Middle English Dictionary Entry
wiskid ppl.
Entry Info
Forms | wiskid ppl. |
Etymology | Origin uncertain, but prob. ult. from ON: cp. Scot. wisk a tangled mass, Norw. viska v., & AL wiscāre to wattle. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Entangled (in brambles).
Associated quotations
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.268 : Many schep…ben so wyskid & snarlyd amongis brymbleys and þornys þat þey mon nout gon awey.