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wrythen

wrythen is the obsolete form of writhen.

Meaning of writhen

Adjective

writhen (comparative more writhen, superlative most writhen)

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

Questions about wrythen

What is wrythen the obsolete form of?
Wrythen is the obsolete form of writhen.

Words near wrythen in the dictionary

  1. wrynecks
  2. wryness
  3. wrynesses
  4. wrytail
  5. Wrythe
  6. wrythen
  7. wryting
  8. wrytings
  9. Wrzesinski
  10. Wrzesinskis
  11. Września

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wrythen (page history and authors); writhen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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