v. Obs. In 5 wryve. [ad. MDu. wrîven (Du. and Flem. wrijven; MLG. and LG. wrîven, wrîfen; WFris. wriuwie, NFris. wriwe), = OHG. rîban (MHG. rîben, G. reiben).] trans. To rub.
1481. Caxton, Reynard, xliii. (Arb.), 116. They rubbed and wryued hym vnder his temples and eyen.
[Hence 1894. F. S. Ellis, Reynard the Fox, 328. They … wryved his eye.]
