Meanings
raik1
plural raiks · alternative rake
- Northern EnglandScotlandThe pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.
present singular third person raiks · participle present raiking · participle past raiked · past raiked · alternative rake
- Northern EnglandScotlandtransitiveTo roam or wander through (somewhere).
raik2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
verbTo walk; to roam, to wander.
Origin
raik · noun, verb
- Proto-Indo-European*(o)reg'-
- Proto-Germanic*rēkō
- Old Norserák“trail”
- Middle Englishrake“path”
- Englishraik
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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raik. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raik
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