Etymology

vraic

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Today it means: Seaweed gathered for use as a fertilizer or fuel. Full definition →

Norman vraic ← Germanic
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  1. Germanic · derived from
  2. Norman · borrowed fromvraic“seaweed”
  3. English todayvraic

From Auregnais Norman vraic (“seaweed”), from Germanic. Doublet of wrack.

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