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)

1. 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)

1. (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