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wro Now north. dial.
Forms: α. north. and Sc. 3–6 wra, 5 wraa, 5, 9 wray (9 ray), 9 wrae (rae), wraie. β. 4–5 wro, 5 rowe.
[a. ON. *wrá, later rá, rǫ́ nook, cabin (whence MSw. vraa, vra, Sw. vrå, Da. vraa, Norw. raa, ro).]
1. A nook or corner; a retired or sheltered spot.
αa1300Cursor M. 18155 Þaa waful wras sa dedli dim, All lighted þe lem þat come wit him. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xliii. (Cecilia) 495, I..giffis bot a lytil wra, a vyd merkat þare-for I ta. a1400–50Wars Alex. 4190 Quare þre wees in a wraa welk þaim allane. 1513Douglas æneid vi. Prol. 158 Sum blind Ciclopes of thi laithlie wra. 1840De Quincey Wks. (1889) II. 365 The Dalesman..selects a sheltered spot (a wray, for instance), which protects him from the wind altogether. 1891in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. Ray sb.2
βa1300Havelok 68 He made hem lurken, and crepen in wros. c1395Plowman's Tale i. 81 As I wandred in a wro, In a wode besyde a wall. a1400Stac. Rome 181 A lutel be-hynde..Þer stont a Chapel in a wro. c1425Thomas of Erceld. (1875) 43 Nere þat wro is a well.
transf.13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 866 In appocalyppce is wryten in wro, I seghe, says Iohan, þe loumbe.
2. Sc. An enclosure or shelter for cattle. ? Obs.
1808Jamieson s.v. Rae. |