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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: ron's usage notes Jackie #167337 04/05/2007 2:39 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Wreak is from the OE wrecan, which was a class 5 strong verb. This means that the 1st preterite (the standard past) was wræc. This suggests that the "proper" past tense in MnE should be 'wrack' if language weren't such a slippery thing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ron's usage notes: wreak tsuwm 04/04/2007 3:20 PM Re: ron's usage notes dalehileman 04/04/2007 3:48 PM Re: ron's usage notes AnnaStrophic 04/04/2007 4:35 PM Re: ron's usage notes tsuwm 04/04/2007 7:07 PM Re: ron's usage notes TEd Remington 04/04/2007 8:20 PM Re: ron's usage notes olly 04/04/2007 8:45 PM Re: ron's usage notes Zed 04/05/2007 12:50 AM Re: ron's usage notes Jackie 04/05/2007 1:39 AM Re: ron's usage notes Faldage 04/05/2007 2:39 AM Re: ron's usage notes Zed 04/05/2007 7:22 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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