▪ I. † wrecche, v. Obs.
[OE. wreccan (wreahte, wrehte; wreaht, wreht) to arouse, undertake, raise. Cf. MDu. wrecken, NFris. wräki to waken, wräken (adj.) awake.]
trans. To rouse, arouse; to bring to life.
| c 897 ælfred Gregory's Past. C. xxviii. 193 Ne sceal he no ðæt an don ðæt he ana waciᵹe, ac he sceal eac his friend wreccean [v.r. wreccan]. c 1000 ælfric Saints' Lives xi. 241 We feollan on slæpe.., ac he læᵹ þurh-wacol.., and wræhte us siððan. a 1250 Owl & Night. 106 Þo hit bycom þat he hayhte [= hatched] & of his eyre briddes wrauhte [Cott. wraȝte]. |
▪ II. wrecche, wreche etc.:
see wretch, etc.