▪ I. wrothe
obs. metathetic var. wort, wart n.
▪ II. † wrothe, adv. Obs.
Forms: α. 1 wraðe, 3 wraþe, 5 wrath. β. 3 wroðe, 3–4 wroþe, 5 wrothe, wroth.
[OE. wráðe, f. wráð wroth a.]
1. Wrathfully, angrily, severely; = wrothly adv. 1.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xiii. 14 Ondsuarade ða ðæs folces aldormon wraððe [Rushw. wraðe]. a 1000 Guthlac 638 Eow se waldend wraðe bisencte. a 1250 Owl & Night. (C.) 972 Þu canst ȝolle wroþe & stronge. c 1275 in O.E. Misc. 144/109 Þat folk worþ eft wroþe i-spild, þe nule to hire [sc. true love] turne. 1338 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 265 Was neuer in þam both [sc. Wales and Scotland] terme set ne stounde, Þat þei [ne] discorded wroth. c 1400 Arth. & Merl. 824 Heo..beot hire boþe eouele and wroþ. c 1430 Syr. Gener. (Roxb.) 2917 The Sowdon wrothe answerd ageyn. Ibid. 9229 The lord he smote than so wrothe That shelde to-rofe. |
2. Evilly; badly; ill; = wrothly adv. 2.
| c 888 ælfred Boeth. i, He þa ᵹehat swiðe yfele ᵹelæste, & swiðe wraðe ᵹeendode mid maneᵹum mane. a 1000 Ags. Ps. (Thorpe) lvii. 2 Eft ᵹe on heortan hoᵹedon inwit, worhton wraðe. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 193 Þese þreo þing noteð ech man on two wise, wel, and wroðe. a 1250 Owl & Night. 1360 Wymmon may pleye vnder cloþe hweþer heo wile wel þe wroþe. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 729 Vor þou art mi doȝter..I loued þe one; þou ȝelst nou my loue wroþe. 1340 Ayenb. 20 Þet þou hest oft ziþes euele and wroþe y⁓loked hire festes. c 1400 Gamelyn 73 He clothed him and fedde hym yuel and eke wrothe. |
3. Sorrowfully; sadly; = wrothly adv. 3.
| a 1250 Owl & Night. (J.) 415 A wintre þu singest wroþe & yomere. c 1275 Sinners Beware 96 in O.E. Misc. 75 Þer-fore heo schule siche And in helle smyche Acoryen hit ful wraþe. |