† beshrewingn.
Obsolete.
Used by Purvey to translate refrenantem of the Vulgate. ? Turning awry.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > action or fact of putting or being out of shape > distortion
beshrewinga1425
distortion1581
wryness1591
contortion1611
distorture1613
distortedness1684
wringing1706
twisting1725
cross-winding1815
twistification1835
detortion1853
twinge1860
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. ix. 14 And the Lord schal leese fro Israel the heed and the tail, crokynge and bischrewynge, [1382 shrewende] ether refreynynge, in o dai.
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