wrek

Old French

Alternative forms

werec
wrec

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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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