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raik¹

  • /ɹeɪk/ US, UK

Sounds like rake · Rhymes with -eɪk

Where it comes from

From Middle English rake (“path”), from Old Norse rák (“trail”), from Proto-Germanic *rēkō, *raką, *rakō, *rakǭ (“file of tracks, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)reg'-, *(o)reg'a- (“to straighten, direct”). Cognate with Icelandic rák (“streak, grazing”), Icelandic raka (“strip, series”), Norwegian røk (“grazing”), Norwegian rak (“wick”), Old English race, racu (“a run, riverbed”).

noun raiks · rake

  1. Northern England, Scotland, also, figuratively A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.

    Similar: fare, journey, sith, trip

  2. Northern England, Scotland The movement of animals while grazing.
  3. Northern England, Scotland The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.
  4. Northern England, Scotland A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.

verb raiks · raiking · raiked · rake

  1. Midlands, Northern England, Scotland, intransitive To walk; to roam, to wander.

    Similar: ambulate, navigate, pedestrianize, raik

  2. Midlands, Northern England, Scotland, intransitive Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.
  3. Northern England, Scotland, transitive To roam or wander through (somewhere).

raik²

  • /ɹeɪk/ US, UK

Sounds like rake · Rhymes with -eɪk

Where it comes from

See rake (noun) (etymology 4).

noun raiks

  1. Northern England, Scotland, alternative Alternative spelling of rake (“rate of progress; pace, speed”).

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@misc{raik_2026,
  title = {raik},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/raik},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}