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wrethe
▪ I. † wrethe, n. Obs. Forms: α. 1 wræðo, -u, wræþu, 2 wræþe, 3 wreðe, 3–5 wreth, 4–6 wrethe, 6 Sc. wreath. β. north. 4–5 wrythe, 5 writh(e, Sc. wryth. [OE. wrǽðo (also wráðo), wrǽþu (f. wráþ wroth a.), = MLG. wrêde. ON. *wreiði (Norw. vreide; MSw. wredhe, vredhe, Sw. and Da. vrede), reiði (Icel. re...
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Etymology
The word wreath comes from Middle English wrethe and from Old English writha 'band'.
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i-wreþþed
i-wreþed, i-wreþþed ME. pa. pple. of wrethe v., to anger.
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writh
▪ I. writh Now dial. (rɪθ) [Cf. Da. vrid, Norw. (v)rid, turning, evasion, etc.; ON. rið winding staircase.] = writhe n. 1, 1 b.14.. Latin-Eng. Voc. (MS. Harl. 2257), Grani, a writh. 1570 Levins Manip. 150 A Writh, cesticillus. 1844 W. Barnes Dorset Gloss. 370 Writh, the bond of a faggot.▪ II. writh ...
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wrethful
† ˈwrethful, a. Obs. [Early ME. wrēðful, f. wrēðe wrethe n. + -ful. Cf. wrathful a., wrothful a.] 1. Of persons: Angry, irate; = wrathful a. 1.c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 43 Heo wes..liȝere and swikel, and wreðful and ontful. a 1225 Ancr. R. 118 Pellican is a leane fowel, so weamod & so wreðful þet [etc.]. c ...
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wounden
† ˈwounden, ppl. a. Obs. [pa. pple. of wind v.1] Twisted, twined.Beowulf 1193 Him wæs..wunden gold estum ᵹeeawed, earmhreade twa. 13.. Evang. Nicod. 65 in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LIII. 392 A wonden wrethe þat his heued hyd Spred he all furth on brede. 1602 W. Basse Three Past. Elegies ii. (1893) 61 A...
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unwarning
▪ I. unˈwarning, vbl. n. [un-1 13.] Absence of warning; † of unwarning, without premeditation.13.. Metr. Hom. (MS. Ashm. 42) fol. 146 b, If wrethe come of vnwarnynge Late it haue in þe no dwellinge.▪ II. unˈwarning, ppl. a. [un-1 10.] † Unguardedly.1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 115 Gif any man rydes vpon ane...
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wreathen
wreathen, ppl. a. (riːð(ə)n) Also 4–6 wrethen, 5 -yne, -in, (?) wrethe. [ME. wrēðen, normal variant of wrĭðen, pa. pple. of wrīðen writhe v. Cf. writhen ppl. a.] 1. = wreathed ppl. a. 1.α a 1400–50 Wars Alex. 5526 All þe watir of þe werd [to him seemed] bot as a wrethen neddire. 1401–2 Durham Acc. R...
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wemless
† ˈwemless, a. Obs. [f. wem n. + -less. Cf. Icel. vammlauss faultless.] 1. Without stain of sin; undefiled, immaculate.c 1275 Orison Our Lord 10 in O.E. Misc. 139 Þo þu hire to come heo mayde wes, And mayde heo wes after wemme⁓les. a 1300 E.E. Psalter xiv. 2 Lauerd, in þi telde wha sal wone?.. Whilk...
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wreath
wreath (riːθ) Pl. wreaths (riːðz). Forms: 1 wriða, wriþa, 4–5 wreþe, 4–6 wrethe, 5 Sc. wreth, 6 wreith, wrayth, 6–7, 9 wreathe, 6– wreath (9 north. dial. wreeath). [OE. wriða, wriþa, f. the weak grade of the stem of wriþan writhe v.1 Cf. writh n. The alleged OE. wrǽð as a variant of wrǽd rests only ...
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intrayl
† inˈtrayl obs. f. entrail v., to entwine. Hence inˈtrayling ppl. a.a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 73 The pyllers wrapped in a wrethe of golde curiously wroughte and intrayled. 1622 Wither Mistr. Philar. Wks. (1633) 621 In those faire curled snares They are hampred unawares; And compeld to sweare a d...
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wroth
▪ I. † wroth, n.1 Obs. Also 5 wrooþ, wrooth, 5, Sc. 6 wrothe, 6 wroath. [f. wroth a., replacing wrath n. or wrethe n.] Deep anger or resentment; wrath, rage, or fury; ire. The earlier examples are doubtful. The first may be a miswriting for wrethe or worthe, and the second may be adjectival, as in G...
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bolning
▪ I. † ˈbolning, vbl. n. Obs. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] 1. Swelling, state of being swollen; concr. a swelling, a tumour.a 1340 Hampole Psalter lxxxvii[i]. 17 Grete bolnynge of water. c 1430 Lydg. Bochas ii. xxviii. (1554) 64 a, Agayn such bolnyng, auaileth no triacle. 1483 Cath. Angl. 36 A Bolnynge, t...
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