Old English · noun
scric
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ʃriːk/
- Syllables
- ʃriːk (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- shrikeprey
Meaning
-
shrike (bird of prey)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną (“to cry out”), in reference to the shrike's call
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