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wræc

(n.)

what is driven

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what is driven Wraec actuarius, Txts. 37, 62

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrackmiserysufferingsuffering that comes as punishment,retributive punishmentvengeancewhere 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

(n.)
Grammar
wrang, wranga

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

wrást

Similar entry: wrǽst

wráþ

(n.)
Grammar
wráþ, es; n.

crueltywhat is grievousthe 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

(adj.)
Grammar
wrang, adj.
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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

(n.)

pain

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pain, Lchdm. i. 338, 9

wrǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽt, wrǽtt, es; m. : e ; f.

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

Grammar
wræc, <b>. II.</b>
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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

Grammar
wræc, what is driven.
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-wræc

(suffix)
Grammar
-wræc, -wrǽce ?.
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Dele '-wrǽce ?'

wrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽd, a flock.
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Add: [cf. Goth. wriþus a herd.]

wrǽt

Grammar
wrǽt, wrǽtt a plant. l. wrætt, and dele Lch. ii. 306, 18.
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Add: [cf. O.H.Ger. rezza coccum, coccinum. See next two words

wrang

(n.)
Grammar
wrang, es; n.
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Add: injustice Ic nelle geþolian ꝥ ǽnig man eów ǽnig wrang beúde, Ll. Lbmn. 486, 13

wráþ

Grammar
wráþ, <b>. II.</b>
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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

-wraxl

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-wraxl

líf-wraðu

(n.)
Grammar
líf-wraðu, e; f.
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A support of life, Beo. Th. 1946; B. 971: 5746; B. 2877

Linked entry: wraþu

wrec

(adj.)
Grammar
wrec, wrecc; adj.

Wretchedmiserable

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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