wraþ

From Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (corresponding to past tense of wrīþan). Cognate with Old Saxon wređ (Dutch wreed), Old High German reid, Old Norse reiðr (Danish vred, Swedish vred).

• IPA^(key): /wrɑːθ/

wrāþ

1. very angry, irate
2. hostile, savage, violent
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Swā cwæð eardstapa, ·  earfeþa ġemyndiġ,
     wrāþra wælsleahta, · winemǣga hryre:

     So said an earth-stepper, mindful of hardships,
     of wrathful slaughters, of kinsmen fall:

   • Exeter Book, riddle 40

     swylċe iċ eom wrāþre þonne wermōd sȳ,
     þe hēr on hyrstum heasewe stondeþ.

     likewise I am harsher than the wormwood
     that stands dusky here in the hurst

• Middle English: wrath, wroth
  • English: wrath, wroth
  • Scots: wraith