We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By clicking 'continue' or by continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings in your browser at any time.

Continue
Find out more

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1775-1776, 1926

[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]

†WRAITH, adj. Sc. form of Eng. wroth, angry.Sc. a.1776 Lord Ingram in Child Ballads No. 66 C. viii.:
A' was blyth at Auld Ingram's cuming, But Lady Maisdrey was wraith.Abd. 1926 Abd. Univ. Review (July) 221:
A'm files wraith at ye, bit A widna like yer bleed to be o' ma heed.

[O.Sc. wrath, 1375, O.E. wrāþ, id. See P.L.D. §32.]

29432

snd