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wrecan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
wrecan, p. wræc, pl.wrǽcon; pp.wrecen
Wright's OE grammar
§505;
To drive, press
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to drive, force to move
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to drive out, expel
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to drive out words, to express in words, utter, recite
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to drive in, impress, inlay
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Goldwreken spere,
    Chart. Th. 556, 24.
Icel. gull-rekinn inlaid with gold
].
to drive, practise, carry out or on
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to drive (intrans.), press on
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to wreak anger, etc.
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to punish,
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wrecan, absolute
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to punish a person
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wrecan, (dat.)
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to punish a fault
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to punish a person
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wrecan, (dat.)
for a fault
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wrecan, (acc. or clause)
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where hurt is inflicted on account of injury, to avenge,
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wrecan, absolute
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to avenge a person
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to avenge a person on some one
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to avenge a wrong
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to avenge a wrong on some one
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to take vengeance (on)
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¶ of the action of the Deity
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Etymology
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1. Ðe bones ut of ðe erðe wroken,
    Gen. and Ex. 3191.
Þon watȝ wroken fro uch a woþe,
    Allit. Pms. 12, 375.
He his ssel wreke out of his uelaȝrede,
    Ayenb. 189, 33.
Huerout he wrek þo þe zyalde and boȝte ine þe temple,
    215, 7.
Þe deuel fram hir for to wreke,
    Greg. 216. 2.
Heo hine wreken wolden, wreken hine of his unwines,
    Laym. 1627.
Heo wreken heore cun,
    13749.
Godd wollde nimm wrekenn o þe preost,
    Orm. 914.
For te wreken þe,
    A. R. 286, 13.
On him for to ben wreken,
    Gen. and Ex. 2028.
Leste þu wreoke mine sunnen on me,
    O. E. Homl. i. 209, 30.
Þat micte hire bale wreken,
    Havel. 327.
Goth. wrikan to persecute
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O. Sax. wrecan to punish, avenge
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O. Frs. wreka
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O. H. Ger. rechan ulcisci, vindicare, retribuere, punire
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Icel. reka to drive; to take vengeance.
]
Linked entries
v.  wracian a-wrecan wreogan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wrecan.” 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/36617.

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