Other forms: wrens
A wren is one of the tiniest birds, with a cocked-up tail. A wren in the hedge, hear the wren, the wren's song.
It is among the smallest birds in Britain and among the loudest for its size — the song is astonishing from a bird that weighs as much as two sheets of paper. In cold winters they roost together in a hole, dozens at a time, to survive the night.
1nounwrenOne of the tiniest birds, with a cocked-up tail.
“A tiny brown wren hopped along the garden wall.”
wren is a bird.
Old English wrenna names the bird, from a Germanic root of unknown further origin.
Middle English
wrenne
English, today
wren
Built from
From Middle English wrenne. From Middle English wrenne, wranne, from Old English wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, wrenne (“wren”), from Proto-West Germanic wrandijō, from Proto-Germanic wrandijô (“wren”). Cognate with Old Saxon wrendilo (“wren”), Old High German rento, rentilo (“wren”), Danish rindel (“wren”), Icelandic rindill (“wren”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA