wrake
Pronunciation: /ɹeɪk/
The English word “wrake” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- Suffering which comes as a result of vengeance or retribution.
- Wrecked state or condition; destruction, ruin.
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.
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