"wrench" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /wrɛnt͡ʃ/, /wrɛnk/ Forms: wrenches [plural], wrenche [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English wrenċ, from Proto-West Germanic *wranki, from Proto-Germanic *wrankiz. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|wrenċ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English wrenċ, {{inh+|enm|ang|wrenċ}} Inherited from Old English wrenċ, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*wranki}} Proto-West Germanic *wranki, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*wrankiz}} Proto-Germanic *wrankiz Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} wrench, {{enm-noun|wrenches|pl2=wrenche}} wrench (plural wrenches or wrenche)
  1. A trick or artifice; a deceptive action. Categories (topical): Human behaviour
    Sense id: en-wrench-enm-noun-o-~mnGH7 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 45 55
  2. Trickery, deception, guile. Categories (topical): Human behaviour
    Sense id: en-wrench-enm-noun-ugB8iAcS Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wrenk, wrynk, wrynke, wrænch, wrenc, wreinch [Early-Middle-English] Related terms: wrenchen

Alternative forms

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