wroth

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wroth (arch.) angered, wrathful. OE. wrāð = OS. wrēð (Du. wreed cruel), OHG. reid, ON. reiðr, f. Gmc. *wraiþ- *wrīþ- WRITHE. Rare XVI–XIX exc. in or after biblical use, its revival being begun by early-XIX poets.

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