| braid | [unclear meaning] twisted, deceitful |
| break | wring, twist, squeeze |
| chivalry | knightly rank [as displayed on a coat-of-arms: a twisted band encircling a helmet] |
| crank | winding path, twisting street, sidestreet |
| crank | wind, twist, zigzag |
| cringe | distort, contort, twist |
| crooked | curling, twisting |
| crooked-pated | with a twisted head, with a deformed skull |
| elf | tangle, mat, twist |
| entwist | clasp with a twist, entwine, wreathe around |
| ill-wresting | twisting the truth, turning to disadvantage |
| purl | curl, rise in a twisting way |
| revolution | reversal, change, twists and turns [of fortune] |
| revolution | twisting and turning of the thoughts |
| screw | twist, force, contort |
| snaky | twisting, winding, sinuous; also: deceitful |
| straying | winding, twisting, rambling |
| tortive | contorted, tortuous, twisting |
| turn | winding path, twisting street, sidestreet |
| twist | plaited thread, twined fibre |
| untwind | untwine, untwist the spinning of |
| warp | turn, twist, change |
| warped | twisted, distorted |
| welked | twisted, ridged, convoluted |
| wrench | twisting, sudden movement |
| wrest | distort, twist, strain |
| wrest | twist, pervert, warp |
| wring | writhe, struggle, twist [as if in pain] |