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+Wra+, _adj._ wroth, S; see +Wroth+.
+Wrai+, _v._ to get angry, S; see +Wreen+.
+Wraw+, _adj._ perverse, angry, fierce, SD, Prompt., C3, CM, HD; +wrau+, SD. Cf. +Wro+.
+Wrawid+, _pp._ perverse, peevish, WA.
+Wrawnesse+, _sb._ fierceness, Prompt., CM.
+Wrecche+, _sb._ also as _adj._ wretch, miserable, S, S2, C, PP; +wreche+, S, S2, CM; +wrecce+, S. _Comb._: +wreccehed+, wretchedness, S; +wrecchede+, S2.--AS. _wrecca_, an outcast, exile. See +Wreken+.
+Wrecched+, _adj._ wretched, S, PP; +wriched+, S. _Comb._: +wrecchednesse+, misery, C2, C3, PP.
+Wreche+, _sb._ vengeance, misery, S, S2, C2, C3; +wrache+, S; +wraeche+, S; +wreke+, S2; +wrake+, S2, PP; +wrac+, S2; +wrick+, S2. _Comb._: +wrakful+, full of vengeance, S2.--AS. _wracu_, vengeance, misery, also _wraec_, exile, misery. See +Wreken+.
+Wreken+, _v._ to urge, wreak, drive, punish, avenge, S, S2, C2, C3, PP; +wraeken+, S; +wrak+, _pt. s._, G; +wreken+, _pp._, S2, PP; +wreke+, G, PP; +wroken+, PP, WA; +wroke+, PP, HD; +i-wroken+, G.--AS. _wrecan_, pt.
_wraec_ (pl. _wr?con_), pp. _wrecen_; cp. Goth. _wrikan_, to persecute.
+Wreker+, _sb._ avenger, S2.
+Wrenche+, _sb._ a twist, trick, deceit, S, S2, S3, C3; +wrink+, S3; +wrenkis+, _pl._, WA.--AS. _wrenc_ (_wrence_).
+Wrenchen+, _v._ to turn, twist, S. _Der._: +wrinching+, wrenching, struggling, S3.--AS. _wrencan_.
+Wrenge+, _sb._ distortion, S. See +Wringen+.
+Wrenne+, _sb._ wren, Voc.; +wranne+, S.--AS. _wrenna_, _wr?nna_.
+Wreon+, _v._ to cover; +wre+, CM; +wreo+, _pr. s. subj._, S.--AS.
_wreon_, pt. _wreah_ (pl. _wrugon_), pp. _wrogen_, see Sievers, 383. Cf.
+Wrihen+.
+Wreten+, _pp._ of +Wryten+.
+Wreth+, _sb._ wrath, S2, H; +wrae+, PP, S. _Comb._: +wreful+, wrathful, S, S2; +wraelees+, S2.--ONorth. _wr?o_. See +Wroth+.
+Wrethe+, _sb._ wreath, C.--AS. _wr?_. See +Wrythen+.
+Wreen+, _v._ to become angry, to make angry, S; +wreain+, S; +wrain+, S, S2, G; +wreen+, S, S2, H. _Der._: +wrath-thing+, provocation, W.
+Wrien+, _v._ to twist, bend, CM, SkD (s.v. _wry_); +wrye+, S3, PP.--AS.
_wrigian_, to drive, bend.
+Wrigt+ (_in compounds_), an accusation. _Comb._: +wrigtful+, guilty, S; +wrigteles+, without an accusation; +wrigteleslike+, causelessly, S.--Cp. AS. _wroht_, an accusation, from the pt. of _(ge)wregan_, to accuse (cp. _secan_, pt. _sohte_).
+Wrihels+, _sb._ a covering, veil; +wriheles+, S; +wriels+, SD.--AS.
_wrigels_.
+Wrihen+, _v._ to cover, S; +wrie+, CM; +wrien+, _pr. pl._, S.--AS.
*_wrihan_, pt. _wrah_ (pl. _wrigon_), pp. _wrigen_; cp. OHG. _rihan_ (Tatian). Cf. +Wreon+.
+Wrikken+, _v._ to twist to and fro, to move about, SkD (s.v.
_wriggle_); +wrickede+, _pt. s._, S2.
+Wringen+, _v._ to wring, press, S, S2, C2; +wrang+, _pt. s._, S; +wrong+, S, S2, S3, C3; +wronge+, P; +wrongen+, _pl._, S2; +wrong+, _pp._, S.--AS. _wringan_, pt. _wrang_ (pl. _wrungon_), pp. _wrungen_.
+Writelinge+, _sb._ trilling (of a nightingale), S.
+Wro+, _sb._ that which is crooked, a corner, HD; +wroo+, HD; +wra+, WA; +wraa+, WA; +wray+, WA, NQ (6. 12. 252).--Cp. Icel. _ra_ (for _vra_).
See +Wraw+.
+Wrohte+, _pt. s._ of +Werke+.
+Wrong+, _pp._, _adj._ and _sb._ twisted awry, wrong, a wrong, S, PP; +wrang+, PP. _Comb._: +wrongwis+, unjust, wicked, H, S; +wrangwis+, S2; +wrangwislie+, wrongly, S2; +wrongwisly+, PP; +wrangwisnes+, iniquity, S2. See +Wringen+.
+Wroot+, +Wrot+, _pt. s._ of +Wryten+.
+Wroth+, _pt. s._ of +Wrythen+.
+Wroth+, _adj._ wroth, fearful, S, C3, PP; +wra+, S, S2, H; +wroer+, _comp._, PP, HD; +wrothe+, _adv._, angrily, evilly, S, G; +wroliche+, wrathfully, S2; +wroly+, S2; +wroely+, S2; +wrathly+, H. _Comb._: +wrothirhaile+, calamity, WA. _Phr._: +to wraer heale+, to evil fortune, bad luck, S; +to wroer hele+, PP.--AS. _wrath_.
+Wryt+, _sb._ writing, S; +writ+, S; +writte+, S2.--AS. _(ge)writ_.
+Wryten+, _v._ to write, C2; +writen+, S; +wright+, S3; +wrot+, _pt.
s._, S, S2, PP; +wroot+, C2, C3; +wrate+, S, H; +wroten+, _pl._, W; +writen+, C2; +wryten+, _pp._, PP; +writen+, S, C2, C3; +write+, S; +wryte+, S2; +wreten+, S2; +y-writen+, S2; +y-write+, S2; +i-wryten+, S; +i-writen+, S.--AS. _writan_, pt. _wrat_ (pl. _writon_), pp. _writen_.
+Wrythen+, _v._ to writhe, twist, Prompt., S2; +wroth+, _pt. s._, PP; +writhen+, _pl._, W; +wrythen+, S; _pp._, PP; +writhun+, W; +i-wrien+, S2. _Der._: +wrything+, turning, C2.--AS. _wrian_, pt. _wra_ (pl.
_wrion_), pp. _wrien_.
+Wu-+; see also +Wo-+, +Wou-+.
+Wuch+, _p.r.o.n._ which, S2; +wulc+, S; see +Which+.
+Wude+, _sb._ wood, tree, S; see +Wode+.
+Wule+, _sb._ while, S2; see +While+.
+Wule+, _1 pr. s._ will, S; see +Wille+.
+Wundi+, _adj._ rid of, S; +windi+, S.
+Wune+, _adj._ accustomed, S.
+Wunien+, _v._ to dwell, S; see +Wonen+.
+Wunne+, _sb._ joy, S, S2; see +Winne+.
+Wurne+, _v._ to refuse; see +Wernen+.
