wrixle

Meaning

Verb

• To exchange.
• To alter, as one's mind or mental faculties; effect a change in.
• To exchange opinions; speak one's mind; share thoughts; communicate.
• To envelop, wrap; confuse; confound.

Origin

• From Middle English wrixlen, from Old English wrixlan, wixlan, from Proto-Germanic *wihslijaną, *wihslōną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, *weyḱ-. Cognate with Scots wissel, Dutch wisselen, German wechseln, Icelandic víxl, Latin vicis.