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wræc-líc

  • adjective
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wræc-líc, adj.
strange, wonderful
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  • Fæste is ðín templ éce and wræclíc áwa tó feore

    sanctum est templum tuum, mirabile in aequi-fate,

    • Ps. Th. 64, 5
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 26, 12
      • ;
    • Cri. 416.

  • Geseah cyning wundor on wíte ágangen ; him ðæt wræclíc þúhte, hyssas hále hwurfon in ðam hátan ofne,

    • Cd. Th. 233, 4
      • ;
    • Dan. 270.

  • Wundor ðín wræclíc

    mirabilia tua,

    • Ps. Th. 88, 4
      • :
    • 74, 2.

  • Ðíne weorc wǽron wræclíce swýþe

    mira opera tua,

      138, 12.

  • Wræclíce syndon wǽgea gangas

    mirabiles elationes maris,

      92, 5.

  • Weorca wræclícra

    mirabilium,

    • 76, 9
      • :
    • 105,

  • Æðele cyningas, weras wræclíce

    reges mirabiles,

      135, 19.

  • Wundur wræclícu

    magnolia,

      70, 18 :

    mirabilia,

      118, 18.

  • Wolcen wræclícu,

      134, 7.

  • Móyses dómas, wræclíco wordriht,

    • Cd. Th. 177, 31
      • ;
    • Exod. 3.
wretched, miserable
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  • Wé on ðás wræclícan woruld ácende wurdon.

      Wulfst. I. 12.

  • Hý wurdon of ðære myrhðe áworpene, ðe hý ǽr on wǽron, and on ðis wræclíce líf bescofene and on earfoðan and on geswince wunedon,

      9, 13.

  • Hé sceóp ðám wérlogan wræclícne hám,

    • Cd. Th. 3, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 37.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wræc-líc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36548.

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