An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 990

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_Barbour._

WREAD, WREATH, _s._ A place for inclosing cattle, Ang.

A. S. _wraeth_, an inclosure. Su. G. _wreit_, _reit_, Isl. _reit-r_, id.

WREE, _s._ An instrument for cleansing grain, by separating that which is sh.e.l.led from what retains the husks, Loth.; p.r.o.n. also ~Ree~, q. v.

_To_ ~Wree~, _v. a._ To separate sh.e.l.led from unsh.e.l.led grain, Loth.

_To_ WREE, _v. a._ To writhe.

V. ~Wry~.

WREGH, _s._ Wretch.

_S. P. Repr._

A. S. _wraecca_, an exile; also, a wretch.

_To_ WREIL, WRELE, _v. n._ To wriggle, to turn about.

_Douglas._

Perhaps merely a corr. of E. _wriggle_.

_To_ WREIST, WRIST, WREST, _v. a._ To sprain any part of the body, S.

_wramp_, synon.

_Lyndsay._

A. S. _wraest-an_, intorquere.

~Wreist~, _s._

1. A writhe or twist.

_Pal. Hon._

2. A sprain, S.; _wramp_, synon.

_Watson._

WREK, _s._ Refuse.

V. ~Wrak~.

WRETCH, WRECHE, _s._ A n.i.g.g.ard, a covetous person, S.

_Lyndsay._

_To_ WRETH one's self, _v. a._ To be wroth, or filled with indignation.

_Barbour._

A. S. _wraeth-ian_, indignare; or _wreoth-ian_, _wreth-ian_, intorquere.

~Wrethly~, _adv._ Wrathfully.

_Henrysone._

_To_ WRY, WREYE, _v. a._ To turn, to twist, O. E.

_Douglas._

A. S. _writh-an_, intorquere.

_To_ WRY, _v. a._ To cover, to conceal.

_Douglas._

A. S. _wre-on_, _wri-on_, _wrig-an_, tegere, celare.

WRIBLE, _s._ A quaver, the act of warbling; also, _werble_.

_Douglas._

Teut. _wervel-en_, to twirl; literally, to turn round.

V. ~Wrabil~.

WRIG, _s._

1. The youngest or feeblest bird in a nest, S.

2. A weak or puny child, or the youngest of the family, S.

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