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▪ I. † wothe, n. and a. Obs.
Forms: α. 4 waþe (quaþe), 4–5 wathe (5 waghe, ? wauhte, Sc. vathe); 4 wath (quat, 5 Sc. vath); 4 wayth, 5 Sc. waith. β. 4–5 wothe, 5 woth.
[a. ON. *wāðe (ONorw. and Icel. váðe, váði, Norw. vaade, vaae; MSw. vaþe, vadhe, Sw. våde, Da. vaade), perh. f. *wā (ONorw. and Icel. vá), harm, disaster.]
A. n. The condition of being exposed to or liable to injury or harm; danger, peril; hurt or harm; a cause of harm or injury. Also const. of.
αa1300E.E. Psalter cxiv. 3 Sorwes ofe dede vmgafe me ai, And wathes ofe helle me fand þai. a1300Cursor M. 1846 Þe stormes starked wit þe wind, Wath vas bifor and sua bihind. Ibid. 29362 Quen man es in wath o ded. 1338R. Brunne Chron. (1725) 293 If him com any scaþe, tinselle of seignorie, Tille ȝow it wille be waþe. c1440York Myst. v. 65 Nay, certis it is no wathe, Ete it safely ye maye. c1470Henry Wallace ix. 1737 Fast south thai went; to bid it was gret waith.
β13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 375 Bot much þe bygger ȝet was my mon, Fro þou was wroken fro vch a woþe. 13..S. Erkenwolde 233 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 271 Bot for wothe ne wele, ne wrathe ne drede..I remewit neuer fro þe riȝt. c1400Destr. Troy 6050 For to wacche and to wake for wothis of harme. c140026 Pol. Poems xx. 143 She seyþ, þey go to helle woþes. c1460Towneley Myst. iii. 416 Ye shuld not be so spitus standyng in sich a woth.
B. adj. Dangerous.
a1300Cursor M. 4213 Alla! þat i him [Joseph] ouþer oute-sent, þat wai þat was so wath to wend. Ibid. 28687 To fall in syn hu gret foly,—hu quat [Cotton Galba wathe] it es þar-in to ly.
Hence † wothely adv. [Icel. váðaliga, MSw. vadhelika, vadelige], dangerously, perilously.
a1400Morte Arth. 2090 This gentille..wondes alle wathely, that in the waye stondez! Ibid. 2186, I am wathely woundide, waresche mone I neuer! c1400Destr. Troy 8827 Achilles woundit full wothely in were of his lyffe. c1420Anturs of Arth. 303 (Thornton) Arthure..Salle be wondede, I wysse, fulle wathely [Douce woþely; Irel. wothelik], I wene.
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