"wrothen" meaning in Middle English

See wrothen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈwrɔ̝ːðən/
Etymology: PIE root *wreyt- From wroth (“wrathful”) + -en (infinitive suffix); compare wratthen and wrethen. First attested in c. 1425. Etymology templates: {{root|enm|ine-pro|*wreyt-|id=}}, {{PIE root box|enm|wreyt-}} PIE root *wreyt-, {{af|enm|wroth|-en|id1=wrathful|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitive suffix|t1=wrathful}} wroth (“wrathful”) + -en (infinitive suffix), {{etydate|c|1425}} First attested in c. 1425 Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} wrothen, {{enm-verb|stem=wroth}} wrothen (third-person singular simple present wrotheth, present participle wrothende, wrothynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wrothed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|wroth}} Forms: wrotheth [present, singular, third-person], wrothende [participle, present], wrothynge [participle, present], wrothed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], wrothen [infinitive], to wrothen [infinitive], wrothe [infinitive], wrothe [first-person, present, singular], wrothed [first-person, past, singular], wrothede [first-person, past, singular], wrothest [present, second-person, singular], wrothedest [past, second-person, singular], wrotheth [present, singular, third-person], wrothed [past, singular, third-person], wrothede [past, singular, third-person], wrothe [present, singular, subjunctive], wrothed [past, singular, subjunctive], wrothede [past, singular, subjunctive], wrothe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], wrothen [plural, present], wrothe [plural, present], wrotheden [past, plural], wrothed [past, plural], wrothede [past, plural], wrotheth [imperative, plural, present], wrothe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], wrothynge [participle, present], wrothende [participle, present], wrothed [participle, past], ywrothed [participle, past], wroth [alternative], wrothyn [alternative]
  1. (ambitransitive) To rage; to become angry. Tags: Late-Middle-English, ambitransitive
    Sense id: en-wrothen-enm-verb-n9mj5hlF Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anger Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 62 38 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Anger: 50 50
  2. (transitive) To anger or offend; to make angry. Tags: Late-Middle-English, transitive
    Sense id: en-wrothen-enm-verb-al6yxtaB Categories (other): Anger Disambiguation of Anger: 50 50

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈwrɔ̝ːðən/"
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        [
          "anger",
          "anger"
        ],
        [
          "offend",
          "offend"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "angry",
          "angry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To anger or offend; to make angry."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwrɔ̝ːðən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wrothen"
}

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