A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1494
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Wrechnes, n. [ME amd e.m.E. wrechenesse (a1330).] = Wre(t)chitnes n. 1 a. —1494 Deidis of Armorie 51.
He sustenyt gret misere and wrechnes [Lindsay MS wrachitnes] for the sustenyng and keping of noblesse
