† wethev.

Etymology: Of obscure origin; perhaps an alteration of weve (compare biweve v.¹ 2), or related to south-western dialect weath pliant, supple.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To twist or twine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > twist spirally

writheOE

wethe1398

wind1398

withe1398

turna1450

cralla1475

twirk1599

twirla1625

twire1628

twist1714

wisp1753

twistle1788

twizzle1788

screw1834

twistify1835

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. cxliv Som weþies beþ..so pliaunte þat þei brekeþ nought but beþ made stronge wiþ weþing [1495 weuynge] and windinge as þrede is w^t twynyng.

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 676 Too bowes..they take And bynde, and wethe [L. torques] hem so that germynynge Commixt vp go.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	wethe
释义	† wethev. Etymology: Of obscure origin; perhaps an alteration of weve (compare biweve v.¹ 2), or related to south-western dialect weath pliant, supple. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To twist or twine. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > twist spirally writheOE wethe1398 wind1398 withe1398 turna1450 cralla1475 twirk1599 twirla1625 twire1628 twist1714 wisp1753 twistle1788 twizzle1788 screw1834 twistify1835 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. cxliv Som weþies beþ..so pliaunte þat þei brekeþ nought but beþ made stronge wiþ weþing [1495 weuynge] and windinge as þrede is w^t twynyng. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 676 Too bowes..they take And bynde, and wethe [L. torques] hem so that germynynge Commixt vp go. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1398
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