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Wreathen vs Wreathe - What's the difference?

wreathen | wreathe |

As an adjective wreathen

is twisted; made into a wreath.

As a verb wreathe is

to twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath.

wreathen

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Twisted; made into a wreath.
    • Wreathen work of pure gold. — The Bible (Exodus).
    (Webster 1913)

    wreathe

    English

    Verb

    (wreath)
  • To twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath
  • To form a wreathlike shape around something
  • To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath
  • (obsolete) To turn violently aside or around; to wrench.
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.i:
  • *:from so heauie sight his head did wreath , / Accusing fortune, and too cruell fate [...].

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