wrek

Middle English

Alternative forms

wrekke, wrecke
wrec, wrech (Early Middle English)

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman wrek, itself borrowed from Old Norse *vrek.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wrɛk/

Noun

wrek (plural wreks)

wreck

Descendants

English: wreck

References

“wrek, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

werec
wrec

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse *vrek, related to reka (“to push, drive”).

Noun

wrek oblique singular, m (oblique plural wres, nominative singular wres, nominative plural wrek)

(Anglo-Norman) shipwreck

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (wrec)

wrek on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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