A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1438, 1520-1535
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(Wraithing,) Wrething, Wrathing, vbl. n. [ME wrething (Cursor M.), wraþþing (c1350), wraththing (Wyclif), wretthyng (c1440).] The action of a. Exciting (a person) to wrath, provocation, angering. b. Being angry. —a. a1400 Legends of the Saints iii 588.
For the wrething Of our goddis ?1438 Alex. ii 3735.
To mekill, shir, drede I ȝour skaith. Quhat I sall haue … To auantage, bot ȝe me hecht That it be without wrething [F. courecier] c1520-c1535 Nisbet Heb. iii 8.
Will ye nocht hardin your hartis, as in wrathing [W., P. wraththing; L. exacerbatione] lijk the day of temptatioun c1520-c1535 Nisbet Heb. iii 15.
Will ye nocht hardin your hartis, as in that (greving or) wrathing [W., P. wraththing; L. exacerbatione] —b. c1409-1436 Kingis Quair § 146.
By quhois effectis grete ȝe movit are to wrething
