scrike

Meanings

verbscrike (third-person singular simple present scrikes, present participle scriking, simple past and past participle scriked)

present singular third person scrikes · participle present scriking · participle past scriked · past scriked

Northern EnglandUKdialectalTo shriek; to screech.
ManchesterTo cry (shed tears)

Origin

Proto-Germanic*skrik-“to cry; shriek”
Old Norseskríkja“to shriek”
Old Englishscriccettan“to screech”
Middle Englishskriken
Englishscrike

From Middle English skriken, shrichen, scrichen, from the fusion of Old English scriccettan (“to screech”) and Old Norse skríkja (“to shriek”); both from Proto-Germanic *skrik- (“to cry; shriek”). Cognate with Icelandic skríkja (“to chirp; twitter”), Danish skrige (“to shriek”). Related to shriek.

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