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▪ I. wraw, a. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: α. 3 wrah, 4 wragh, 5 wraȝe; 4 wrau, 4–5 (9 north. dial.) wrawe, 4–6 wraw, 9 dial. raw. β. 4 wrowe, wroȝ, 5 wrow.
[Of obscure origin; the forms indicate an unrecorded OE. *wráh, *wráᵹ.]
1. Of persons: Angry, wrathful, wroth.
c1205Lay. 3354 Þis iherde Leir king; þar fore he wes swuþe wrah. a1275Ancr. R. 416 (Cott. Cleop. MS.), Þe nan from ow ne parti wið scandle, ne wrah, ne mispaiet. a1300Thrush & Night. in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 51 Hy gladieth hem that beth wrowe. c1315Shoreham iv. 139 Wat helpþe hyt so wrau to be, Wanne þou wyþ gode chyst? c1386Chaucer Manciple's Prol. 46 With this speche the Cook wax wrooth & wraw. c1400Rule St. Benet (Prose) 8 Wisit þat er seke;..Sahtil þat ere wraȝe. c1500Blowbol's Test. in Halliw. Nugæ P. 9 They be than so angry and so wraw. a1529Skelton Agst. Garnesche ii. 40 Thow mantycore,..Wranglynge, waywyrde, wytles, wraw, and nothyng meke. 1811Willan in Archaeol. (1814) XVII. 163 Wrawe, angry. 1887Kentish Gloss. 126 Raw, angry.—Sittingbourne.
b. Marked or characterized by anger or ire.
c1475Promp. Parv. (K.) 80/2 Clenchyn a-ȝen in wraw speche,..obgarrio.
2. Peevish, crabbed; perverse, contrarious.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋677 Accidie maketh hym heuy thoughtfull & wrawe [v.rr. wrowe, Ellesm. MS. wrawful]. c1440Promp. Parv. 99/2 Crabbyd, awke, or wrawe.., ceronicus, bilosus. Ibid. 533/1 Wraw, froward, ongoodly,..protervus, exasperans.
Hence † ˈwrawful a. = wraw a. 2; † ˈwrawly adv., perversely; † ˈwrawness, perverseness.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋680 He dooth alle thyng with anoy and with wrawnesse, slaknesse, and excusacion. c1400wrawful [see prec. 2]. c1440Promp. Parv. 18/2 Awkely, or wrawely, perverse, contrarie. Ibid. 533/1 Wrawnesse, protervia,..bilositas, perversitas.
▪ II. † wraw, v. Obs. rare.
Also 5 wrawen.
[ad. MDu. wrauwen, of imitative origin.]
intr. To miaul, as a cat; to mew.
1481Caxton Reynard x. (Arb.) 22 Thenne..began he [sc. Tybert the cat] to wrawen for he was almost ystranglyd. 1662in Pitcairn Crim. Trials III. 611 Quhan we vold [= would] be in the shap of cattis, we did nothing but cry and wraw. |