wreche

Þer inne boð þa þe was to lof wreche men to swenchen.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

Þo sulle þe wreche sowle isien þe sinegeden þurh sihte

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

Þe wreche men binomen here aihte ⁊ leide his on horde.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

[Þ] ar {} inne beð þe was to lef wreche men to swenche.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

+Þe do {m} scal sone bon idon+ ne lest he nawiht lo {n} ge. ne scal him na mon mene þer of st {re} ngþe ne of wronge. þe sculen habbe herdne dom þa her weren herde. þa þe uuele holden wreche men ⁊ uuele laȝe redde.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

` Swich wreche on hem, for fecching of Eleyne, 890

Troilus and Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer

Butt pryvate wealthe, thatt cursed wreche, and most vyle slave,

Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864

Med {} ierne domes men. ⁊ wro {n} gwise reuen. þ̵ oðer mo {n} nes wif lof. his aȝen et {} lete. þo þe sungede muchel {;} a drunke ⁊ an ete. þe wreche mon binom his ehte. ⁊ leide his on horde. þ̵ lutel let of godes borde. ⁊ godes worde.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

 After _here_, an erasure of one letter MS.] +Þer is waning ⁊ wow. + eft {er} eche streche. ho fareð from hete to hete. ⁊ hech to frure þe wreche. þenne hi bið in þere hete {;} þe chele him þunchet blisse. þenne hi cumeð eft to þe chele {;} of hete hi habbeð misse. hi hem deð wa inoch nabbeð hi nane blisse.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall