Wrǽsnan

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

wrǽsnan

p. de To twist, change the character of something :-- Ic (a woodpecker) eom wunderlícu wiht, wrǽsne míne stefne, hwílum beorce swá hund, hwílum blǽte swá gát, hwílum grǽde swá gós (cf. Ic (a woodpigeon) þurh múþ sprece mengum reordum based on the Latin: Vox mea diversis variatur pulcra figuris, 390, 13 ; Rä. 9, l), Exon. Th. 406, 15; Rä. 25, I. wræsnan