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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1823

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WRENGTH, n. Wrongfulness, injustice.Ayr. 1823 Galt R. Gilhaize II. xxxi.:
Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.

[Found also once in Mid.Eng. but prob. formed anew by Galt on the same analogy of strength from strong.]

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