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”).
Meanings
(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.
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”).
Meanings
(Midlands, Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive) To walk; to roam, to wander.
(Midlands, Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive) Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.
(Northern-England, Scotland, transitive) To roam or wander through (somewhere).