wreathe

Meaning

  1. Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
  2. Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
  3. Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
  4. Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
  5. Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
  6. Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
  7. Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
  8. Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
  9. (obsolete) Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
  10. (obsolete) Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
  11. Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
  12. Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
  13. (obsolete) Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
  14. (obsolete) Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
  15. Senses relating to vigorous movement.
  16. Senses relating to vigorous movement.
  17. Senses relating to vigorous movement.
  18. (obsolete) Senses relating to vigorous movement.
  19. (obsolete) Senses relating to vigorous movement.
  20. (obsolete) Senses relating to vigorous movement.
  21. (obsolete) Senses relating to vigorous movement.
  22. (obsolete) Senses relating to vigorous movement.
  23. (obsolete) Senses relating to vigorous movement.
  24. Senses relating to vigorous movement.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹiːð/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English wrethen (“to twist”), partly: * from wrethen (“twisted, wreathed”) (whence modern English wreathen (“(obsolete) made into a wreath; twisted”, adjective)), the past participle of writhen, wrythen (“to twist into a braid, coil, or wreath; to twist out of position or shape, deform; to twist together, intertwine; to twist about, writhe; to bend; to swathe, wrap; etc.”), from Old English wrīþan (“to twist; to bind; to wrap”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”); and * from wreth, wrethe (“coiled or rounded shape; decorative garland, wreath; chaplet, crown; ring”, noun), from Old English wrǣd, wrǣð, wriþa (“bandage”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan (“to twist; to weave”) (see further above).

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