Old English · noun

wracu

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /ˈwrɑ.ku/
Syllables: ˈwrɑ · ku (2 syllables)
Modern English: revenge wrack misery persecution

Meaning

revenge
wrath
persecution
misery, affliction

Declension

Declension of wracu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wracu	wraca wrace
Accusative	wrace	wraca wrace
Genitive	wrace	wraca
Dative	wrace	wracum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wrakō, likely related to *wrēkō (“persecution, revenge, vengeance”). Cognate with German Rache (“revenge”), Gothic (wraka, “persecution”).

Descendants

wrack

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