Obs. Also 5 wrooþ, wrooth, 5, Sc. 6 wrothe, 6 wroath. [f. WROTH a., replacing WRATH sb. or WRETHE sb.] Deep anger or resentment; wrath, rage or fury; ire.

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The earlier examples are doubtful. The first may be a miswriting for wrethe or worthe, and the second may be adjectival, as in Gower, Conf., VI. 1696 (see FOR- prefix1 10).

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a. 1400–50.  Wars Alex., 2077. All þe werd [v.r. werld] war to waike his wrothe to with-stand.

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a. 1425.  Cursor M., 12183 (Trin.). Leuy for wrooþ … smot him on þe heed a dint.

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1513.  Douglas, Æneid, II. x. 24. Sair pwnitioun of Greikis dred scho, als Hir husbandis wroth.

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1581.  A. Hall, Iliad, VI. 109. Thus sets the trayterous iade the king with griefe and wroth a fire.

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1606.  Shaks., Tr. & Cr., II. iii. 182. Imagin’d wroth Holds in hir bloud … swolne and hot discourse.

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1663.  Butler, Hud., I. i. 892. The objects of our Wroth. Ibid., ii. 737. At this the Knight grew high in wroth.

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