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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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WRAITH, adj. Sc. form of Eng. wroth, angry.Sc. a.1776 Lord Ingram in Child Ballads No. 66 C. viii.:
A' was blyth at Auld Ingram's cuming, But Lady Maisdrey was wraith.
Abd. 1926 Abd. Univ. Review (July) 221:
A'm files wraith at ye, bit A widna like yer bleed to be o' ma heed.

[O.Sc. wrath, 1375, O.E. wrāþ, id. See P.L.D. § 32.]

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