† thwarladj.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: þweorh , -le suffix; thwart adj.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) a derivative (with -le suffix) of Old English þweorh crooked, cross, angry, perverse (see thwart adj.), or perhaps (ii) a scribal error for thwart adj. (compare Old Icelandic þverknýta to knit with a cross knot). Compare thwerl v.Compare English regional (Lancashire) wharle-knot hard knot (c1746), which perhaps shows a later variant of this word, or perhaps an alteration of wall-knot n.

Obsolete. rare.

? Twisted; ? tight.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally

woundenOE

thwarlc1400

wreathenc1400

writhenc1475

thrown1534

crinkled1558

contort1570

torqued1577

writhed1578

rivelled1594

wrested1609

twound1610

twirled1611

contorted1622

tortile1658

torcular1661

roped1681

wended?1690

twisted1725

entwisteda1800

torquated1851

barley sugar1868

spirated1871

wrangled1876

rangled1924

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 194 Syþen þrawen wyth a þwong, a þwarle-knot alofte.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	thwarl
释义	† thwarladj. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: þweorh , -le suffix; thwart adj. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) a derivative (with -le suffix) of Old English þweorh crooked, cross, angry, perverse (see thwart adj.), or perhaps (ii) a scribal error for thwart adj. (compare Old Icelandic þverknýta to knit with a cross knot). Compare thwerl v.Compare English regional (Lancashire) wharle-knot hard knot (c1746), which perhaps shows a later variant of this word, or perhaps an alteration of wall-knot n. Obsolete. rare. ? Twisted; ? tight. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally woundenOE thwarlc1400 wreathenc1400 writhenc1475 thrown1534 crinkled1558 contort1570 torqued1577 writhed1578 rivelled1594 wrested1609 twound1610 twirled1611 contorted1622 tortile1658 torcular1661 roped1681 wended?1690 twisted1725 entwisteda1800 torquated1851 barley sugar1868 spirated1871 wrangled1876 rangled1924 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 194 Syþen þrawen wyth a þwong, a þwarle-knot alofte. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1400
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