▪ I. raik, n. Now rare or Obs.
Forms: 5 rayk, reyke, 5–6 rayke, 5–7 (9) raike, 6 (9) raik.
[a. ON. reik (Norw. dial. reik), walking, strolling, etc., related to reika raik v. In ME. distinct from rake n.3; at a later period the two coalesced, and the spelling raik became unusual.]
1. The act of going, walking about, etc.; course, way; journey.
| ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 2985 Sir Gawaynne..Rydes one a rawndoune, and his rayke holdes. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. iii. i. 98 To the dure..Scho tuk hyr rayk rycht hastyly. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 427/2 Reyke, or royt, ydylle walky[n]ge abowt (S. reyke or royke), discursus, vagacio. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 284 Cesus Nausica..with his raikis all that land ouir raid. 1570 Levins Manip. 198/17 Rayke, ambulacrum. 1808 Jamieson s.v., It is said of a horse, that takes a long step, or moves actively, that he has a great raik of the road. 1813 Hogg Queen's Wake, Kilmeny xxiv, The wolf and the kid their raike began. |
| fig. 1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 73 That ȝe myȝten have ȝour reyke and prechen what ȝou list. |
† 2. The space of ground over which animals, esp. cattle, usually move or pasture; a piece of pasture-land, etc. Obs. Cf. rake n.3
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. vi. 104 That land, thai oysyd all The Barys rayk all tyme to call. 1591 Manor Records in N.W. Linc. Gloss. (1877) s.v., There was a place in the Manor of Scotter called Long Rayke. 1641 N. Riding Rec. IV. 212 A place called le Cow Raikes. |
3. = rake n.3 4. rare.
| 1623 in Records Peebles (1872) 412 To bring vp the vther tua trieis with his hors and his oxine, pryce ewerie raike thretie tua s. 1808 Jamieson s.v., He brings twa, thrie, &c. raik a day; applied to dung, coals, &c...as equivalent to draught. |
▪ II. † raik, v. Obs.
Forms: 3–5 (9) raike, 4–6 rayk(e, 5 raicke, 5–6 reyke, 3–6 raik.
[a. ON. reika (Norw. dial. reika, MSw. reka) to walk about, stroll, wander. In ME. distinct from rake v.2, in which it was subsequently absorbed.]
1. intr. To go, proceed, make one's way; to walk, stroll, wander, etc. a. of persons. = rake v.2 1 a.
| c 1340 Hampole's Wks. (1895) I. 140 Þas þat eauer raikis aboute to fede þaire wittis with vanitees and lustis. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. C. 89 Þenne he ryses radly, & raykes bylyue Ionas toward port Iaph. a 1400–50 Alexander 5555 Þan raikis he by þe reede see & rides ay þe sannd. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 40 The men of weir..In gude array come raikand fra the schoir. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. vi. 349 He raikis throuch the hail realme. |
| fig. a 1300 Cursor M. 20798 It es better to be stell, þan raik on reson þat es will. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 467 We raiken to oure romauncus & reden þe storrius. |
b. of things. = rake v.2 1 b.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. A. 112 Þe water con swepe Wyth a rownande rourde raykande aryȝt. 1375 Barbour Bruce iii. 627 Thar schip..Raykyt slidand throw the se. c 1475 Rauf Coilȝear 212 Lat the cop raik for my bennysoun. |
| fig. a 1340 Hampole Psalter lxxxv. 5 Þai suffire þaire hert to rayke in ydel thoghtis. c 1400 Destr. Troy 3048 Hir chekes..as the chalke white, As the rose, was the rud þat raiked hom in. |
c. of cattle, deer, etc. = rake v.2 1 c.
| a 1225 [see raiking ppl. a.]. c 1470 Henryson Robene & Makyne 12, I..keipis my scheip undir yone wude, Lo! quhair thay raik on raw. 1530 Lyndesay Test. Papyngo 643 The fallow deir, to see thame raik on rawe. |
2. refl. To betake oneself. rare.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 465 Þe rauen raykez him forth. 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1735 Þe lady..ros hir vp radly, rayked hir þeder. |
3. trans. a. To make, pursue, (one's way). rare.
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. x. 3477 The dede body ras..And raykyt off the kyrk hys way. |
b. To wander through or over (a place).
| 1813 Hogg Queen's Wake, Kilmeny vii, Lang haif I raikit the worild wide. Ibid. xxiv, To raike the lanely glen. |
Hence † ˈraiker, a stroller, vagabond; † ˈraiking vbl. n. and ppl. a. Obs.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 140 note (Titus MS.), As mon dos þe custel to the ku, oðer to þe beast, þat is to raikinde. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 382 Neuer cowþe stynt..þe raykande wawez. c 1340 Hampole's Wks. (1895) I. 140 Thre maners of occupacions are, as..Raykyng aboute. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. i. 121 Reiuers, Raikers, Herrieris of the ground. |
▪ III. raik(e
obs. Sc. ff. rake, reck.