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wráþ

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Grammar
wráþ, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§263; §426;
wroth, angry, incensed
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  • Gram ł wráð

    furibundus,

      Hpt. Gl. 510, 37.

  • Wearð se cyng swíþe gram (wráð, v. l. ) wið ða burhware,

    • Chr. 1048
      • ;
    • Erl. 178, 6.

  • Crist him wurðe wráð, ðe hí geþýwie,

      Chart. Erl. 253, 17.

  • Bið úre Drihten ðám synfullum swíðe wráð æteowéd, and ðám sóðfæstum hé byð blíðe gesewen,

      Wulfst. 184, 2.

  • Ðín yrre fram ús oncyrre, ðæt ðú ús ne weorðe wrád on móde,

    • Ps. Th. 84, 4
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 26, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 405
      • :
    • 46, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 745.

  • Unblíðe, wrád on móde,

    • 136, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 2260.

  • Wearð yrre God, and ðám werode wráð,

    • 3, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 35.

  • Ðe cynig wuráð wæs

    rex iratus est,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 7.

  • Wráð,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 21.

  • Wráð wæs

    indignatus est,

      Lind. 15, 28.
fierce, cruel, grievous, hostile, bitter, fell, evil, malignant,
Grammar
wráþ, of living creatures, often used substantively
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  • Eormanríces, wráþes wǽrlogan.

    • Exon. Th. 319, 8
      • ;
    • Vid. 9.

  • Wið wrád werod wearde healdan

    to keep watch and ward against foes,

    • Beo. Th. 643
      • ;
    • B. 319.

  • Wráðe wælherigas,

    • Cd. Th. 119, 21
      • ;
    • Gen. 1983.

  • Ða ðe wydewum sýn wráðe æt dóme,

      Ps. Th. 67, 5.

  • Mé tó aldorbanan weorðeþ wráðra sum

    some fell one shall be my life-destroyer,

    • Cd. Th. 63, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 1034
      • :
    • 109, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 1830.

  • Wráðra gryre

    the horror of fierce foes,

    • 178, 32
      • ;
    • Exod. 20
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 3242
      • ;
    • B. 1619
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2547
      • ;
    • An. 1275
      • :
    • 2635
      • ;
    • An. 1319.

  • Burh wráðum werian,

    • Cd. Th. 119, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 1976.

  • Torn gewrecan on wráðum,

    • 123, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 2038
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 329
      • ;
    • El. 165
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 104, 34.

  • Wraþþum forstolen áhreddan, flýman feóndsceaþan.

    • Exon. Th. 396, 2
      • ;
    • Rä. 15, 17.

  • Andsware findan wráþum tówiðere

    to find an answer against bitter adversaries,

    • 12, 13
      • ;
    • Cri. 185.

  • Ðú mé weredest wráþum feóndum,

      Ps. Th. 137, 7.

  • Wráþum wyrmum,

    • Exon. Th. 94, 30
      • ;
    • Cri. 1548
      • .
Grammar
wráþ, of evil spirits
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  • Se atola gást, wráð wǽrloga,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2595
      • ;
    • An. 1299
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 43, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 686.

  • Þurh ðæs wráþan geþanc, þurh ðas deófles searo,

    • 39, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 631.

  • Hié hýrdon wráðum wǽrlogan,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1225
      • ;
    • An. 613.

  • Waca wið wráþum(Grendel),

    • Beo. Th. 1324
      • ;
    • B. 660: 1421
      • ;
    • B. 708.

  • Hé wráðne gegrípeþ feónd be ðám fótum,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 226
      • ;
    • Sal. 112.

  • Wreceþ heó wráðan,

      Lchdm. iii. 32, 25.

  • Wráðe wræcmæcgas,

    • Exon. Th. 135, 26
      • ;
    • Gú. 530.

  • On wráþra wíc (hell),

    • 94, 4
      • ;
    • Cri. 1535.

  • Wráðra,

    • Cd. Th. 7, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 101.

  • Wráþra gǽsta.

    • Exon. Th. 424, 19
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 41.

  • Wíte mid wráþum,

    • 37, 18
      • ;
    • Cri. 595.

  • Hé gráp on wráðe,

    • Cd. Th. 4, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 61.
Grammar
wráþ, of things
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  • Hú sárlíc and hú sorhful and hú geswincful and hfi teónful ðis líf is, hú tealt and hú wráð

    (grievous or evil ),

      Wulfst. 273, 7.

  • Is him on welerum wráð sweord and scearp,

      Ps. Th. 58, 7.

  • Se yfla unrihta wráþa(evil) willa wóhhǽmedes,

      Met. 18, 2.

  • Wráðan (fierce) yrres,

      Ps. Th. 77, 50.

  • On ðám wráðan dæge

    diem tentationis,

      94, 9.

  • Wráþe hægle,

      77, 47.

  • Wráð yrre ðín,

      78, 5.

  • Þurh wráð (evil) gewitt.

    • Elen. Kmbl. 915
      • ;
    • El. 459.

  • Hearmstafas wráðe (bitter) and woruldyrmðo,

    • Cd. Th. 58, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 940.

  • Wráþe wyrde,

    • Exon. Th. 468, 14
      • ;
    • Phar. 8.

  • Ic eom wráþra láf, fyres and feóle,

    • 484, 6
      • ;
    • Rá. 70: 3.

  • Gemyndig wráþra wælsleahta,

    • 286, 27
      • ;
    • Wand. 7.

  • Wíta wráðra,

    • 253, 9
      • ;
    • Jul. 177
      • :
    • 261, 7
      • ;
    • Jul. 311.

  • Feala ic gebiden hæbbe wráðra wyrda,

    • Rood Kmbl. 101
      • ;
    • Kr. 51.

  • Wrádum teárum,

      Ps. Th. 55, 11.

  • Folmum ðínum wráðum,

    • Cd. Th. 62, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 1011.

  • Hí mid wráðum wordum trymmaþ

    firmaverunt sibi verbum malum,

    • Ps. Th. 63, 4
      • :
    • Met. 26, 76.

  • Wráþe firene,

    • Exon. Th. 80, 28
      • ;
    • Cri. 1313
      • :
    • 272, 30
      • ;
    • Jul. 507.

  • Ic mínum fótum fǽcne síþas, ða wráþan wegas werede

    ab omni via mola prohibui pedes meos,

      Ps. Th. 118, 101.

  • Ic eom wráþre (bitterer) þonne weimód sý,

    • Exon. Th. 425, 22
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 60.
Etymology
[
He andsware ȝaf, eorlene wraðest (wroþliche swiþe,
    2nd MS.
),
    Laym. 18583.
Also in the sense bad, evil To wraðere (wroþere,
    2nd MS.
) hele,
  • 29556
    • :
  • A. R. 102, 8
    • :
  • Marh. 10, 11
    • :
  • Misc. 148, 27.
Þu were ibore o wráðe time (in an evil hour ),
    Jul. 57, 3.
Wráðe werkes wurchen aȝein Godes wille,
    Kath. 171.
O. Sax. wréð
:
Icel. reiðr
:
O. H. Ger. reid crispus.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wráþ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36604.

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