† wroken.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
Active ill-will or hatred; spite, malice.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > feeling of spite > [noun]
ondeeOE
teenOE
envyc1300
malicea1325
eftc1325
maugrec1330
spitec1330
malignec1475
wrokea1500
doggedness1530
despitefulness1535
cankeredness1538
venomy1548
livor1589
doggishness1622
viperousness1651
Schadenfreude1895
bitchery1936
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [noun]
ondeeOE
evestOE
teenOE
hatingOE
envyc1300
eftc1325
maugrec1330
spitec1330
malicea1382
despitec1400
unkindnessc1400
malignec1475
wrokea1500
doggedness1530
despitefulness1535
cankeredness1538
venomy1548
livor1589
doggishness1622
viperousness1651
acid1768
Schadenfreude1895
bitchery1936
a1500 Beket's Prophecies in Bernardus de Cura Rei Fam. 23 All þar wroke sall ende wyght þam selwne.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. xi. 11 Juno.., Not satyfyit of hir auld fury nor wroik.
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