wrang

/ ræŋ /

adjective

If onything is wrang wi' your bairn when it is born I'll never forgi'e' mysel' for lettin' you look at this business at a'.

It wad hae—been a' richt—in oor mind, if I had been married afore—afore it happened—but because we werena married—it was wrang.

Ye see what put him on the wrang scent was a notion 'at I had put it some gait.

The men sat upon the ground in sullen despair; the women wailed and wrang their hands.

What is there I wadna dee to clear him—that is, to ken him innocent o' ony wrang til her!

April 20, 2024flabbergast

[flab-er-gast ]

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