Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Middle English forms of wretch, wretched.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A wretch.
- adjective obsolete Wretched.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
wretched
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mildheorted beð þe man þe reouð his nehgebures unselðe. ⁊ likeð here alre selðe ⁊ ofþinð sore wrecche mannes wanrede. ⁊ freureð hem mid his wel dede.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Gif hwa wule witen hwa erest bi won reste þam wrecche saule to soþe ic eow segge. þet wes s {an} c {t} e paul þe apostel and mihhal þe archangel heo tweien eoden et sume time in {} to helle alswa heo {m} drihten het for to lokien hu hit þer ferde.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Sum sade þurh fasten. sum þurh wacche {n}. sum ðurh bede. sum sade þurh hersumnesse. sum sade ðurh annesse. sum sade ðurh herborȝin {115} wrecche me {n} n. ⁊ feden ⁊ screden.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Gif heo hondleþ þe [ne d] eade · seoþþen his deaȝes beoþ igon · 40 sone cumeþ þ̵ wrecche wif · þe [forh] oweþ þene earfeþ siþ · forbindeþ þæs dædan muþ · ⁊ his dimme eȝen ·
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Þer beoð ateliche fund. ⁊ eisliche wihte. þas scule þa wrecche í {} fon. þe suneȝede ðurh sihte.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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For ðare hali mihte ðe cariteð is icleped ic ðe beseche ⁊ bidde ðat tu ðese halwe {n} de lore o {n} write sette. for ðan ic am michel þe {n} chi {n} d {e} ðar hwile ðe ic o {n} ðese wrecche lichame am wuniende. ⁊ ofte forȝete ðat me god {;} wære {60} te healde {n}. and ec sum oðer saule hit wile helpe {n}.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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[þon] ne þet riche wif · forhoweþ þene earueþ siþ · for ufel is þeo wrecche lufe · [þari] nne þeo un {} blisse cumaþ · þonne besihþ þeo soule · sorliche to þen lich [ame ·] 45
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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⁊ eure croweþ þi wrecche crei. þat he ne swikeþ niȝt ne dai.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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⁊ wrecche child. off wrecche kinn {;} ðatt doþ uss tunnderrstanndenn.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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s {an} c {t} e paul þa wrecche sunfulle þe þer were wuniende [.] þer {} efter he him sceawede heȝe treon eisliche beorninde et foren helle ȝete. and uppon þan treon he him sceawede þe wrecche saulen a {} honge.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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