan"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "to spare",
      "word": "ārian"
    },
    {
      "english": "to forgive",
      "word": "forġiefan"
    },
    {
      "english": "to spare",
      "word": "sparian"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 5 strong verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ǣrendwreca"
    },
    {
      "word": "bewrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "forwrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "goldwrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "oferwrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "onwrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "sċyldwreccende"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōwrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "þeōdwrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "þurhwrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "wracian"
    },
    {
      "word": "wrecend"
    },
    {
      "word": "āwrecan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġewrecan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wreken"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wreken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wreken"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wreak"
          },
          "expansion": "English: wreak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: wreak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "wreke",
            "3": "wrek",
            "4": "wreik"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: wreke, wrek, wreik",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: wreke, wrek, wreik"
    }
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      "name": "dercat"
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to pursue, to drive out”).",
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "5",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrece",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wræc",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wricst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrǣce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wricþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wræc",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrǣcon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrece",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrǣce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrǣcen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrec",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wrecen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġewrecen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wrecan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wrecan<s5>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "revenge",
      "word": "wracu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English intransitive verbs",
        "Old English terms with usage examples",
        "Old English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The teacher punished her students for using bad words.",
          "text": "Sēo lǣrestre wræc hire leornerum þæt hīe yfelra worda brucon.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to punish (+ dative = a person) (+ accusative = a wrong)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "punish",
          "punish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) to punish (+ dative = a person) (+ accusative = a wrong)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English intransitive verbs",
        "Old English terms with usage examples",
        "Old English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I promised my father that if he was killed, I would avenge his death.",
          "text": "Iċ ġehēt mīnum fæder ġif hine man ofslōge, þæt iċ his dēaþ wrǣċe.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "If you prick us, don't we bleed? If you tickle us, don't we laugh? If you poison us, don't we die? And if you wrong us, don't we take revenge?",
          "text": "Ġif ġē ūs priciaþ, ne blēdaþ wē? Ġif ġē ūs ċiteliaþ, ne hliehhaþ wē? Ġif ġē ūs ġeǣtriaþ, ne sweltaþ wē? And ġif ġē ūs yfeliaþ, ne wrecaþ wē?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to avenge or take revenge (+ accusative or with on + dative = \"on someone\")"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "avenge",
          "avenge"
        ],
        [
          "take revenge",
          "take revenge"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#Old English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) to avenge or take revenge (+ accusative or with on + dative = \"on someone\")"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He took out his anger on his children.",
          "text": "Hē wræc his ierre on his bearnum.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to unleash or take out (one's anger) (with on + dative = on someone)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unleash",
          "unleash"
        ],
        [
          "take out",
          "take out"
        ],
        [
          "anger",
          "anger"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#Old English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "(a) to drive out, expel"
        },
        {
          "text": "(b) to drive words out, express, recite"
        },
        {
          "english": "I can recite a true story about myself.",
          "text": "9th or 10th century, The Seafarer\nMæġ iċ be mē selfum / sōðġiedd wrecan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "(c) to drive in, impress, inlay"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to drive, press"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drive",
          "drive"
        ],
        [
          "press",
          "press"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwre.kɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to punish",
      "word": "wītnian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wrecan"
}

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