Old English · adjective

wrang

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /wrɑnɡ/
[wrɑŋɡ]
Syllables: wrɑnɡ (1 syllable)
Modern English: wrang uneven wrong injustice ship's nautical rough hold

wrang1 · adjective

Senses

rough, uneven

Declension

Strong declension of wrang
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wrang	wrang	wrang
Accusative	wrangne	wrange	wrang
Genitive	wranges	wrangre	wranges
Dative	wrangum	wrangre	wrangum
Instrumental	wrange	wrangre	wrange
Plural
Nominative	wrange	wranga wrange	wrang
Accusative	wrange	wranga wrange	wrang
Genitive	wrangra	wrangra	wrangra
Dative	wrangum	wrangum	wrangum
Instrumental	wrangum	wrangum	wrangum

Weak declension of wrang
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wranga	wrange	wrange
Accusative	wrangan	wrangan	wrange
Genitive	wrangan	wrangan	wrangan
Dative	wrangan	wrangan	wrangan
Instrumental	wrangan	wrangan	wrangan
Plural
Nominative	wrangan	wrangan	wrangan
Accusative	wrangan	wrangan	wrangan
Genitive	wrangra wrangena	wrangra wrangena	wrangra wrangena
Dative	wrangum	wrangum	wrangum
Instrumental	wrangum	wrangum	wrangum

wrang2 · noun · masculine

Senses

a ship's hold

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of wrang
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wrang	wrangas
Accusative	wrang	wrangas
Genitive	wranges	wranga
Dative	wrange	wrangum

wrang3 · noun · neuter

Senses

wrong, injustice

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of wrang
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wrang	wrang
Accusative	wrang	wrang
Genitive	wranges	wranga
Dative	wrange	wrangum

Etymology

Attested in later OE. Pons-Sanz and R. Dance argue that it's a native word inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz, and only the meaning was acquired from Old Norse rangr by Middle English.

From Proto-West Germanic *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (“crooked, bent, curved”). Compare Alemannic German Rang (“convolution, bend”), Old Norse vröng (“a ship's rib”) (whence Icelandic röng, Old Norwegian vrǫng).

Descendants

wrang, wrong

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