"wrake" meaning in Middle English

See wrake in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Inherited from Old English wracu, from Proto-Germanic *wrakō. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{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|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} wrake, {{enm-noun}} wrake (plural wrakes) Forms: wrakes [plural], wrak [alternative], wrack [alternative], wracke [alternative], wrach [alternative], wrache [alternative], wrace [alternative], wraca [alternative], wracæ [alternative], wræce [alternative]
  1. vengeance, retribution, revenge
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-1jF0N87- Categories (other): Middle English terms with collocations
  2. vengeance, retribution, revenge
    divine retribution or punishment
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-7IkzOguu Categories (other): Middle English terms with collocations
  3. vengeance, retribution, revenge
    an act of punishment or vengeance
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-RCk5drFB Categories (other): Middle English terms with collocations
  4. 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 3 6 7 3 3 3 19 7 7 7 4 5 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 4 5 5 4 4 4 26 5 5 5 4 4 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 3 4 4 3 3 3 42 4 4 4 3 3 2 4
  5. ruin, destruction, wreck
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-~QnSgkAW Categories (other): Middle English terms with collocations
  6. ruin, destruction, wreck
    ruination, violation
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-KxZUQGi7 Categories (other): Middle English terms with collocations
  7. ruin, destruction, wreck
    death
    Sense id: en-wrake-enm-noun-Lyd52Bav 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
Derived forms: wrakedom, wrakeful Related terms: wraken () (english: to exact vengeance or punishment)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "distress, woe, misery"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distress",
          "distress"
        ],
        [
          "woe",
          "woe"
        ],
        [
          "misery",
          "misery"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wrongdoing, transgression"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wrongdoing",
          "wrongdoing"
        ],
        [
          "transgression",
          "transgression"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wrake"
}

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  "called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
  "msg": "''vengeance, retribution, reveng'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
  "path": [
    "wrake"
  ],
  "section": "Middle English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "wrake",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
  "msg": "''ruin, destruction, wreck'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
  "path": [
    "wrake"
  ],
  "section": "Middle English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "wrake",
  "trace": ""
}

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