† wrienadj.
Obsolete. rare.
1. Hidden; covered.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > hidden
dighela1000
dernc1000
wriena1250
privyc1300
unshewedc1386
wrapped1398
quatc1425
tectc1440
blinda1522
coucheda1522
dark1532
lurkingc1540
velated1542
hiddena1547
inclusive1554
concealed1558
secret1559
occult1567
disguised1594
occulted1598
derned1600
shrouded1600
latent1605
abstrused1608
supposed1608
unshown1614
enshielda1616
retruse1623
dissembled1631
researched1636
recondite1649
delitescent1653
larved1654
tected1657
bedilt1660
bosomed1667
inhidden1674
underground1677
abditive1727
secreted1756
unextruded1808
unprotruded1812
undisplayed1822
larvated1832
dissimulated1838
latescent1852
squat1956
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > and concealed
wriena1250
tectc1440
velated1542
veiled1551
muffled1566
encurtained1595
involucrous1622
tected1657
hooded1866
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 177 Herto ualleð atale and on iwrien [a1250 Titus a hulet] uorbisne.
2. Accoutred; equipped.
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the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > equipped or fitted out
ygraitheda1225
armedc1300
attired1330
wrienc1330
seena1400
adubbed?1473
appointed1535
instructed1538
accoutredc1540
furnished1553
geared1588
appurtenanced1602
instruct?1614
garnished1705
equipped1838
outfitted1975
society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > clad in or protected by armour
armedc1300
wrienc1330
steel-clada1400
armed at (also of) all piecesc1400
harnessedc1460
enarmedc1540
armoured1564
steeled1596
iron-clothed1728
armour-clad1768
hoplomachic1832
well-armoured1852
brazen-mailed1870
pamphract1890
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 7555 (Kölbing) He cleped an amirail,..Wiþ fiften þousand wreyen kniȝtes, & bad him, þe cuntre sle doun riȝtes.
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