Middle English Dictionary Entry
wrī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | wrī adj. Also (EAngl.) wrighe & (in surnames) wrei. |
| Etymology | Prob. from wrīen v.(2); cp. awrī adv., wrī(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of a vessel: ?twisted in shape or design, perh. crooknecked;
(b) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- (1479) Paston (EETS)1.512 : I sende yow…iij triacle pottes…There is on potte þat is morkyn ondre þe bottome ij tymes wyth thyes letteris, ‘M.P.’, whyche potte I have best truste on-too, and nexte hym to the wryghe potte, and I mystruste moost þe potte þat hathe a krotte abovyn in the toppe, lesse þat he hathe ben ondoone.
b
- (1272) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)1.136 : Geoffrey Wry.
- (1275) Close R.Edw.I214 : Thomas Wrihalse.
- (1313) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames394 : Stephen le Wrey.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 3195 : Willelmus le Wrey.