Raik Definition

noun

(in Scotland and Northern England) A walk, or a journey taken on foot; the movement of animals while grazing; the pastureland over which animals graze.

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verb

(in Scotland and Northern England) To walk; to graze.

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Other Word Forms of Raik

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Singular:
raik
Plural:
raiks

Origin of Raik

  • 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”).

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