There are many Older Scots examples of wrath where there is a strong sense of excess and intemperance, perhaps leading to loss of judgement. A good example is from Sir Gilbert Hay’s Buik of King Alexander (c1460): For wrathe and tene I woxe nere wode [mad]. A saner and wholly justifiable emotion is harboured by the wife of Tam o’ Shanter in Robert Burns’ poem, as she awaits her errant husband, Gatherin her brows like gatherin storm, Nursin her wrath tae keep it warm.
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