different between writhen vs wrythen
writhen
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???ð?n/
Verb
writhen
- (archaic) past participle of writhe
Adjective
writhen (comparative more writhen, superlative most writhen)
- (archaic) Twisted, contorted.
- (archaic) Made or shaped by intertwining; plaited.
Anagrams
- Whitner, Winther
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wryþen, wryþe, wrythyn, wriþen, writhyn, writhe
Etymology
From Old English wr?þan. Cognates include Old Swedish vr?þa and Middle High German r?den.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wri?ð?n/
Verb
writhen
- To form or make into a curve or bend; to make bent:
- To bend or twist into a circular shape (as a wreath)
- To bend or twist as to distort; to writhe or wring.
- To bend or twist as to snap or split; to twist out of position.
- To writhe; to make a twisting motion (often while in pain)
- To move in a twisted or distorted way; to squirm.
- To force someone to fall over; to knock over.
- To connect two things or enclose one thing in another.
- To go or look away; to avoid involvement in an activity or matter.
- (rare) To start a behaviour or acquire attributes.
- (rare) To twine two things together.
- (rare) To be intertwined or twined together.
- (rare, surgery) To drill a hole by a twisting motion.
Usage notes
Weak forms occasionally appear in this verb, but it generally remains strong.
Conjugation
Related terms
- writhyng
Descendants
- English: writhe
- Scots: wryth, writhe
References
- “wr?then, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-04.
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wrythen
English
Adjective
wrythen (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of writhen.
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