scrike

Meaning

Verb

To shriek; to screech.
To cry

Origin

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

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