crake

verb /ˈkɹeɪk/

1. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.

   obsolete

   I hyred the to fyght agaynste Alexander, and not to crake and prate.

Where it comes from

From Middle English craken, from Old English cracian, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kroakje, West Frisian kreakje, Dutch kraken, Low German kraken, French craquer (< Germanic), German krachen.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry crake (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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