† wrother-heal, n. and adv. Obs.
Forms: 3 wraðer-, 3–4 wraþer- (4 wreþer-), 3 wroðer-, 3–5 wrother-hele (5 wrothir-, wrothher-); also 3 -heale, 4 -hale, -haylle, 4–5 -hail(e, -hayl.
[= OE. *(tó) wráþre hǽle (hǽlu, -o): see wroth a. and heal n. 2 b (hele, hail n.2, hale n.1). Cf. goder-heal.]
A. n. a. to wrother heal (hele, also hail, hale), with evil fate or fortune; with or to misfortune, injury, calamity, or destruction.
| c 1205 Lay. 29556 Þer heo iwurðen to, to wraðere hele. a 1225 Ancr. R. 102 Go ut ase dude Dina,..to wrother hele. c 1275 xi Pains of Hell 27 in O.E. Misc. 148 To wroþere hele he wes ibore. c 1305 Pilate 187 in E.E.P. (1862) 116 He swor his more oþ anon þat he to wroþere hele þer com. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xiv. 120 For to wrotherhele was he wrouȝte þat neuere was ioye shaped. a 1400 Sqr. lowe Degre 299 Alas! it tourned to wroth-her-heyle. a 1425 Cursor M. 21923 (Trin.), To wroþerhele he ȝaf vs wit. |
b. With dative (noun or pronoun) of person, etc.
| a 1200 St. Marher. 10 Ah crist to wurðmunt, ant him to wraðerheale, þe rode taken arudde hire readliche. a 1225 Juliana 43 Þe ich font & habbe ifolhet me to wraðer heale. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7282 So þat harald was king to wroþerhele þe kinedom. 13.. Gosp. Nicod. 695 What raue þe vayle, Þat in yhour temple hang? vs all to wrotherhail. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. ii. 20 Out of wrong heo wox to wroþerhele monye. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 4260 He sayled in with a feble sayl And þat was him to wrotherhayl. |
c. With genitive pronoun. rare—1.
| c 1205 Lay. 490 Mid þræte he spilede: To wroþer heore hele habbeð heo such werc idon. |
B. adv. Unfortunately; disastrously.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 16477 Ful wrather-hail to min bihoue haf i tan þis mone. c 1325 Spec. Gy Warw. 129 Wroþer hele was Iudas born, For þurw þat sinne he was lorn. a 1330 Otuel 208 Wroþer hele come þou her, I rede þou ȝeld op þi brond. a 1400–50 Wars Alex. 1759 Þou sekis fraward Sichim þi-selfe wrothir-haile. |