wray

See also: wraþ

English[edit]

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From Middle English wrayen, wraien, wreien (“to show, make known, accuse”), from Old English wrēġan (“to urge, incite, stir up, accuse, impeach”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōgijaną (“to tell; tell on; announce; accuse”), from Proto-Indo-European *were-, *wrē- (“to tell; speak; shout”). Akin to Dutch wroegen (“to blame”), German rügen (“to reprove”), Swedish röja (“to bewray; reveal; expose”).

wray (third-person singular simple present wrays, present participle wraying, simple past and past participle wrayed)

(obsolete) To denounce (a person).
(obsolete) To reveal (a secret).
- 1387-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Franklin's Tale", Canterbury Tales
  no thyng dorste he seye, / Save in his songes somwhat wolde he wreye / His wo
(obsolete) To betray.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Myllers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
  Thou shalt upon thy trouthe swere me heere
  That to no wight thou shalt this conseil wreye.
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