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wreckEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Etymology tree Old Norse *vrek Anglo-Norman wrekbor. Middle English wrek English wreck From Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrek, from Old Norse *wrek (whence Norwegian rek, Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak, Danish vrag), from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to pursue”, whence Old English wrecan (English wreak), Old Saxon wrekan, Old High German rëhhan, Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan)), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to track; to hunt; to follow”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- WreckEnglish · e-38700-9592
Wreck, rek, n. destruction: destruction of a ship: ruins of a destroyed ship: remains of anything ruined: shipwrecked property.—v.t. to destroy or disable: to ruin.—v.i. to suffer wreck or ruin.—ns. Wreck′age, the act of
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Wreck, rek, n. (Spens.) same as Wreak.—v.t. (Milt.) to wreak.
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