Middle English Dictionary Entry
wrāse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wrāse n. Also warse, (in place names) wras-, wraise, wrose. |
| Etymology | Prob. OE *wrāse; also cp. OE wrāsen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A small bundle; a tangled mass; ?also, a band or tie [2nd quot.];
(b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.278].
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)383 : Of one wrase of þornes, he wryþen hym one crune.
- a1450 ?Audelay An a byrchyn bonke (Dc 302)221/99 : Lo here þe wormus in my wome þai wallon and wyndon; Lo here þe wrase of þe wede þat I was in wondon.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)142b : A Warse: fasciculus.
b
- (1379) EPNSoc.32 (West Riding Yks.)267 : Wrose.
- (1426) EPNSoc.32 (West Riding Yks.) ()267 : Wrayse.
- (1431) in Ekwall PNLan.()197 : Wrasome.