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wróht

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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wróht, e; f. : es; m.
accusation
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  • Wróht

    accusatio (ex-,

      MS.
    ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 15.

  • Wróhte

    insimulatio,

      44, 74.

  • Hic susurro ðes rúnere oððe wróht,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 36
      • ;
    • Zup. 217, 3.

  • Leásere wróhte

    strophosae accusationis,

      Hpt. Gl. 505, 55.

  • Wróhte

    insimulatione, accusatione,

      517, 55.

  • Uuróctae, uuróchtae,

      Txts. 70, 524.

  • Mid micelre wróhte hine wrégende.

      Homl. Th. ii. 250, 10.

  • Hwylce wróhte(accusationem) bringe gé ongeán ðysne man?

      Jn. Skt. 18, 29.

  • Mid leásum wróhtum beswicene

    falsis criminationibus seducti,

      Scint. 136, 11.

  • Ða werian gástas wróhta onsægdon

    sequuntur accusationes malignorum spirituum,

    • Bd. 3, 19
      • ;
    • S. 548, 35.
a false accusation, slander, calumny.
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v. wróht-bora, II
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  • Heó (the Egyptians) his (Joseph's) mǽgwinum morðor fremedon, wróht berénedon

      (cf. Ex. l, 9-11)
    ,. . .mánum treówum woldon hié ðæt feorhleán fácne gyldan,

    • Cd. Th. 187, 6
      • ;
    • Exod. 147.

  • Huscworde ongan þurh inwitþanc ealdorsacerd herme hyspan, wróht webbode; hé on gewitte oncneów, ðæt wé sóðfæstes swaðe folgodon,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1343
      • ;
    • An. 672.

  • Gé inwitþancum wróht webbedon,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 617
      • ;
    • El. 309.

  • Ne beó nǽnig man bregda tó full, ne inwit tó leóf, ne wróhtas tó webgenne, ne searo tó rénigenne,

      Blickl. Homl. 109, 29.
what is an occasion for accusation, fault, crime, offence
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  • Wæg heora wróht biþ him

    via illorum scandalum ipsis,

      Ps. Spl. T. 48, 13.

  • Wróhtes wyrhtan (the devil), fyrnsynna fruman.

    • Exon. Th. 263, 7
      • ;
    • Jul. 346.

  • Hé gewrégde his bróðru tó hira fæder ðære mǽstan wróhte

    accusavit fratres suos apud patrem crimine,

      Gen. 37, 2.

  • Gangende on eallum his bebodum bútan wróhte

    (sine quaerela),

      Lk. Skt. 1. 6.

  • Ðone wróht

    abominationem,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 14.

  • Ðú wróhte onstealdest,

    • Cd. Th. 56, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 911: 57, 22
      • ;
    • Gen. 932.

  • Hwæt sceal ic má ríman yfel endeleás ? Ic eall gebær wráþe wróhtas geond werþeóde, ða ðe gewurdon from fruman worulde,

    • Exon. Th. 272, 30
      • ;
    • Jul. 507.
a quarrel, strife
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  • Wearð micel ungeþwǽrnes, . . . swá nán mon nyste hwonon sió wróht com,

    • Ors. 6, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 260, 21.

  • Wǽron ðá gesóme ða ðe swegl búan, wróht wæs ásprungen,

    • Cd. Th. 6, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 83 : 114, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 1903.

  • Wæs wróht gemǽne, hereníð hearda,

    • Beo. Th. 4938
      • ;
    • B. 2473: 5819
      • ;
    • B. 2913: 4564;
    • B. 2287
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 125, 30
      • ;
    • Gú. 362.

  • Tó ðæm sǽde ðære wróhte

    ad seminanda jurgia,

    • Past. 47
      • ;
    • Swt. 358, 3.

  • Bið ðæt deófol on wróhte onlícnisse; . . . bið se Pater Noster on sibbe onlícnisse.

      Salm. Kmbl. p. 146, 20.

  • Ðú worhtest wróhte betwuh ðé and ðínre módor suna óðrum

    adversus filium matris tuae ponebas scandalum,

      Ps. Th. 49, 21.

  • Sume ic geteáh tó geflite, . . . ic him byrlade wróht of wége,

    • Exon. Th. 271, 24
      • ;
    • Jul. 487.

  • Hí wróht áhófan, heardne heresíþ,

    • 317, 2
      • ;
    • Mód. 59.

  • Hé in wuldre wróhte onstalde,

    • Cd. Th. 287, 19
      • ;
    • Sat. 369.

  • Mars macode ǽfre gewinn and wróhte,

      Wulfst. 106, 25.

  • Ða ðe wróhte sáwaþ

    seminantes jurgia,

    • Past. 47
      • ;
    • Swt. 357, 14, 22.
cause of complaint, injury, hurt
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  • Næs hyra wlite gewemmed, ne nǽnig wróht on hrægle,

    • Cd. Th. 243, 17
      • ;
    • Dan. 437.

  • Ne bið him on ðám wícum wiht tó sorge, wróht ne wéþel ne gewindagas,

    • Exon. Th. 238, 30
      • ;
    • Ph. 612.

  • Rǽhton wíde geond werþeóda wróhtes telgan, hrinon hearmtánas hearde drihta bearnum.

    • Cd. Th. 61, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 991.

  • Ðú woldest láðlíce þurh ðæt wíf on mé wróhte álecgean, ormǽte yfel,

    • 162, 21
      • ;
    • Gen. 2684.
[
O. Sax. wróht strife.
Cf. Goth. wróhs accusation
:
Icel. róg slander; poet, strife.
]
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v.  wróht-bora wróht-dropa wróht-georn.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wróht.” 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/36684.

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