Obs. rare. In 4 wricke, wrikke. [ad. MLG. *wricken (in vorwricken, -wrycken; LG. wrikken) to move here and there, to sprain; or Du. wrikken to move jerkily, to scull (whence G. wricken, Da. vrikke, Sw. vricka). Cf. WRIG v.] intr. To move (jerkily or unsteadily) from side to side.
c. 1305. St. Dunstan, 82, in E. E. P. (1862), 36. Þe deuel he hente bi þe nose … Þe deuel wrickede her and þer.
1308–30. Erthe upon Erthe, 2. Erþ geþ on erþ wrikkend in weden.
