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Wray vs Wraw - What's the difference?

wray | wraw |

In obsolete terms the difference between wray and wraw

is that wray is to betray while wraw is angry; vexed; wrathful.

As a verb wray

is to denounce (a person).

As an adjective wraw is

angry; vexed; wrathful.

wray

English

Alternative forms

* wreye (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To denounce (a person).
  • (obsolete) To reveal (a secret).
  • * Late 14th century: no thyng dorste he seye, / Save in his songes somwhat wolde he wreye / His wo — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
  • (obsolete) To betray.

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    wraw

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) angry; vexed; wrathful
    • With this speech the cock wex wroth and wraw . — Chaucer.
    (Webster 1913)