raik meaning: definition, etymology

raik

noun

US, UK /ɹeɪk/

Etymology 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”).

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

Northern England, Scotland The movement of animals while grazing.

Northern England, Scotland The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.

Northern England, Scotland A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.

raik

verb

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

Midlands, Northern England, Scotland Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.

Northern England, Scotland To roam or wander through (somewhere).