† wretchheadn.
Obsolete.
= wretchedness n. 1.Frequent in Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle.
ΘΠ
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
1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1137 Wes næure gæt mare wreccehed on land.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 79 Þas þeues..boð þo þet weren imakede engles in houene, and fellen ut for hore wrechede.
a1200 Vices & Virtues 21 We ðankieð gode..ðe ȝew haueð of ðessere michele wrecchade ibroht.
a1200 Vices & Virtues 95 Þurh hwam ic am..on maniȝes kennes wrecchades, sori and sorhfull.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1219 Hwanne ic iseo þer sum wrecchede Is cumynde neyh inoh ic grede.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 292/133 Þench nouþe, louerd, on mine wrechhede!
13.. Chron. R. Glouc. (Digby 205) 5053 Nowe we ben..Dryuen oute clene..with sorwe & wrechehede [v.rr. wrechede, wrechhede, wrecheheed].
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