Wrǽstan

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

wrǽstan

p. te. I. to wrest, twist :-- RUNE hine on ða tungan sticaþ, wrǽsteþ him ðæt wóddor, and him ða wongan briceþ. Salm. Kmbl. 191 ; Sal. 95. II. to move the strings of the harp in playing, Cf. wreste of an harpe plectrum. Prompt. Parto struggle, wrestle, A. R. 374, 7. Wrestoñ plecto, wrestyñ and wrythyñ aȝen replecto, Prompt. Parv. 533 : Icel. reista to twist.] v. á-, ge-wrǽstan. wræstan

Parole correlate: 533 :-- Sum sceal mid hearpan set his hláfordes fotum sittan, and á snellíce snere wrǽstan, lǽtan scralletan, Exon. Th. 332, 9 ; Vy. 82. [Iulius þat sweord wraste (wreste, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 7532. Wresten