writhen

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪðən/

writhen

1. (archaic) past participle of writhe

writhen (comparative more writhen, superlative most writhen)

1. (archaic) Twisted, contorted.
2. (archaic) Made or shaped by intertwining; plaited.

• Whitner, Winther

• wryþen, wryþe, wrythyn, wriþen, writhyn, writhe

From Old English wrīþan. Cognates include Old Swedish vrīþa and Middle High German rīden.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwriːðən/

writhen

1. To form or make into a curve or bend; to make bent:
   1. To bend or twist into a circular shape (as a wreath)
   2. To bend or twist as to distort; to writhe or wring.
   3. To bend or twist as to snap or split; to twist out of position.
2. To writhe; to make a twisting motion (often while in pain)
3. To move in a twisted or distorted way; to squirm.
4. To force someone to fall over; to knock over.
5. To connect two things or enclose one thing in another.
6. To go or look away; to avoid involvement in an activity or matter.
7. (rare) To start a behaviour or acquire attributes.
8. (rare) To twine two things together.
9. (rare) To be intertwined or twined together.
10. (rare, surgery) To drill a hole by a twisting motion.

Weak forms occasionally appear in this verb, but it generally remains strong.

• writhyng

• English: writhe
• Scots: wryth, writhe

• “wrīthen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 September 2018.