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Added 10 October 2026

raik

/ɹeɪk/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about raik at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
The movement of animals while grazing.
The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.

verb

To walk; to roam, to wander.
Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.
To roam or wander through (somewhere).

noun

Alternative spelling of rake (“rate of progress; pace, speed”).

Origin

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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