Old English · noun
wræclast
Normalised wræclāst
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈwræk.lɑːst/
- Syllables
- ˈwræk · lɑːst (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- pathexile
Meaning
-
path of exile
Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ ġeond lagulāde · longe sċeolde hrēran mid hondum · hrīmċealde sǣ, wadan wræclāstas. · Wyrd bið ful ārǣd.
A loner oft waits a grace for himself, Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful, through a sea-way he should for long stir the frost-cold sea with hands, travel paths of exile. Fate is well stalwart.
Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | wræclāst | wræclāstas |
| Accusative | wræclāst | wræclāstas |
| Genitive | wræclāstes | wræclāsta |
| Dative | wræclāste | wræclāstum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
From wræc (“exile, punishment, misery”) + lāst (“track”).
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