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wræc-stów

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wræc-stów, e; f.
a place of exile
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  • Seó stów ðe, ðú nú on hǽft eart, and ðú cwist ðæt ðín wræcstów sý, heó is ðám monnum éþel ðe ðǽron geborene wǽran

    hic ipse locus, quem iu exsilium vocas, incolentibus patria est,

    • Bt. 11, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 32, 27.
a place of misery or punishment
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  • Siððan wræcstówe (or 1 ?) werige gástas under hearmlocan heáne gefóran,

    • Cd. Th. 6, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 90.

  • Wræcstówa

    ergastula,

      Lchdm. i. lxii, 4.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wræc-stów.” 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/36557.

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