Awrath
adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 wrath uncountable
"Moroni expected no positive response, saying, “Ye have once rejected these things, and have fought against the people of the Lord, even so I may expect you will do it again. And now behold, we are prepared to receive you; yea, and except you withdraw your purposes, behold, ye will pull down the awrath of that God whom you have rejected upon you, even to your utter destruction” (v. 8–9)."
- 2 Alternative form of awrah alt-of, alternative, uncountable
- 1 Anger; enrage. obsolete, reflexive, transitive
"Telka arounded and awrathed be like unto a thunder-storm, […]"
- 1 Wrathful; incensed; enraged; irate. predicative
"‛Tis an old story: Might awrath with right: A nation conquered and her shrines o’erthrown; Her chieftains flying seaward in the night, And not a trumpet of departure blown."
Example
More examples"Telka arounded and awrathed be like unto a thunder-storm, […]"
Etymology
From Old English ġewrāþian; equivalent to the a- + wrath.
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