Níþ-wracu

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - níþ-wracu

According to the Old English Dictionary:

níþ-wracu
gen. -wræce; f. Severe punishment :-- Ða fǽmnan hét þurh níþwræce nacode þennan, and mid sweopum swingan, Exon. Th. 253, 28; Jul. 187. Cwom Nabochodonossor of níþwracum (his exile among the beasts of the field), Cd. Th. 257, 28; Dan. 664. niþ-wracu
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