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Old English · noun

wræcsiþ

Normalised wræcsīþ

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
Modern English
travelwretchednessforeign

Meaning

  1. foreign travel

  2. exile

    Ōsrēd, þe wæs Norþanhymbra cining, æfter wræcsīþe hām cumenum ġelǣht wæs ⁊ ofslagen on XVIII Kƚ Octoƀ ⁊ his līc liġþ æt Tīnamūþe. ⁊ Æþelrēd cining feng tō nīwan wīfe, sēo wæs Ælflēd ġehāten, on III Kƚ Octobr̃.

    Osred, who was king of Northumbria, was apprehended and slain on the 17th of October after coming home from his exile, and his body lies at Tynemouth. And King Aethelred took a new wife, whose name was Aelfled, on the third of October.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  3. misery, wretchedness

Declension

Declension of wræcsiþ
SingularPlural
Nominative wræcsīþwræcsīþas
Accusative wræcsīþwræcsīþas
Genitive wræcsīþeswræcsīþa
Dative wræcsīþewræcsīþum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From wræc (“exile”) + sīþ (“journey”)

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