▪ I. † wreke Obs.
Also 6 reke.
[a. early ON. *wreke m. (Icel. reki, Norw. reke), from the same stem as *wrek neut.: see wreck n.1]
1. = wreck n.1 1.
| 1420 Stonor Papers (Camden) I. 32 Every man here knoweth wel þat þe wreke is parcel of þe enheritance of Ermyngton. 1477 Paston Lett. III. 213 Remembir your ryth of your wreke at Wynterton. Ibid., Gret plante of wreke of the schyppe..worth meche mony. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 34 Preamble, With wreke of the Sea and all other forfaitures. [1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 26 §23 Lordes marchers..shall have, hold, and kepe within..the precincte of their said Lordeshipps..wreke de mere, wharfage.] |
2. = wreck n.1 2.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 553/2 Wreke, of þe see, alga, norga. 1500 Ortus Vocab. BB viij b/1 Norga, fex maris,..wreke. 1545 Elyot, Vlua, reke or wiedes of the sea. |
▪ II. wreke etc.,
obs. ff. wreak n. and v.