wrake.
Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.
Meaning & usage
Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.
Wrecked state or condition; destruction, ruin.
Where this word comes from
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.
Obsolete form of wrack.
Where this word comes from
Variant of wrack, possibly influenced by Etymology 1.
Obsolete form of wrack.
Where this word comes from
Variant of wrack, possibly influenced by Etymology 1.
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