wreef
Pronunciation: /vreːf/
“wreef” is a Dutch word. Its meaning in English:
noun
Etymology
With final -f influenced by wrijven (“to rub”), from dialectal wreeg, from Middle Dutch *wrēghe, unattested variant of wrijghe, wrijch (“instep”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrīhan-. Cognate with Low German Wree, Old High German rīho (“knee; back of knee”), whence dialectal German Reihen (“instep”).
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