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wræc-síþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wræc-síþ, es; m.
travel in a foreign land, peregrination, pilgrimage
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  • Hí noldon geþafian ðæt swá getogen mann (Gregory) ða burh forléte, and swá fyrlen wræcsíð genáme,

      Homl. Th. ii. 122, 15.

  • Gif hwá weófodþén áfylle, sý hé útlah, búton hé þurh wræcsíð (wrec-, v. l. ) gebéte,

    • L. C. S. 39
      • ;
    • Th. i. 398, 26.

  • Á ic wíte wonn mínra wræcsíþa,

    • Exon. Th. 441, 27
      • ;
    • Kl. 5.

  • Ic wépan mæg mine wræcsíþas, earfoþa fela,

    • 443, 31
      • ;
    • Kl. 38.
fig. of absence from heaven
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  • Gé (evil spirits) frófre ne wénaþ, ðætgé wræcsíða wyrpe gebíden,

    • Exon. Th. 132, 29
      • ;
    • Gú. 480.
exile, banishment
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  • Wræcsíð

    exilium,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 21
      • :
    • 51, 36.

  • Wræcsíþ,

      ii. 32, 18.

  • Wræcsíðe

    liminio, (postliminium,

      Aid. 37
    ),

      80, 30.

  • Wræcsíþe,

      52, 33:

    exiliala,

      144, 80.

  • Dauid sang be his gehwyrftnesse of his wræcsíðe,

      Ps. Th. 22, arg.

  • Hé is swíþe sárig for ðínum earfoþum and for ðínum wræcsíþe,

    • Bt. 10
      • ;
    • Fox 28, 19.

  • Of wræcsíðe lǽdan.

    • Exon. Th. 143, 12
      • ;
    • Gú. 660.

  • Hé bebeád ðæt mon lóhannes gebróhte on Bothmose on wræcsíþe from óþrum cristenum monnum

    Ioannes in Paimum relegatnr fuit.

    • Ors. 6, 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 264, 11.

  • Ðá ásende hé hine on wræcsíð tó ánum ígeoðe.

    • Homl. Th. i. 58, 31
      • :
    • 560, 20.

  • Seó wæs gelǽcled from Róme on wræcsíð on ða ceastre seó is nemned Piceno,

      Shrn. 102, 35.

  • Wén ic ðæt gé for wlenco, nalles for wræcsíðum, Hróðgár sóhton,

    • Beo. Th. 682
      • ;
    • B. 338.

  • Heora látteówum and heora cempum hié bebudan, ðæt hié on wræcsíþasfóran, and on ellþiéde

    ducem suum et miliies exsulare jusserunt,

    • Ors. 4, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 164, 26.
fig. of living out of heaven
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  • Dam bið wræcsíð witod, ðe sceal heán hwearfian, ðonne heonon gangaþ,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1777
      • ;
    • An. 891.

  • Ge in wræcsíðe longe lifdon, swegle benumene,

    • Exon. Th. 139, 19
      • ;
    • Gú. 595.

  • Wræcsíð wépan in ðam deáðsele (hell),

    • 166, 23
      • ;
    • Gú. 1047: 466
      • ,
    • 34
    • ; Hö. 126.

  • Wé synd on ðisse worlde ælþeódige . . . ; for gylte wé wǽron on ðysne wræcsíþ sende,

      Blickl. Homl. 23, 5.
misery, wretchedness
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  • Uton gangan ðæt wé bysmrigen bendum fæstne, óðwíton him his wræcsíð,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2715
      • ;
    • An. 1360.

  • 'Ic nú þrý dagas þolian sceolde wælgrim wítu. . . .' ' Ne wép ðone wræcsíð, '

    • 2861
      • ;
    • An. 1433.

  • Mæg unfǽge eáðe gedígan weán and wræcslít,

    • Beo. Th. 4573
      • ;
    • B. 2292.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wrak-síð pilgrimage; exile.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wræc-síþ.” 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/36555.

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