† wrechen.

Forms: α. Middle English wræche, Middle English–1500s wreche, Middle English–1500s wrech, Middle English wrieche, Middle English wreeche, Middle English wreach. β. Middle English wrache, Middle English wrach. γ. Middle English wrecche (Middle English vrecche), Middle English–1500s wretche.

Etymology: The normal representative of an Old English wrǽc (with palatal c ) feminine, of which however the existing texts present no example which can be definitely distinguished fromwræ̆c neuter, wrack n.¹ (A possible instance occurs in Riddles ii. 4, if the reading wræce is correct.) The vowel of wrǽc ( < earlier *wrāk-jō) corresponds to that of Old Frisian wrêke, wrêtse (North Frisian wrêk, wräk), Old Saxon wrâka, wrêka (Middle Low German wrâke; Middle Dutch wrāke, Dutch wraak), Old High German râhha (Middle High German râche, German rache), Gothic wrêkei. The β-forms partly represent a south-eastern variant of wrǽche , and are partly due to confusion with wrake wrake n.¹; the γ-forms show assimilation (in some instances merely graphic) to wrecche wretch n. The normal spelling, if the word had survived into modern English, would have been wreach or wreech.

Obsolete.

a. Retributive punishment; vengeance; = wreak n. 1.In very frequent use from c1290 to c1450.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun]

wrakec825

wrechec1175

yielda1200

wrakedomc1275

vengeancea1300

hevening1303

vengement1338

wreakc1340

rewardc1350

retributiona1425

revengeancec1480

wratha1500

revengementa1513

avengeance1535

avenge1568

ultion1575

venge1587

wreck1591

nemesis1597

revanche1615

vindict1639

vindication1647

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun]

wrakec825

wrackc900

wrechec1175

yielda1200

wrakedomc1275

vengeancea1300

vengement1338

awreaking1340

rewardc1350

revengeancec1480

wratha1500

avengementa1513

revengementa1513

revengea1525

avengeance1535

avenge1568

requital1569

ultion1575

venge1587

wreck1591

revanche1615

vindict1639

payback1973

α.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19 Forr þatt wass mikell wræche wiss Þatt all follc for till helle.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14763 Vre Drihte..his wreche sende an wræstliche þan folke.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 552 So cam on werlde wreche & wrake.

a1333 W. Herebert in Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 20 Nou, dame, ich þe byseche At þylke day of wreche..spek uor me.

c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 625 The wreche of god hym smoot so cruelly, That thurgh his body wikked wormes crepte.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 230 Ȝet wrathed not þe wyȝ, ne þe wrech saȝtled.

c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iii. viii. 55 Euer haue they in theyr hertes holden wreeche and rancour.

1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy i, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 15 For doubt of such pride and wreach, He must be ware that will this Science teach.

c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 469 To kepe þis place from wreche.

Personif.1413 26 Pol. Poems 53 Euere by trouþe stondes wreche, For wreche is goddis champioun.c1460 Wisdom 698 in Macro Plays 58 Let se: cum in, Indignacion & Sturdynes,.. Wreche, & Dyscorde expres.β. c1200 [see sense 1bβ. ]. c1320 Cast. Love (Harl.) 1560 The eyȝhte day betokynth gret wrache.c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 204 He forȝet alle his fre þewes, & wex wod to þe wrache, for wrath at his hert.c1450 Mirk's Festial. i. 36 And for wrach schuld falle on hymselfe yn party, þerfor [etc.].1535 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xviii. xii. 315 b/1 Some [bees] for grete wrath and desyre of wrache stingethe soo depe, that [etc.].γ. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1585 Þus him vel vrecche of god, vor he þe apostles slou.c1330 King of Tars 658 Leef on hym that strengor is, For doute of more wrecche [rhymes teche, leche].1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. I. 253 Anon þe pride of Romayns,..oþer som oþer wrecche of God all myȝti falleþ vppon hem.a1470 Dives & Pauper (1496) i. xxix. 67/2 Harde wretche was comyng but yf they wolde amende them of her falshode.a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clviii. f. lxxxvi^v Hir Eyen dystyllyd dropes of Blode..the which in token of Goddes wretche in y^t Boke remayne at this day.

b. In the phrase to do, have, make, nim, seek, and esp. take wreche. (Cf. wreak n. 1b.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict retributive punishment [verb (intransitive)]

wreakc825

to do, have, nim (= take), ta, or take wrake (of, on, or upon)?a900

to do (also take) wrack (on one)12..

to do, have, make, nim, seek, and esp. take wrechec1200

to take (also nim) vengeance1297

to perform, seek, spend, work, and esp. take (…) wreakc1330

vengec1400

revengec1485

avenge1535

hevenc1540

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > take or execute revenge [verb (intransitive)]

wreakc825

to do, have, nim (= take), ta, or take wrake (of, on, or upon)?a900

to do (also take) wrack (on one)12..

to do, have, make, nim, seek, and esp. take wrechec1200

to take (also nim) vengeance1297

wrakea1300

to perform, seek, spend, work, and esp. take (…) wreakc1330

vengec1400

revengec1485

avenge1535

hevenc1540

resent1612

exact1858

α.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 29 Ȝef þu wreche ne secst hwanne þu time siest.

a1240 Ureisun 107 in Old Eng. Hom. I. 197 Ȝif þu heuedest wreche inumen of mine luðernesse.

c1275 Duty of Christians 56 in Old Eng. Misc. 143 Elles vre louerd god on vs wulle don wreche.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1334 Ichabbe of him wreche inou, wanne he bisecþ min ore.

a1300 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 4 Tak wrech of sinful man.

13.. K. Horn (Harl.) 1292 Þat lond ichulle þorhreche & do mi fader wreche.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 45 He heþ ynome to lite wreche.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3404 [They] þouȝt manli to make wreche here lorlde [read lorde] to queme.

c1425 Eng. Conq. Ireland 120 Yn hope þat god shold take wrech of ham.

c1430 Syr. Gener. (Roxb.) 6396 Generides, youre lord, now besech On this mater to doo som wrech.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xii. l. 244 Be war lest god wele taken wreche.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xxxi. f. xiii This Appolyn toke wreche of theim that spoyled the goddes & theyr Temples.

?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. Evi^v To take wrech for the cruell murdur of his neuew.

β. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 51 He nam stronge wrache þer-of.c1325 Chron. Eng. 724 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II. 300 Hou schulde he speren eni mon Wen he of bestes wrache nom?

2. An act or instance of vengeance; = wreak n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] > act or instance of

vengeancea1300

wreaka1300

wrake13..

wrechea1325

revenge1561

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > action of taking revenge > act or instance of

vengeancea1300

wreaka1300

wrake13..

wrechea1325

revenge1548

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2985 Ðe ðridde wreche dede aaron Bi-foren ðe king pharaon.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 641 On Wreche ðat sal get wurðen sent, Wan al ðis werld wurðe brent.

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. II. 329 Egipte was i-smyte wiþ ten grete wreches.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum ix. xxi. (Tollem. MS.) God sente mo wreches upon þe Egyptians þan ten.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 5943 Fast on god þo gon þei cal To delyuer þe folke of þat wreche.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 229 Fro heuen to helle þat hatel schor laste... Þis hit was a brem brest & a byge wrache.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxix. f. cxl By reason of a wreche done by dyuyne power vpon one of Kynge Wyllyams knyghtes.

a. Affliction or calamity; deep distress, misery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [noun]

unselthc888

ermtheOE

unselea1023

wellawayOE

wretchhead1154

wandrethc1175

woec1175

wanea1200

wretchdom?c1225

yomernessc1250

balec1275

un-i-selec1275

wan-siðc1275

unseelinessa1300

wretchedheada1300

cursedness1303

wretcheddomc1320

wrechea1325

wretchnessa1330

tribulationc1330

wretchednessa1340

caitifty1340

meeknessa1382

unwealsomeness1382

infelicityc1384

caitifhedea1400

ill liking?a1400

sorea1400

ungleea1400

unweala1400

caitifnessc1400

deploration1490

caitifdoma1500

woefulnessa1513

misery1527

miserity1533

mishappinessa1542

unwealfulnessa1555

tribulance1575

miserableness1613

agony1621

desolatenessa1626

unblissa1628

unhappiness1722

misère1791

shadow1855

valley1882

miz1918

the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > tribulation, trouble, or affliction > state of misery

wretchhead1154

uselldomc1175

wretchdom?c1225

yomernessc1250

wan-siðc1275

werea1300

wretchedheada1300

cursedness1303

wrechea1325

wretchnessa1330

wretchednessa1340

caitifty1340

miseryc1375

caitifhedea1400

languora1400

caitifnessc1400

deploration1490

caitifdoma1500

pitya1500

unkindness1502

woefulnessa1513

miserability1559

villainya1571

ungraciousness1578

miserableness1613

deplorableness1649

misère1791

dismals1829

unblessedness1836

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3396 Get sal ðe kinde of amalech Ben al fled dun in deades wrech.

a1400 Leg. Rood (1871) 138 Lord of loue..For Þe was set sely sacrynge, To winne þe world þat was in wreche.

c1450 Ludus Coventriæ 327 Cryst..hath us wonnyn owt of wreche.

a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 19 Siþ þat deuelis be dampned, & ful of wreche of helle.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxvi Thynke on your wreche and your daunger.

b. to go to wreche, to go to wrack. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > be destroyed, ruined, or come to an end

losec888

fallOE

forlesea1225

perishc1275

spilla1300

to go to wreche13..

to go to the gatec1330

to go to lostc1374

miscarryc1387

quenchc1390

to bring unto, to fall into, to go, put, or work to wrakea1400

mischieve?a1400

tinea1400

to go to the devilc1405

bursta1450

untwindc1460

to make shipwreck1526

to go to (the) pot1531

to go to wreck (and ruin)a1547

wrake1570

wracka1586

to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587

to lie in the dusta1591

mischief1598

to go (etc.) to rack (and ruin)1599

shipwreck1607

suffera1616

unravel1643

to fall off1684

tip (over) the perch1699

to do away with1769

to go to the dickens1833

collapse1838

to come (also go) a mucker1851

mucker1862

to go up1864

to go to squash1889

to go (to) stramash1910

to go for a burton1941

to meet one's Makera1978

13.. Body & Soul 242 in Map's Poems (Camden) 343 Thyn other thing, nou thou art ded, Al schal geynliche gon to wreche.

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† wrechev.

Etymology: < wreche n.

Obsolete. rare.

1. transitive. To rescue or deliver; = wreak v. 5d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver (from) [verb (transitive)]

areddec885

leeseOE

reddOE

winc1220

deliver?c1225

ridc1225

quita1250

betellc1275

casta1300

to cast outa1300

liverc1330

rescuec1330

wrechec1330

borrowc1350

to put out of ——c1350

to bring awaya1400

redea1400

wreakc1400

rescourec1425

rescousa1450

savec1480

relue1483

salue1484

redeem1488

recovera1500

redressa1500

eschewc1500

rescours1511

to pull (also snatch) out of the fire1526

recourse1533

withtakec1540

redeem1549

vindicate1568

retire1578

repair1591

reprieve1605

to bring off1609

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 16076 Þat bischop cam, his folk to preche, Þer Cristendam fro Paen wreche [v.r. to reche].

2. reflexive. To avenge (oneself).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict retributive punishment for oneself [verb (reflexive)]

wreakc950

awreaka1250

vengea1340

avengec1380

wreche1398

revengec1425

requite1613

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute revenge [verb (reflexive)]

wreakc950

awreaka1250

vengea1340

avengec1380

wreche1398

revengec1425

right1598

requite1613

resent1618

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xviii. vii Þe bore..takeþ herte and strengþe to wreche hym of his adversarye wiþ his tuskes.

3. To give effect to (wrath, etc.); = wreak v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (transitive)] > wreak or give vent to anger

wreakOE

to let outa1250

wrechec1420

wrake1596

wreck1658

vent1697

c1420 J. Lydgate Ballad Commend. Our Lady 41 Or þe wycked fend his wrath up on us wreche [rhyme leche].

Derivatives

† ˈwrecher n. Obsolete an avenger (of some wrong).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] > one who inflicts

wreakera1300

wrechera1325

vengera1340

vengesour1382

avenger1388

vengeancerc1440

revengera1522

nemesis1542

alastor1603

vindicator1827

retributor1844

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > avenger of injured or injury

wreakera1300

wrechera1325

vengera1340

vengesour1382

vengeancerc1440

revengera1522

avenger1535

vindicator1827

a1325 Prose Psalter viii. 3 Þat þou destruye þe enemy and þe wrecher [L. ultorem] of Adam sinne.

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单词	wreche
释义	† wrechen. Forms: α. Middle English wræche, Middle English–1500s wreche, Middle English–1500s wrech, Middle English wrieche, Middle English wreeche, Middle English wreach. β. Middle English wrache, Middle English wrach. γ. Middle English wrecche (Middle English vrecche), Middle English–1500s wretche. Etymology: The normal representative of an Old English wrǽc (with palatal c ) feminine, of which however the existing texts present no example which can be definitely distinguished fromwræ̆c neuter, wrack n.¹ (A possible instance occurs in Riddles ii. 4, if the reading wræce is correct.) The vowel of wrǽc ( < earlier wrāk-jō) corresponds to that of Old Frisian wrêke, wrêtse* (North Frisian wrêk, wräk), Old Saxon wrâka, wrêka (Middle Low German wrâke; Middle Dutch wrāke, Dutch wraak), Old High German râhha (Middle High German râche, German rache), Gothic wrêkei. The β-forms partly represent a south-eastern variant of wrǽche , and are partly due to confusion with wrake wrake n.¹; the γ-forms show assimilation (in some instances merely graphic) to wrecche wretch n. The normal spelling, if the word had survived into modern English, would have been wreach or wreech. Obsolete. 1. a. Retributive punishment; vengeance; = wreak n. 1.In very frequent use from c1290 to c1450. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] wrakec825 wrechec1175 yielda1200 wrakedomc1275 vengeancea1300 hevening1303 vengement1338 wreakc1340 rewardc1350 retributiona1425 revengeancec1480 wratha1500 revengementa1513 avengeance1535 avenge1568 ultion1575 venge1587 wreck1591 nemesis1597 revanche1615 vindict1639 vindication1647 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] wrakec825 wrackc900 wrechec1175 yielda1200 wrakedomc1275 vengeancea1300 vengement1338 awreaking1340 rewardc1350 revengeancec1480 wratha1500 avengementa1513 revengementa1513 revengea1525 avengeance1535 avenge1568 requital1569 ultion1575 venge1587 wreck1591 revanche1615 vindict1639 payback1973 α. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19 Forr þatt wass mikell wræche wiss Þatt all follc for till helle. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14763 Vre Drihte..his wreche sende an wræstliche þan folke. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 552 So cam on werlde wreche & wrake. a1333 W. Herebert in Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 20 Nou, dame, ich þe byseche At þylke day of wreche..spek uor me. c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 625 The wreche of god hym smoot so cruelly, That thurgh his body wikked wormes crepte. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 230 Ȝet wrathed not þe wyȝ, ne þe wrech saȝtled. c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iii. viii. 55 Euer haue they in theyr hertes holden wreeche and rancour. 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy i, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 15 For doubt of such pride and wreach, He must be ware that will this Science teach. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 469 To kepe þis place from wreche. Personif.1413 26 Pol. Poems 53 Euere by trouþe stondes wreche, For wreche is goddis champioun.c1460 Wisdom 698 in Macro Plays 58 Let se: cum in, Indignacion & Sturdynes,.. Wreche, & Dyscorde expres.β. c1200 [see sense 1bβ. ]. c1320 Cast. Love (Harl.) 1560 The eyȝhte day betokynth gret wrache.c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 204 He forȝet alle his fre þewes, & wex wod to þe wrache, for wrath at his hert.c1450 Mirk's Festial. i. 36 And for wrach schuld falle on hymselfe yn party, þerfor [etc.].1535 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xviii. xii. 315 b/1 Some [bees] for grete wrath and desyre of wrache stingethe soo depe, that [etc.].γ. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1585 Þus him vel vrecche of god, vor he þe apostles slou.c1330 King of Tars 658 Leef on hym that strengor is, For doute of more wrecche [rhymes teche, leche].1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. I. 253 Anon þe pride of Romayns,..oþer som oþer wrecche of God all myȝti falleþ vppon hem.a1470 Dives & Pauper (1496) i. xxix. 67/2 Harde wretche was comyng but yf they wolde amende them of her falshode.a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clviii. f. lxxxvi^v Hir Eyen dystyllyd dropes of Blode..the which in token of Goddes wretche in y^t Boke remayne at this day. b. In the phrase to do, have, make, nim, seek, and esp. take wreche. (Cf. wreak n. 1b.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict retributive punishment [verb (intransitive)] wreakc825 to do, have, nim (= take), ta, or take wrake (of, on, or upon)?a900 to do (also take) wrack (on one)12.. to do, have, make, nim, seek, and esp. take wrechec1200 to take (also nim) vengeance1297 to perform, seek, spend, work, and esp. take (…) wreakc1330 visita1382 vengec1400 revengec1485 avenge1535 hevenc1540 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > take or execute revenge [verb (intransitive)] wreakc825 to do, have, nim (= take), ta, or take wrake (of, on, or upon)?a900 to do (also take) wrack (on one)12.. to do, have, make, nim, seek, and esp. take wrechec1200 to take (also nim) vengeance1297 wrakea1300 to perform, seek, spend, work, and esp. take (…) wreakc1330 visita1382 vengec1400 revengec1485 avenge1535 hevenc1540 resent1612 exact1858 α. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 29 Ȝef þu wreche ne secst hwanne þu time siest. a1240 Ureisun 107 in Old Eng. Hom. I. 197 Ȝif þu heuedest wreche inumen of mine luðernesse. c1275 Duty of Christians 56 in Old Eng. Misc. 143 Elles vre louerd god on vs wulle don wreche. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1334 Ichabbe of him wreche inou, wanne he bisecþ min ore. a1300 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 4 Tak wrech of sinful man. 13.. K. Horn (Harl.) 1292 Þat lond ichulle þorhreche & do mi fader wreche. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 45 He heþ ynome to lite wreche. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3404 [They] þouȝt manli to make wreche here lorlde [read lorde] to queme. c1425 Eng. Conq. Ireland 120 Yn hope þat god shold take wrech of ham. c1430 Syr. Gener. (Roxb.) 6396 Generides, youre lord, now besech On this mater to doo som wrech. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xii. l. 244 Be war lest god wele taken wreche. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xxxi. f. xiii This Appolyn toke wreche of theim that spoyled the goddes & theyr Temples. ?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. Evi^v To take wrech for the cruell murdur of his neuew. β. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 51 He nam stronge wrache þer-of.c1325 Chron. Eng. 724 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II. 300 Hou schulde he speren eni mon Wen he of bestes wrache nom? 2. An act or instance of vengeance; = wreak n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] > act or instance of vengeancea1300 wreaka1300 wrake13.. wrechea1325 revenge1561 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > action of taking revenge > act or instance of vengeancea1300 wreaka1300 wrake13.. wrechea1325 revenge1548 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2985 Ðe ðridde wreche dede aaron Bi-foren ðe king pharaon. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 641 On Wreche ðat sal get wurðen sent, Wan al ðis werld wurðe brent. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. II. 329 Egipte was i-smyte wiþ ten grete wreches. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum ix. xxi. (Tollem. MS.) God sente mo wreches upon þe Egyptians þan ten. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 5943 Fast on god þo gon þei cal To delyuer þe folke of þat wreche. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 229 Fro heuen to helle þat hatel schor laste... Þis hit was a brem brest & a byge wrache. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxix. f. cxl By reason of a wreche done by dyuyne power vpon one of Kynge Wyllyams knyghtes. 3. a. Affliction or calamity; deep distress, misery. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [noun] unselthc888 ermtheOE unselea1023 wellawayOE wretchhead1154 wandrethc1175 woec1175 wanea1200 wretchdom?c1225 yomernessc1250 balec1275 un-i-selec1275 wan-siðc1275 unseelinessa1300 wretchedheada1300 cursedness1303 wretcheddomc1320 wrechea1325 wretchnessa1330 tribulationc1330 wretchednessa1340 caitifty1340 meeknessa1382 unwealsomeness1382 infelicityc1384 caitifhedea1400 ill liking?a1400 sorea1400 ungleea1400 unweala1400 caitifnessc1400 deploration1490 caitifdoma1500 woefulnessa1513 misery1527 miserity1533 mishappinessa1542 unwealfulnessa1555 tribulance1575 miserableness1613 agony1621 desolatenessa1626 unblissa1628 unhappiness1722 misère1791 shadow1855 valley1882 miz1918 the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > tribulation, trouble, or affliction > state of misery wretchhead1154 uselldomc1175 wretchdom?c1225 yomernessc1250 wan-siðc1275 werea1300 wretchedheada1300 cursedness1303 wrechea1325 wretchnessa1330 wretchednessa1340 caitifty1340 miseryc1375 caitifhedea1400 languora1400 caitifnessc1400 deploration1490 caitifdoma1500 pitya1500 unkindness1502 woefulnessa1513 miserability1559 villainya1571 ungraciousness1578 miserableness1613 deplorableness1649 misère1791 dismals1829 unblessedness1836 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3396 Get sal ðe kinde of amalech Ben al fled dun in deades wrech. a1400 Leg. Rood (1871) 138 Lord of loue..For Þe was set sely sacrynge, To winne þe world þat was in wreche. c1450 Ludus Coventriæ 327 Cryst..hath us wonnyn owt of wreche. a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 19 Siþ þat deuelis be dampned, & ful of wreche of helle. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxvi Thynke on your wreche and your daunger. b. to go to wreche, to go to wrack. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > be destroyed, ruined, or come to an end losec888 fallOE forlesea1225 perishc1275 spilla1300 to go to wreche13.. to go to the gatec1330 to go to lostc1374 miscarryc1387 quenchc1390 to bring unto, to fall into, to go, put, or work to wrakea1400 mischieve?a1400 tinea1400 to go to the devilc1405 bursta1450 untwindc1460 to make shipwreck1526 to go to (the) pot1531 to go to wreck (and ruin)a1547 wrake1570 wracka1586 to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587 to lie in the dusta1591 mischief1598 to go (etc.) to rack (and ruin)1599 shipwreck1607 suffera1616 unravel1643 to fall off1684 tip (over) the perch1699 to do away with1769 to go to the dickens1833 collapse1838 to come (also go) a mucker1851 mucker1862 to go up1864 to go to squash1889 to go (to) stramash1910 to go for a burton1941 to meet one's Makera1978 13.. Body & Soul 242 in Map's Poems (Camden) 343 Thyn other thing, nou thou art ded, Al schal geynliche gon to wreche. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † wrechev. Etymology: < wreche n. Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. To rescue or deliver; = wreak v. 5d. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver (from) [verb (transitive)] areddec885 leeseOE reddOE winc1220 deliver?c1225 ridc1225 quita1250 betellc1275 casta1300 to cast outa1300 liverc1330 rescuec1330 wrechec1330 borrowc1350 to put out of ——c1350 to bring awaya1400 redea1400 wreakc1400 rescourec1425 rescousa1450 savec1480 relue1483 salue1484 redeem1488 recovera1500 redressa1500 eschewc1500 rescours1511 to pull (also snatch) out of the fire1526 recourse1533 withtakec1540 redeem1549 vindicate1568 retire1578 repair1591 reprieve1605 to bring off1609 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 16076 Þat bischop cam, his folk to preche, Þer Cristendam fro Paen wreche [v.r. to reche]. 2. reflexive. To avenge (oneself). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict retributive punishment for oneself [verb (reflexive)] wreakc950 awreaka1250 vengea1340 avengec1380 wreche1398 revengec1425 requite1613 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute revenge [verb (reflexive)] wreakc950 awreaka1250 vengea1340 avengec1380 wreche1398 revengec1425 right1598 requite1613 resent1618 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xviii. vii Þe bore..takeþ herte and strengþe to wreche hym of his adversarye wiþ his tuskes. 3. To give effect to (wrath, etc.); = wreak v. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (transitive)] > wreak or give vent to anger wreakOE to let outa1250 wrechec1420 wrake1596 wreck1658 vent1697 c1420 J. Lydgate Ballad Commend. Our Lady 41 Or þe wycked fend his wrath up on us wreche [rhyme leche]. Derivatives † ˈwrecher n. Obsolete an avenger (of some wrong). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] > one who inflicts wreakera1300 wrechera1325 vengera1340 vengesour1382 avenger1388 vengeancerc1440 revengera1522 nemesis1542 alastor1603 vindicator1827 retributor1844 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > avenger of injured or injury wreakera1300 wrechera1325 vengera1340 vengesour1382 vengeancerc1440 revengera1522 avenger1535 vindicator1827 a1325 Prose Psalter viii. 3 Þat þou destruye þe enemy and þe wrecher [L. ultorem] of Adam sinne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.c1175v.a1325
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