wrength

English

/ɹɛŋθ/

noun

Definitions

(rare) The state or condition of being wrong; wrongness; wrongfulness.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wrength (wrongfulness) inherited from Old English *wrengþu (inequity, unevenness, wrongness, wrongfulness).

Origin

Old English

*wrengþu

Gloss

inequity, unevenness, wrongness, wrongfulness

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Cognates and derived terms

*wrengþu Old English
wrang Old English
wrength Middle English
wrong Middle English
wrength Scots