† wrasen.
Obsolete. rare.
1. A small bundle.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > bundle > small
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bundleta1382
fardlet1413
knitchel?a1513
knitchet1601
c1275 Passion of our Lord 383 in Old Eng. Misc. 48 Of one wrase of þornes he wryþen hym one crune.
c1470 Cath. Angl. 425/1 (A.) A Warse, [sic], fasciculus.
2. = wase n. 2 (Cf. wreath n. 1d, writh n. 1.)
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > pad for head
wreath1519
roll1548
wrase1565
writh1570
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Arculum,..a roll that women weare on their heads to beare water: a wrase [Elyot wase].
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