Obs. In 2 wreccehed, 2–4 wrec-, 3–4 wrecc-, wrechhede, 3 wrecchehed, wrecchade, 5 wrecheheed. [f. as prec. + -HEAD. Cf. WRETCHEDHEDE.] = WRETCHEDNESS 1.
Frequent in Robert of Gloucester’s Chronicle.
1154. O. E. Chron., an. 1137. Wes næure ʓæt mare wreccehed on land.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 79. Þas þeues … boð þo þet weren imakede engles in houene, and fellen ut for hore wrechede.
a. 1200. Vices & Virtues, 21. We ðankieð gode … ðe ȝew haueð or ðessere michele wrecchade ibroht. Ibid., 95. Þurh hwam ic am … on maniȝes kennes wrecchades, sori and sorhfull.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 1219. Hwanne ic iseo þer sum wrecchede Is cumynde neyh inoh ic grede.
c. 1290. S. Eng. Leg., I. 292/133. Þench nouþe, louerd, on mine wrechhede!
13[?]. Chron. R. Glouc. (MS. Digby 205), 5053. Nowe we ben … Dryuen oute clene … with sorwe & wrechehede [v.rr. wrechede, wrechhede, wrecheheed].
