An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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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.
