wroht

== Middle English == === Adjective === wroht (Late Middle English) alternative form of wroth == Old English == === Alternative forms === wōrht === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wroːxt/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *wrōhiz, *wrōgiþō (“accusation”), from Proto-Indo-European *were-, *wrē- (“to tell, speak”). Akin to Old Saxon wrōht (“strife”), Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐍉𐌷𐍃 (wrōhs, “complaint, accusation”), Old Norse rōg (“quarrel, defamation”), Old English wrēġan (“to accuse, impeach; incite”). More at bewray, betray. ==== Noun ==== wrōht f or m (nominative plural wrōhta or wrōhte) blame, accusation, slander; reproach fault, crime; sin, injustice enmity, strife, contention; dispute injury, hurt, calamity, misery ===== Declension ===== Strong ō-stem: Strong a-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== wrōhtlāc ==== References ==== Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “wróht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Germanic *wrōga- (“tale-bearer, accuser”), from Proto-Indo-European *were-, *wrē- (“to tell, speak”). Akin to Old English wrēġan (“to accuse”). ==== Noun ==== wrōht m (nominative plural wrōhtas) a tattle-tale, tale-bearer ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: