Obs. [f. WICKED a.1 + -HEAD.] Wickedness, iniquity; pl. wicked acts or doings.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 841. Strang wickedhed Broght adam to suilk a ded. Ibid., 23142. Sa duked in þair wicked hedis.

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1340.  Ayenb., 114. He þet … heþ ine his herte hate, wreþe, oþer wyckedhede.

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1370–80.  Vis. St. Paul, 46, in O. E. Misc., 224. Sore hit is to drede Þe places of helle for wikked-hede.

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