Wrec[c]
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wrec[c]
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- wrec[c]
- adj. 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. [Uppon his wreccea folc, Chr. 1104; Erl. 239, 37. Crist ræde for þa wrecce muneces of Burch and for ꝥ wrecce stede, 1131 ; Erl. 260, 15. Ich æm a wrecche mon, Laym. 3474. A wrecche, sunful mon, A. R. 56, 18. Godd wurrþenn wass wrecche child off wrecche kinn, Orm. 3878. Þu wrecche wiht, O. and N. 556.]