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† ˈwrethful, a. Obs.
[Early ME. wrēðful, f. wrēðe wrethe n. + -ful. Cf. wrathful a., wrothful a.]
1. Of persons: Angry, irate; = wrathful a. 1.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 43 Heo wes..liȝere and swikel, and wreðful and ontful. a1225Ancr. R. 118 Pellican is a leane fowel, so weamod & so wreðful þet [etc.]. c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 5107 Ihesu Crist, Þat til þam swa wrethful sal seme þan. 1387Trevisa Higden IV. 297 For he was..wreþful, and priveliche envious and opounliche disceyvable. 1422Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 233 He that hath a sharpe noose and smale, he is wrethfull.
absol.a1225Ancr. R. 212 Þe wreðfule biuoren þe ueonde skirmeð mid kniues. 1340Ayenb. 30 Þe þridde werre þet þe wreþuolle heþ is to þan þet byeþ onder him.
2. Marked or characterized by wrath.
c1325Metr. Hom. 141 The bischop sau that Godd wald tak Of this man sin wrethful wrac. 1513Douglas æneid xi. viii. 163 Quhidder this turn to Goddis wrethfull wraik, Or hardyment and honour.
Hence † ˈwrethfully adv.; ˈwrethfulness. Obs.
c1400Apol. Loll. 58 Þe hound of wrethfulnes [text wrechfulnes; L. iracundiæ] grenniþ wiþ his teþ. c1475Partenay 2218 Then thes paynymes wrethfully ther-thens Whent. |