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What is the etymology of the word ‘rake’?
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The word rake comes from the Old English word r<unk>c, which means to rub or scrape. The earliest reference to this word comes from the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, which was written around 1000 AD. In the poem, a character named Grendel uses a weapon called a r<unk>c to attack the hero Beowulf.