† woundenadj.
Obsolete.
Twisted, twined.
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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
OE Beowulf 1193 Him wæs..wunden gold estum geeawed, earm[h]reade twa.
13.. Evang. Nicod. 65 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 53 392 A wonden wrethe þat his heued hyd Spred he all furth on brede.
1602 W. Basse Three Pastoral Elegies ii. sig. Dv A wounden wreathe she had of Baies and Firre.
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