Mis-rǽcan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - mis-rǽcan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- mis-rǽcan
- to reach or touch wrongly, metaph. to apply abusive language to a person :-- Ðæt man biddendne þearfan misrǽce to abuse a needy person who begs (is one of the lighter offences), Homl. Th. ii. 590, 25. (the last example there given). mis-ræcan