wræc
what is driven
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what is driven Wraec actuarius, Txts. 37, 62
wræc
wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment
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wrack, misery, suffering Ðæt cúþ is ðæt ðæt mid Drihtnes mihte gestihtad wæs, ðæt yfell wræc cóme ofer ða wiþcorenan quod Domini nutu dispositum esse constat, ut veniret contra improbos malum, Bd. I. 14; S. 482, 41.
wrang
the hold of a ship
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the hold of a ship Wranga (printed pranga) cavernamen (in a list of nautical words), Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 50. Wrong, ii. 129, 65
wráþ
cruelty ⬩ what is grievous ⬩ the painful
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cruelty Wráð crudelitas, Hpt. Gl. 518, 35. what is grievous, the painful Ðæt nán wiht ne sý, . . . ne ðæs heardes ne ðæs hnesces, ne ðæs wráðes ne ðæs wynsumes, . . . ðæt hig þonne mihte fram úres Drihtnes lufan ásceádan, Wulfst. 184, 20
Linked entry: wráþ-líc
wrang
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Rough, uneven Tó ðám feórðan þorne on wrangan hylle foreweardre stent, C. D. v. 297, 19. [All þatt ohht iss wrang and crumb shall effnedd beón and rihhtedd. Orm. 9207. Icel. rangr.] See next two words
wræc
pain
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pain, Lchdm. i. 338, 9
wrǽt
Crosswort
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Crosswort Wrǽttes cíð, Lchdm. iii. 12, 28 : 24, 4. Mid wrǽte, ii. 306, 18. Genim nioþowearde wrætte, 304, 26
wreca
Similar entry: ǽrend-wreca
wræc
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add: See preceding word. Add Adam wæs ádrifen of neorcxnawanges gefeán . . . and becóm in þá yrmðe þises wræces (exilii), Gr. D. 260, 7-18
wræc
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-wræc
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Dele '-wrǽce ?'
wrǽd
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Add: [cf. Goth. wriþus a herd.]
wrǽt
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Add: [cf. O.H.Ger. rezza coccum, coccinum. See next two words
wrang
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Add: injustice Ic nelle geþolian ꝥ ǽnig man eów ǽnig wrang beúde, Ll. Lbmn. 486, 13
wráþ
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Þá wearð Tiberius Rómánum swá wráð and swá heard swá hé ǽr wæs milde and iéþe inmutata est Tiberii madestia atque ex mansueiissimo principe saevissima bestia exarsit, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254. 30. Add
wraþu
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Add Hé gesomnode mycel feoh him tó bryce and tó wræþe þæs langan lífes cum multas pecunias pro longioris vitae stipendiis collegisset, Gr. D. 339, 27. Se ilca in þissere byrig fylgeþ þám wraðum (stipendiis) þises hwílendlican lífes mid þám ylcan lǽcecræfte
líf-wraðu
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A support of life, Beo. Th. 1946; B. 971: 5746; B. 2877
Linked entry: wraþu
wrec
Wretched ⬩ miserable
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Wretched, miserable 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