[ Wrak], sb. that which is driven ashore, wreck, S2, S3, C3; rac, driven vapour, rack, S2, SkD; rack, Sh.—AS. wræc. Cf. [Wreche] and [Wreken].
[ Wranne], sb. wren, S; see [Wrenne].
[ Wrastlen], v. to wrestle, C, S2, G, PP; wraskle, PP; wrastylle, Cath.; wraxle, Voc. Der.: wrastling, wrestling, C2, G; wrastelyng, G.—AS. wrǽstlian (oftener wráxlian), from wrǽstan, to wrest, from wrǽst, firm, strong. Wrǽst is for wrǽðt, from wráð, pt. of wríðan, see Sievers, 232. See [Wrythen].
[ Wrað], adj. wroth, S; see [Wroth].
[ Wraðði], v. to get angry, S; see [Wreððen].
[ Wraw], adj. perverse, angry, fierce, SD, Prompt., C3, CM, HD; wrau, SD. Cf. [Wro].
[ Wrawid], pp. perverse, peevish, WA.
[ Wrawnesse], sb. fierceness, Prompt., CM.
[ Wrecche], sb. also as adj. wretch, miserable, S, S2, C, PP; wreche, S, S2, CM; wrecce, S. Comb.: wreccehed, wretchedness, S; wrecchede, S2.—AS. wrecca, an outcast, exile. See [Wreken].
[ Wrecched], adj. wretched, S, PP; wriched, S. Comb.: wrecchednesse, misery, C2, C3, PP.