wrecan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to drive, press
- to wreak anger
- to punish a person or fault
- to avenge a person or wrong, to take vengeance on
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (drive out, push, pursue).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wrekaną
Gloss
drive out, push, pursue
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- awreak English
- awreck English
- bewreck English
- unwreck English
- wreak English
- wreck English
- wreckable English
- wreckage English
- wrecker English
- wreckest English
- wrecketh English
- wreckfish English
- wreckful English
- wreckish English
- wreckless English
- wreckmaster English
- wrecksite English
- wrecksome English
- wrecky English
- *wreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrekaną Proto-Germanic
- awrecan Old English
- bewrecan Old English
- biwrecan Old English
- forwrecan Old English
- gewrecan Old English
- gold Old English
- goldwrecan Old English
- oferwrecan Old English
- onwrecan Old English
- towrecan Old English
- wrecend Old English
- þeodwrecan Old English
- þurhwrecan Old English
- þēod Old English
- wrek Middle English
- wreken Middle English
- *wrek Old Norse
- vreka Old Norse
- reka Icelandic
- wrac Middle Dutch
- reka Faroese
- 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *gawrekan gmw-pro
- *wrekan gmw-pro
- *wrekan Old Dutch
- wrekan Old Saxon
- vræka Old Swedish
- bräka Westrobothnian
- räka Westrobothnian