wrixle

== English == === Alternative forms === wirsle, wissle, wistle, wissel === 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”). === Verb === wrixle (third-person singular simple present wrixles, present participle wrixling, simple past and past participle wrixled) (obsolete) To exchange. (transitive, obsolete) To alter, as one's mind or mental faculties; effect a change in. (obsolete) To exchange opinions; speak one's mind; share thoughts; communicate. (transitive, obsolete) To envelop, wrap; confuse; confound. ==== Usage notes ==== Fell out of common usage in the 16th century. ==== References ==== The Middle English Dictionary == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwriks.le/ === Verb === wrixle inflection of wrixlan: first-person singular present indicative singular present subjunctive singular imperative