Old English · noun
wrecca
Normalised wreċċa
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈwret.t͡ʃɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈwret · t͡ʃɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- exilewretchoutcast
Meaning
-
exile, outcast
Þæt sē mon ne wāt þe him on foldan fæġrost limpeð, hū iċ earmċeariġ īsċealdne sǣ winter wunade wræċċan lāstum, winemǣgum bidroren, bihongen hrīmġiċelum; hæġl sċūrum flēag.
The man does not know that who befalls most fairly on land, how wretched I dwelt winter on ice-cold sea by outcast’s paths, bereft of kinsmen, behung with frost-icicles; hail flew by showers.
10th century, The Seafarer:
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wrakkjō. Cognate with Old Saxon wrekkio, Old High German recko (German Recke (“warrior”)).
Descendants
wretch
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