Wreathen vs Wreathe - What's the difference?
wreathen | wreathe |
Twisted; made into a 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 [...].
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
(-)- Wreathen work of pure gold. — The Bible (Exodus).
