Middle English Dictionary Entry
wring(e n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | wring(e n.(2) |
| Etymology | From wringen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A twisting or wringing of the neck; also, glossing ML bachium; ~ of (the) nekke.
Associated quotations
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)9a/a : Bachium: wringe of nekke [Cnt: þe wryng of þe nek].
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)235/237 : I shall gyf hym a wryng that his nek shall crak.