Old English

Alternative forms

• wōrht

Noun

wrōht f

1. blame, accusation, slander; reproach
2. fault, crime; sin, injustice
3. enmity, strife, contention; dispute
4. injury, hurt, calamity, misery

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wrōga- ‎(“tale-bearer, accuser”), from Proto-Indo-European *were-, *wrē- ‎(“to tell, speak”). Akin to Old English wrēġan ‎(“to accuse”).

Noun

wrōht m

1. a tattle-tale, tale-bearer

Declension