"wrixle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: wrixles [present, singular, third-person], wrixling [participle, present], wrixled [participle, past], wrixled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English wrixlen, from Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”), from Proto-Germanic *wihslijaną, *wihslōną (“to change”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, *weyḱ- (“to change”). Cognate with Scots wissel (“to exchange, barter”), Dutch wisselen (“to exchange, barter, swap”), German wechseln (“to change, switch”), Icelandic víxl (“cross, interchange”), Latin vicis (“change, alteration, diversity, reciprocity”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wrixlen}} Middle English wrixlen, {{inh|en|ang|wrixlan}} Old English wrixlan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wihslijaną}} Proto-Germanic *wihslijaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*weyk-}} Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, {{cog|sco|wissel|t=to exchange, barter}} Scots wissel (“to exchange, barter”), {{cog|nl|wisselen|t=to exchange, barter, swap}} Dutch wisselen (“to exchange, barter, swap”), {{cog|de|wechseln|t=to change, switch}} German wechseln (“to change, switch”), {{cog|is|víxl|t=cross, interchange}} Icelandic víxl (“cross, interchange”), {{cog|la|vicis|t=change, alteration, diversity, reciprocity}} Latin vicis (“change, alteration, diversity, reciprocity”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wrixle (third-person singular simple present wrixles, present participle wrixling, simple past and past participle wrixled)
  1. (obsolete) To exchange. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wrixle-en-verb-avRatv6n
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To alter, as one's mind or mental faculties; effect a change in. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-wrixle-en-verb-7PcFzkIF Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 11 21 2 28 31 5
  3. (obsolete) To exchange opinions; speak one's mind; share thoughts; communicate. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wrixle-en-verb-nA2qdWEZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 71 3 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 16 1 30 32 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 11 21 2 28 31 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 8 23 1 30 34 3
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To envelop, wrap; confuse; confound. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-wrixle-en-verb-fyMspJ77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wirsle, wissle, wistle, wissel

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈwriks.le/
Head templates: {{head|ang|verb form}} wrixle
  1. inflection of wrixlan:
    first-person singular present indicative
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: wrixlan
    Sense id: en-wrixle-ang-verb-usL--icz Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 16 1 30 32 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 11 21 2 28 31 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 8 23 1 30 34 3
  2. inflection of wrixlan:
    singular present subjunctive
    Tags: form-of, present, singular, subjunctive Form of: wrixlan
    Sense id: en-wrixle-ang-verb-XlW6doEF Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 16 1 30 32 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 11 21 2 28 31 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 8 23 1 30 34 3
  3. inflection of wrixlan:
    singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: wrixlan
    Sense id: en-wrixle-ang-verb-qHbnQWCj Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 16 1 30 32 13

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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