skrike

Meanings

Verb

• To cry, sob, cry out or yell; to scream.

Noun

• A cry or scream.
• The missel thrush.

Origin

• From Middle English skriken, a borrowing from Old Norse skríkja ("to scream") (compare Old English sċrīċ, sċrēċ > English shriek/screech), literally "bird with a shrill call," referring to a thrush, possibly imitative of its call. Attested from c 1573.
• From Middle English skrike, scryke (also skryche, schryke, shryke). Cognate with Old Frisian skrichte, Middle Low German schrichte.