wrixle

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Definition of wrixle in English English dictionary

To exchange

To envelop, wrap; confound

Etymology

() From Middle English wrixlen, from Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”), from Proto-Germanic *wīχslanan, *wīχslōjanan (“to change”), from Proto-Indo-European *weik(')- (“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”).