- Wreke
- Wreke \Wreke\ (r[=e]k), Wreeke \Wreeke\, v. t. See 2d {Wreak}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
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wreke — v. a. == avenge. HD. 1363. AS. wræccan … Oldest English Words
wreke — … Useful english dictionary
Wreeke — Wreke Wreke (r[=e]k), Wreeke Wreeke, v. t. See 2d {Wreak}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eke — I. , adv. == also. RG. 374, 378; [ekyn]. RG. 165 II. , v. a. == increase. See eche. III. , v. a. == to avenge? RG. 474. Probably an error for ‘wreke.’ See the parallel passage in the Life of Beket, 1948 B., where the reading is ‘wreke’ … Oldest English Words
Awreak — A*wreak , Awreke A*wreke ,, v. t. & i. To avenge. [Obs.] See {Wreak}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Awreke — Awreak A*wreak , Awreke A*wreke ,, v. t. & i. To avenge. [Obs.] See {Wreak}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bewreke — Be*wreke , v. t. [Pref. be + wreak.] To wreak; to avenge. [Obs.] Ld. Berners. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rache — Sf std. (9. Jh.), mhd. rāch(e), ahd. rāhha, as. wrāka Stammwort. Aus g. * wrǣk ō f. (u.ä.) Rache , auch in gt. wrekei, afr. wrēke, wrēze; ae. wrǣc Verfolgung, Bedrängnis . Verbalabstraktum zu dem unter rächen besprochenen starken Verb. ✎ Ruppel… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
wreak — /rik / (say reek) verb (t) 1. to inflict or execute (vengeance, etc.): *They fled across the border to West Timor, where they are continuing to wreak havoc and murdered three UN refugee workers last month –aap news, 2000. 2. to carry out the… …
u̯reg- (and u̯erg-?) (*su̯erg-) — u̯reg (and u̯erg ?) (*su̯erg ) English meaning: to push, drag, drive Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stoßen, drängen, puffen, treiben, feindselig verfolgen” Material: O.Ind. perhaps vrájati ‘schreitet, goes”, pra vrüja yati “läßt wandern … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
