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▪ I. † wrall, n. Obs. rare.
Also wrawl.
[f. next.]
1. A winding or twisting; a twist or coil.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. ix. (Camb. MS.), Þe eddir amphibena..wigleþ wiþ wralles [ed. 1495 wrynkles] corckles & drauȝtis of þe bodi.
2. A wreathed decoration or ornamentation.
1540in V. Green Hist. Worcs. (1796) II. App. p. iii, Item, vj spones with wrawles. Ibid. p. iv, vj spones with wralls.
▪ II. † wrall, v. Obs.
[Of obscure origin; cf. unwrall v.]
trans. To wreathe, wind, or twist; to convolve.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xii. (Tollem. MS.), These holes ben set in þe stony bon [of the ear]..and ben wrallid and wounde as a spyndel of a presse. Ibid. xvii. lxxx, [Genista] haþ..ȝelow floures in somer, þikke and wrallid [L. involutos]. Ibid. xviii. ix. (Bodl. MS.), Serpentes and addres þat may binde and wralle and folde is owne bodie.
fig.c1395Plowman's Tale i. 370 Such successours [of Peter] ben to bold, In winning al their wit they wral.
Hence † ˈwralling vbl. n. Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. clxxiv. (Bodl. MS.), Smellinge smoke..croked wiþ many bendinges and wrallinges.
▪ III. wrall etc.:
see wrawl, etc. |