(a) To twist about in anguish or agony; refl. of a hart: twist or rotate its antlers; ~ awei, turn away;—used in fig. context; ~ ayen, ?bend backward, turn back; (b) to twist the limbs of (sb.), torture;—used in fig. context; ~ awei, fig. abandon (one’s reason); ben wrethed, of a ring: be placed so as to pass through the septum of an animal’s nose; (c) ppl. wrethed, rounded or coiled in shape; also, decorated with a twisting pattern [2nd quot.].