wræclast

Old English

Etymology

From wræc (“exile, punishment, misery”) +‎ lāst (“track”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwræk.lɑːst/

Noun

wræclāst m (nominative plural wræclāstas)

1. path of exile
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Oft him ānhaga ·  āre gebīdeð,
     Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ
     ġeond lagulāde · longe sċeolde
     hrēran mid hondum · hrīmċealde sǣ,
     wadan wræclāstas. · Wyrd bið ful ārǣd.

     A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
     Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful,
     through a sea-way he should for long
     stir the frost-cold sea with hands,
     travel paths of exile. Fate is well stalwart.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wræclāst	wræclāstas
accusative	wræclāst	wræclāstas
genitive	wræclāstes	wræclāsta
dative	wræclāste	wræclāstum