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wrec

  • adjective
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Grammar
wrec, wrecc; adj.
Wretched, miserable
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  • Ða wreccan munecas lágon onbúton ðam weófode,

    • Chr. 1083
    • ;
    • Erl. 217, 21.
  • Ðá ða wreccæ men lǽgen fordrifene full neáh tó deáðe,

    • 1086
    • ;
    • Erl. 219, 36.
Etymology
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Uppon his wreccea folc,
  • Chr. 1104
  • ;
  • Erl. 239, 37.
Crist ræde for þa wrecce muneces of Burch and for ꝥ wrecce stede,
  • 1131
  • ;
  • Erl. 260, 15.
Ich æm a wrecche mon,
    Laym. 3474.
A wrecche, sunful mon,
    A. R. 56, 18.
Godd wurrþenn wass wrecche child off wrecche kinn,
    Orm. 3878.
Þu wrecche wiht,
    O. and N. 556.
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