Rike

From Middle English rike, see below; cognate with German Reich, Swedish rike ("kingdom, realm, land, empire, country").

Full definition of rike

Noun

1. (historical) sovereignty, dominion, authority
• 1820 , Arthur Taylor , The Glory of Regality , king-rike was in use amongst us so late as the reign of Elizabeth.
2. (historical) The territory over which authority extends, a kingdom, an earldom, a diocese, district, city, and so forth.
• 1823 , Alexander Murray , History of the European Languages , RAUMARICAE and RAUGNARICH are the people of the kingdom (RIKE) of RAUMAR and RAUGNAR.
• 1857 , Edward VI (King of England) , Literary Remains of King Edward the Sixth , The bishop (Tunstal) of Durham was deprived of his bishop-rike.

From the Eye dialect of like as a result of the difficulty of pronouncing the letter 'L' in many oriental languages.

Verb

1. (Oriental) Eye dialect of like

Anagrams

• Erik
• Keri