wroth

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  1. adjective Wrathful; angry.

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  1. Middle English, from Old English wrāth; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English wroth, wrooth, from Anglo-Saxon wrāth, angry (= Old Saxon wrēth = Dutch wreed, cruel, = Icelandic reithr = Swedish Danish vred, angry); prob. orig. ‘twisted,’ perverse (= MHG-. reit, reid, curled, twisted), from wrīthan, preterit wrath, twist, writhe: see writhe. Hence ult. wrath, n.
  2. Middle English wrothen, var.of wrathen: see wrath, v.
 

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