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Old English · adjective

wraþ

Normalised wrāþ

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /wrɑːθ/
Syllables: wrɑːθ (1 syllable)
Modern English: wraith wroth irate angry

Meaning

very angry, irate
hostile, savage, violent

wrāþra wælsleahta, · winemǣga hryre:

So said an earth-stepper, mindful of hardships, of wrathful slaughters, of kinsmen fall:
Swā cwæð eardstapa, · earfeþa ġemyndiġ,

Declension

Strong declension of wraþ
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wrāþ	wrāþ	wrāþ
Accusative	wrāþne	wrāþe	wrāþ
Genitive	wrāþes	wrāþre	wrāþes
Dative	wrāþum	wrāþre	wrāþum
Instrumental	wrāþe	wrāþre	wrāþe
Plural
Nominative	wrāþe	wrāþa wrāþe	wrāþ
Accusative	wrāþe	wrāþa wrāþe	wrāþ
Genitive	wrāþra	wrāþra	wrāþra
Dative	wrāþum	wrāþum	wrāþum
Instrumental	wrāþum	wrāþum	wrāþum

Weak declension of wraþ
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wrāþa	wrāþe	wrāþe
Accusative	wrāþan	wrāþan	wrāþe
Genitive	wrāþan	wrāþan	wrāþan
Dative	wrāþan	wrāþan	wrāþan
Instrumental	wrāþan	wrāþan	wrāþan
Plural
Nominative	wrāþan	wrāþan	wrāþan
Accusative	wrāþan	wrāþan	wrāþan
Genitive	wrāþra wrāþena	wrāþra wrāþena	wrāþra wrāþena
Dative	wrāþum	wrāþum	wrāþum
Instrumental	wrāþum	wrāþum	wrāþum

All forms (10)

wrāþ
wrāþne
wrāþe
wrāþes
wrāþre
wrāþum
wrāþa
wrāþra
wrāþan
wrāþena

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (corresponding to past tense of wrīþan). Cognate with Old Saxon wređ (Dutch wreed), Old High German reid, Old Norse reiðr (Danish vred, Swedish vred).

Descendants

wraith, wroth

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