Wrecched, adj. wretched, S, PP; wriched, S. Comb.:  wrecchednesse, misery, C2, C3, PP.

Wreche, sb. vengeance, misery, S, S2, C2, C3; wrache, S; wrA|che, S; wreke, S2; wrake, S2, PP; wrac, S2; wrick, S2. Comb.:  wrakful, full of vengeance, S2.—­AS. wracu, vengeance, misery, also wrA|c, exile, misery.  See Wreken.

Wreken, v. to urge, wreak, drive, punish, avenge, S, S2, C2, C3, PP; wrA|ken, S; wrak, pt. s., G; wreken, pp., S2, PP; wreke, G, PP; wroken, PP, WA; wroke, PP, HD; i-wroken, G.—­AS. wrecan, pt. wrA|c (pl. wrA|*con), pp. wrecen; cp.  Goth. wrikan, to persecute.

Wreker, sb. avenger, S2.

Wrenche, sb. a twist, trick, deceit, S, S2, S3, C3; wrink, S3; wrenkis, pl., WA.—­AS. wrenc (wrence).

Wrenchen, v. to turn, twist, S. Der.:  wrinching, wrenching, struggling, S3.—­AS. wrencan.

WrengA deg.e, sb. distortion, S. See Wringen.

Wrenne, sb. wren, Voc.; wranne, S.—­AS. wrenna, wrA|*nna.

Wreon, v. to cover; wre, CM; wreo, pr. s. subj., S.—­AS. wrA(C)on, pt. wrA(C)ah (pl. wrugon), pp. wrogen, see Sievers, 383.  Cf. Wrihen.

Wreten, pp. of Wryten.

Wreth, sb. wrath, S2, H; wraA3/4A3/4e, PP, S. Comb.:  wreA deg.ful, wrathful, S, S2; wraA deg.A deg.elees, S2.—­ONorth. wrA|*A deg.A deg.o.  See Wroth.

Wrethe, sb. wreath, C.—­AS. wrA|*A deg..  See Wrythen.

WreA deg.A deg.en, v. to become angry, to make angry, S; wreaA deg.A deg.in, S; wraA deg.A deg.in, S, S2, G; wreA deg.en, S, S2, H. Der.:  wrath-*thing, provocation, W.

Wrien, v. to twist, bend, CM, SkD (s.v. wry); wrye, S3, PP.—­AS. wrigian, to drive, bend.

Wrigt (in compounds), an accusation. Comb.:  wrigtful, guilty, S; wrigteles, without an accusation; wrigteleslike, causelessly, S.—­Cp.  AS. wrA cubedht, an accusation, from the pt. of (ge)_wrA(C)gan_, to accuse (cp. sA(C)can, pt. sA cubedhte).

Wrihels, sb. a covering, veil; wriheles, S; wriels, SD.—­AS. wrA-gels.

Wrihen, v. to cover, S; wrie, CM; wrien, pr. pl., S.—­AS. *_wrA-han_, pt. wrAih (pl. wrigon), pp. wrigen; cp.  OHG. rA-han (Tatian).  Cf. Wreon.