different between brength vs wrength
brength
English
Etymology
Blend of breadth +? length
Noun
brength (uncountable)
- (Ulster) size
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wrength
English
Etymology
From Middle English wrength, which may derive from an unattested Old English *wrengþu (“unevenness, wrongness, inequity”) (from wrang (“wrong”)) or have been formed in Middle English from wrong on analogy with strong : strength and long : length (see -th); modern uses may be similarly analogical nonces.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?ngth, IPA(key): /????/
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
wrength (uncountable)
- (rare and now nonstandard) The state or condition of being wrong; wrongness; wrongfulness.
- 1823, Ringan Gilhaize, The covenanters, by the author of Annals of the parish:
- Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.
- 1905, Juvenile Nonfiction
- [...] Wrong is short-lived, and right must vanquish at length, If, scorning the wrong, we do others no wrength.
- 2012, Amber McRee Turner, Sway:
- "Dad," I said, "this isn't an in-between, is it?" "This isn't an in-between," He said. "Honestly, Cass, I'm at a loss for what to call this." "I know exactly what to call it," I said. "Wrength." "Wrength?" "Wrongness." In fact, the way I saw it, Mom had invented a whole new level of wrongness. A bad so bad that wrength might not even be capable of describing it. [...]"
- 1823, Ringan Gilhaize, The covenanters, by the author of Annals of the parish:
Related terms
- wrong
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English *wrengþu (“wrongfulness”), from Old English wrang (“wrong”), or formed in Middle English from wrong +? -th on analogy with strength and length.
Noun
wrength (plural wrengths)
- The state or quality of being wrong, wrongfulness, injustice; crookedness; distortion.
- c1220, Bestiary 85 in Old Eng. Misc. 3:
- Ðanne goð he to a ston, & he billeð ðer-on, Billeð til his bec biforn haueð ðe wrengðe forloren.
- c1220, Bestiary 85 in Old Eng. Misc. 3:
Descendants
- Scots: wrength
- English: wrength
Scots
Etymology
1823, from wrang, wrong (“wrong”), formed on analogy with strength (from strong), length (from long) by R. Gilhaize Galt, or from Middle English wrength (“wrongfulness”). More at wrong.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?ngth, IPA(key): /r???/
Noun
wrength (plural wrengths)
- wrongfulness, injustice
Related terms
- wrong
References
- William Graham, The Scots Word Book, "injustice", 1980.
- Notes:
wrength From the web:
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