Noun: wrench
| Sg. | wrench |
| Pl. | wrenches; wrenche |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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Non^([sic – meaning Mon]) mai longe liues ƿene:
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Ac ofte hi[m] lieð þe wrench.
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Feir ƿeð[er] turneð ofte i[n]to reine[…] (People may expect long lives,
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but a trick often betrays them;
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fair weather often turns into rain […]) [a. 1250, Death’s wither-clench (IMEV 2070, Cotton MS. Caligula A. IX), archived from the original on 02 May 2023, folio 246, recto; republished at London: British Library Digitised Manuscripts, c. 2015:]
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wrenċ, from Proto-West Germanic *wranki, from Proto-Germanic *wrankiz.
Verbs referencing "wrench"
English Nouns
wrench.
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