/
riːð/
v.
- envelop, surround, or encircle.
▸literary twist or entwine round or over something.
▸(of smoke) move with a curling motion.
- form (flowers, leaves, or stems) into a wreath.
Etymology
C16: partly a back-form. from archaic wrethen, past part. of writhe, reinforced by wreath.