Wrǽstan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wrǽstan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- 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