Anger
Anger (an"gẽr) , noun
[Old English anger, angre, affliction, anger, from Icelandic angr affliction, sorrow; akin to Danish anger regret, Swed. ånger regret, Anglo-Saxon ange oppressed, sad, Latin angor a strangling, anguish, angere to strangle, Greek 'a`gchein to strangle, Sanskrit aṁhas pain, and to English anguish, anxious, quinsy, and perh. awe, ugly. The word seems to have orig. meant to choke, squeeze. r3.]
1.
Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc. [Obsolete]
I made the experiment, setting the moxa where... the greatest anger and soreness still continued.
2.
A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Anger ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Compare Icelandic angra.]
1.
To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame. [Obsolete]
He... angereth malign ulcers.
2.
To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke.
Taxes and impositions... which rather angered than grieved the people.