Middle English Dictionary Entry
wrōth(e adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | wrōth(e adv. Also (early SWM, ?error) wreððe; for other forms see wroth adj. |
| Etymology | OE wrāþe |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Angrily, wrathfully; vengefully;
(b) severely, harshly;
(c) badly, evilly; poorly, inadequately.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)106/747 : Hu wrakeliche, wenest tu, wule he al wraðe [Roy: ant wreððe] wreoken o þe, wrecche?
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3214 : Oft an one dæie hit makede an hundred fæie, and æft to þare sæ wende þe wæld-scæðe luðere; þenne hit æft wende aȝan, wærðe hit heom grætte.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.265 : Wales, wo þe be, þe fende þe confound! Scotland, whi ne mot I se be sonken to Helle ground? Was neuer in þam…terme set…þat þei discorded wroth.
- a1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)826 : Þeo hore start vp…And…Smot hire in þe visage…rente hire cloþ And beot hire boþe eouele and wroþ.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)9233 : The lord he smote than so wrothe That shelde to-rofe, and hauberk bothe.
b
- a1300 Sayings St.Bede (Jes-O 29)96 : For heore prude claþe…heo schule siche And in helle smyche Acoryen hit ful wraþe.
- a1300 Þeo soþe luue (Jes-O 29)109 : Soþe luue is god and mylde…Þat folk worþ eft wroþe i-spild þe nule to hire turne.
c
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)193 : Beð giepe and warre and wakieð…þese þreo þing noteð ech man on two wise: wel and wroðe.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1360 : Wummon mai pleie under cloþe Þeþet heo wile, wel þe wroþe; & heo mai do, bi mine songe, Hwaþer heo þule [read: wule], wel þe wronge.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1529 : An haueþ at tom his riȝte spuse…Wel þunne ischud & iued wroþe.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)729 : Þou art mi doȝter, & ich abbe more þan þin sostren boþe I loued þe one; þou ȝelst nou my loue wroþe.
- a1350 In a fryht (Hrl 2253)39 : Betere is taken a comeliche y cloþe in armes to cusse…þen a wrecche ywedded so wroþe.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)20/24 : Þou hest ofte ziþes euele and wroþe [Vices & V.(2): wikkedly] y-loked hire festes.
- c1410(c1350) Gamelyn (Hrl 7334)73 : Gamelyn…clothed him and fed him yuel and eek wroþe.
- ?a1450 Þer ys no merth (Dc 257)8 : A yong wyf and an arvyst-gos…A man þat haþ ham yn his clos, Reste schal he wroþe.