v. Obs. [ME., f. bi-, BE- 1 + WRIXLEN, OE. wrixlan, -ian, to change.] trans. To change, transform.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 262. He … scheaweð him to ou flesliche and licamliche iðe messe, biwrien [biwrixlet] þauh, in oðres like—under breades heouwe. Ibid., 310. He is him sulf al biwrixled, & bicumen, of Godes child, þes deofles bearn.

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