W

wā I. (see also wēa) m. ‘woe,’ affliction, misery, evil, Æ.

II. interj. (occly. governs d.) woe! alas! CP. wā lā, wā lā wā, wei lā wei ah! oh! alas!

wāc I. adj. weak, soft, feeble, effeminate, cowardly, timid, pliant, Æ, CP: slender, frail: insignificant, mean, poor, Æ: bad, vile. [Ger. weich]

II. n. weakness, LL.

III. pret. 3 sg. of wīcan.

wac- = wæc-

wacan † to awake, arise, be born, originate. [v. ‘wake’]

waccor = wacor

wāce weakly, slowly, negligently.

wacel = wacol

wacen (æ, ea, a, o, u) f. wakefulness: watching, vigil: division of the night, NG: incentive, DR 63 (a).

wacian (æ, e) to be awake, keep awake, watch, Æ, CP. [v. ‘wake’]

wācian to become weak, languish: (±) waver, be cowardly, flinch. [Ger. weichen]

waciende watching, vigilant.

wāclic weakly, mean, vile, insignificant, trifling, Æ. adv. -līce, Æ.

wācmōd n. faint-hearted, cowardly, CP: weak-minded, irresolute, Æ.

wācmōdnes f. weakness (of mind or body), cowardice, CP.

wācnes f. weakness, insignificance, Æ.

wacnian = wæcnan

wacol awake, vigilant, watchful, attentive, Æ. adv. -līce, Æ.

wacon = wacen

wacor watchful, vigilant, CP. adv. -līce, CP.

wacsan = wascan

wācscipe m. weakness, slackness: insignificance, contempt.

-wacu v. niht-w.

wacul = wacol

wād I. n. ‘woad,’ ÆGr; Mdf.

II. (?) dragnet, OEG 61 (v. A 31·528).

wad- v. wæd.

wadan to go, move, stride, advance: ‘wade,’ AO: (+) traverse, pervade.

wadom = waðum

wādsǣd n. woad seed, LL 454.

wādspitl m. woad-dibble, LL 455.

wadung f. travelling, going, Æ.

wǣ (N, VPs) = wā

wæarhrōd = weargrōd

wæb, wæbb == webb

wǣc- = wāc-

±wǣcan to weaken, oppress, trouble. [wāc]

wæccan (±) to watch: wake. [= wacian]

wæcce f. ‘watch,’ vigil, wakefulness, Æ, CP.

wæccen = wacen

wæccende watchful, awake.

wæccendlīce watchfully, GD 242.

wæccer = wacor

+wǣcednes f. weakness, ÆH 2·552.

wæcen = wacen

wæcg (Gl) = wecg

wæcian = wacian

wæcnan, wæcnian [v. also wacan] to awake, come forth, spring from, arise, be born. [‘waken’]

wæd † n. [usu. pl.; wad- in obl. cases] ford, water, sea, ocean.

wǣd f. robe, dress, apparel, clothing, garment, covering: sail, ES 40·326. [‘weeds’]

+wæd n. ford, shallow. [wadan]

wǣd- = wēd-

wǣdbrēc fp. breeches, Æ.

wædd = wedd

±wǣde (ē) n. = wǣd f.

wǣdelnes (ē) f. poverty, CP.

wæden = waden pp. of wadan.

wǣden of woad, bluish, OEG 7; 8. [wād]

wæder = weder

wǣderāp m. stay, halyard; pl. rigging, WW 515.

+wǣdian to clothe, dress, equip, furnish.

wǣdl (ē, ēð) f. poverty, CP: barrenness, AO.

wǣdla (ē) poor, destitute. as sb. = beggar, poor man, Æ, CP.

wǣdle = wǣdl

wǣdlēas without clothing.

wǣdlian to be poor, destitute, beg, Æ.

wǣd-lig (Æ), -ligend (GD) poor.

wǣdlnes = wǣdelnes

wǣdlung f. poverty, want, Æ: begging, Æ.

wǣdo = wād

wæf pret. 3 sg. of wefan.

+wæf = +wef

wǣfan to clothe, W 119.

wǣfels (ē) mn. covering, mantle, cloak, dress, clothing, garment, Æ.

wæfergange f. spider, CPs 89. [wefan]

wæfergeornnes (ǣ?) f. eagerness for sight-seeing, LL (wæfereorn-).

wæferhūs n. amphitheatre, ÆL 24. [wafian]

wæferlic belonging to a theatre, theatrical, OEG 62.

wæfernes f. show, display, pomp, pageant, OEG 4465.

wæfer-sēn, -sēon = wæfersȳn

wæfersolor m. ‘pulpitum,’ OEG 3458.

wæferstōw (ea) f. theatre, Lcd.

wæfersȳn (ē, ēo, ī, īe) f. spectacle, sight, show, display, Æ. [wāfian]

wæflian to speak foolishly, v. NC 333.

wǣfon pret. pl. of wefan.

wæfre unstable, unsteady, wavering, wandering, restless: flickering, expiring. [wafian]

wæfs = wæps

wæfð, wæft f. show, spectacle.

wæfung (Gl) = wafung

wæg I. m. = weg

II. pret. 3 sg. of wegan.

wǣg (ā, ē) I. m. motion: wave, billow, flood, sea. [wegan]

II. (±) = wǣge

III. = wāg

IV. = hwǣg

wægan = wegan

±wǣgan (ē) to trouble, afflict, CP: deceive, falsify, Æ: (+) frustrate, Dom 115.

wǣgbora m. child of the waves? B 1440.

wǣgbord n. ship, vessel, Gen 1340.

wǣgdēor n. sea-animal, Cr 988.

wǣgdropa m. water-drop, tear, Gu 1030.

wǣge I. f. weight, scales, balance, Æ: ‘wey’ (of cheese, wool, etc.): ‘pensum,’ burden.

II. † (ē) n. cup, chalice.

+wǣge n. weight, measure.

wægel (WW 124) = pægel?

wægen == wægn

wægenðīxl = wægneðīxl

wǣgescalu = wǣgscalu

wǣgetunge f. tongue of a balance, WW 148.

wǣgfær n. sea-voyage, An 925.

wǣgfæt n. water-vessel, clouds, Rd 4.

wǣgfaru f. track in the sea, Ex 298.

wǣgflota † m. (wave-floater), ship.

wǣghengest † m. ship.

wǣgholm m. sea, ocean, B 217.

wæglǣst = weglǣst

wǣglīðend † m. sea-farer, sailor.

wæglīðende † seafaring.

wægn (wægen, wǣn) m. carriage, ‘wain,’ ‘waggon,’ chariot, cart, vehicle. Carles wǣn; wǣnes ðīxl the constellation of the Great Bear. [wegan]

-wægnan v. be-w.

wægnere (ǣn) m. waggoner, WW.

wǣgnere m. enticer, WW 436. [wǣgnian]

wægnest = wegnest

wægn-fær (ǣn) n., -faru f. chariot-journey.

wægngehrado (ǣn) waggon-plank, WW 267.

wægngerefa (ǣn) m. ‘carpenturius,’ waggon-master? WW.

wægngewæde (ǣn) n. waggon-cover, A 9·264.

+wǣgnian to deceive: condemn, NC 297.

wægnscilling m. tax on waggons, TC 138.

wægntrēow (ǣn) n. log given to the carter of a load of wood, LL 453[21,4].

wægnðol (ǣn) cart-pin? WW 343.

wægnweg (ǣn) m. cart-road, KC.

wægnwyrhta (ǣn) m. ‘carpentarius,’ cart-wright, WW.

wǣgon pret. pl. of wegan.

wǣgpundern n. weighing-machine.

wǣgrāp? m. wave-rope, wave-bond (ice), B 1611. [or? wǣlrāp]

wǣgryft = wāgrift

wǣgscalu f. scale of a balance, WW 437. [scealu; Ger. wagschale]

wǣgstæð n. sea-shore, Rd 23.

wǣgstrēam m. current, Ex 311.

wǣgsweord ‡ n. sword with wavy pattern.

wǣgðel † n. ship, vessel.

wǣgðrēa f. peril of the sea, Gen 1490.

wǣgðrēat m. deluge, Gen 1352.

+wǣht pp. of +wǣcan and +wǣgan.

wæl I. n. [nap. walu] slaughter, carnage, AO. w. +slēan to slaughter: field of battle: (in pl.) dead bodies, AO. [wōl; cp. Ger. walstatt]

II. m. = wiell

III. = wel

wǣl m. whirlpool, eddy, pool, Æ: ocean, sea, river, flood.

wæl- = wel-

wǣl- = wēal-

wæla = wela

±wǣlan to afflict, vex, torment, Gu, MtR.

wælbedd † n. slaughter-bed.

wælbend f. death-bond, band of destruction, B 1936.

wælbenn f. deadly wound, Ex 491.

wælblēat deadly-pale? B 2725.

wælceald deadly cold, Sol 468.

wælcēasega m. carrion-picker (raven), Ex 164.

wælclomm m. deadly fetter, Gen 2128.

wælcræft m. deadly power, Rd 87.

wælcwealm m. violent death, Rd 2.

wæl-cyrige, -cyrie f. (chooser of the slain), witch, sorceress. [Ger. Walküre]

wældēað m. death in battle, violent death, B 695.

wældrēor † n. blood of battle, battle-gore.

wælegian = weligian

wæler = weler

wælfǣhð f. deadly feud, B 2028.

wælfæðm m. deadly embrace, Ex 480.

wælfāg blood-stained, B 1128.

wælfeall = wælfill

wælfel greedy for corpses, ghoulish, El 53.

wælfeld m. battle-field, Chr 937.

wælfill m. slaughter, death, destruction.

wælfūs awaiting death, B 2420.

wælfyll = wælfill

wælfyllo f. fill of slaughter, B 125.

wælfȳr † n. deadly fire: funeral pyre.

wælgæst † m. murderous stranger.

wælgār † m. deadly spear.

wælgenga m. sea-monster? OEG 5; 8.

wælgīfre † bloodthirsty, murderous.

wælgimm m. death-bringing gem? Rd 21.

wælgrǣdig flesh-eating, cannibal, An 135.

wælgrim fierce, violent, bloody, cruel: fateful, dire. adv. -līce, AO.

wælgrimnes f. cruelty, torture, GD.

wælgryre m. deadly horror, Ex 137.

wælhere ‡ m. army intent on slaughter.

wælhlem m. death-stroke, B 2969.

wælhlence † f. coat of mail.

wælhrēow (ēa) cruel, fierce, savage, bloodthirsty, CP. adv. -līce.

wælhrēownes f. cruelty, ferocity, atrocity, slaughter, Æ, CP.

wælhwelp m. destroying hound, Rd 16.

wælig = welig

wǣlisc = wīelisc

wæll = weall

wæll- = wæl-

wælla = willa II.

wællan (N) = willan

wælle (VPs) = wille

wælm == wielm

wælmist † m. mist of death.

wælnett n. death-net, Ex 202.

wælnīð † m. deadly hostility, war.

wælnot ‡ m. fatal mark, baleful inscription.

wælpīl m. deadly arrow, dart, Gu 1127.

wælræs † m. deadly onslaught.

wælræst = wælrest

wælrǣw = wælhrēow

wǣlrāp? m. flood-fetter, (ice), B 1610?

wælrēaf n. spoil from the slain: act of spoiling the slain.

wælrēc m. deadly reek, B 2661.

wælregn (ll) m. deluge, Gen 1350.

wælrēow = wælhrēow

wælrest (æ) † f. bed of slaughter, grave.

wælrūn f. mystery of carnage? war-song? El 28.

wǣlsc = wīelisc

wælsceaft m. deadly spear, B 398.

wælscel n? carnage, Jud 313.

wælseax n. dagger, B 2703.

wælsliht (ea, i, y) m. slaughter, carnage, Chr: (†) combat.

wælslihta m. murderer, slayer, GD 254.

wælslītende corpse-biting, W 187: deadly-biting, W 241.

wælspere n. deadly spear, Ma 322; Lcd 175b.

wælsteng m. spear-shaft, B 1638.

wælstōw f. place of slaughter, battle-field, AO. āgan wælstōwe geweald to obtain possession of the battle-field, conquer.

wælstrǣl mf. deadly shaft, Gu 1260.

wælstrēam m. deadly flood, Gen 1301.

wælsweng m. deadly thrust, Gen 987.

wælt part of thigh, sinew, LL 7. [weald]

wæltan (wv. in NG) = wealtan

wælwang m. field of the slain, An 1227.

wælweg (Seaf 63) = hwælweg

wælwulf † m. warrior, cannibal.

wǣlwyrt = wēalwyrt

wæm = (1) wamm; (2) hwamm

wæm- = wem-

wæmbede having a great belly, WW 161. [wamb]

wæmman = wemman

wǣmn (LWS) = wǣpen

wǣmnian = wǣpnian

wæmst- = wæstm-

wæn = wenn

wæn- = wen-

wǣn == wægn

wǣnan = wēnan

wǣnes = (1) wācnes; (2) wōhnes

wæng = wang

wænge = wange

wǣnunga = wēnunga

wǣpan = wēpan

wǣpen n. (nap. wǣp(e)n, wǣp(e)nu) ‘weapon,’ sword; pl. arms, Æ, AO, CP: membrum virile.

wǣpenbora m. weapon-bearer, warrior, knight, Æ.

wǣpend, wǣpened = wǣpned

wǣpen(ge)tæc n. ‘wapentake’ (subdivision of a riding), LL. [cp. ON. vāpnatak]

wǣpengeðræc n. encounter of spears? DR 168.

wǣpengewrixl(e) n. hostile encounter.

wǣpenhād = wǣpnedhād

wǣpenhete m. armed hate, Ap 80.

wǣpenhūs n. armoury, WW 348.

wǣpenlēas unarmed, Æ.

wǣpenlic male, WW.

wǣpenstrǣl fm. arrow, PPs 56.

wǣpentæc = wǣpengetæc

wǣpenðracu † f. storm of weapons.

wǣpenðrǣge weapon, equipment? CrA 61?

wǣpenwīfestre = wǣpnedwīfestre

wǣpenwiga m. armed warrior, Rd 15.

wǣpmann (Æ) = wǣpnedmann

wǣpn == wǣpen

wǣpnahūs = wǣpenhūs

wǣpned I. adj. male, AO.

II. m. male person.

wǣpnedbearn n. male child, BH 76.

wǣpnedcild n. male child, Æ.

wǣpnedcynn n. male species, Æ.

wǣpnedhād m. male sex, Æ: sexual power, GD 26.

wǣpnedhand f. male line, TC 491.

wǣpnedhealf f. male line, TC 491.

wǣpnedmann m. male, man, AO.

wǣpnedwīfestre f. hermaphrodite, WW.

±wǣpnian to arm, Æ, CP.

wǣpnmann = wǣpnedmann

+wǣpnu np. arms, LPs 45.

wǣpnung f. armour, Æ: (+) army.

wæps m. ‘wasp,’ Æ. [L. vespa]

wær I. (napm. ware) wary, cautious, Æ, CP: (w. g.) aware of: ready, prepared, attentive.

II. † n. sea, ocean. [ON. verr]

III. = wer

IV. = wearr

wǣr I. adj. true, correct, Gen 681.

II. f. faith, fidelity: keeping, protection: agreement, treaty, compact, pledge, covenant: bond (of friendship).

+wǣr wg. ‘aware’ (of), watchful, on one’s guard, Chr 1095.

wær- = war-, wear-, wer-, wier-, wyr-

wæran = werian

wærc (wræc) m. pain, suffering, anguish (A; often confused with WS. weorc. v. JAW 52).

wærcan to be in pain.

wærcsār (e) n. pain, MkR 13.

wære = wer II.

wǣre I. = wǣr II.

II. pret. 2 sg. of wesan.

wǣrfæst (e) covenant-keeping, honourable, faithful, trusty.

wǣrg = wērig

wærgēapnes f. argument, WW 192.

wǣr-genga, -ganga (ē) † wm. one seeking protection, stranger (or ?= wer-).

wǣrigian = wērgian

+wærlǣcan to warm, Æ.

±wærlan to go, pass by, DR, NG.

wærlēas incautious, careless.

wǣrlēas † faithless, perfidious.

wærlic I. careful, wary, cautious, circumspect, CP. adv. -līce, Æ.

II. = werlic

wǣrlīce adv. truly, Gen 652?

wærlicnes f. wariness, caution, HL 13.

wǣrloga † m. troth-breaker, traitor, liar, devil. [‘warlock’; lēogan]

wærlot n. craftiness, cunning, deceit, WW 354.

wærna = wrenna

wærnes I. f. wariness, caution.

II. = weargnes

wǣron pret. pl. of wesan.

wærsagol cautious in speech, W 72.

wærscipe m. cunning, caution, prudence, AO, CP.

wǣrstlic = wrǣstlic

wærword n. word of warning, WW.

wærwyrde cautious in speech, FT 57.

wæs pret. 1, 3 sg. of wesan.

wæsc f. ablution, washing, A 13·441.

+wæsc n. only in wætera +w. ‘alluvium,’ WW 179.

-wæsce v. scēap-w.

wæscen = wascen pp. of wascan.

wæscere m. washer.

wæscern n. washing-place, WW 185.

wæscestre I. f. washer, house-keeper, ‘presbytera,’ GD 276.

II. m. dyer, GD 191.

wæschūs n. washing-place.

wæscing m. washing, ablution, Ct.

wǣsend = wāsend

-wæsma v. here-w.

wæsp = wæps

wæst == west

wǣst- = wēst-

wæstling m. sheet, blanket, Gl.

wæstm (e) mn. (nap. wæst-mas, -me) growth, increase: plant, produce, offspring, fruit, Æ, CP: result, benefit, product: interest, usury: abundance: stature, form, figure. [weaxan]

wæstmaseten f. planting, Mt 5.

wæstmbǣre fruitful, Æ, CP.

+wæstmbǣrian to be or make fruitful, WW.

wæstmbǣrnes f. fruitfulness, fertility, Æ.

wæstmbǣro f. fruitfulness, AO 58.

wæstmbēorennes = wæstmbǣrnes

wæstmberende fertile, AO.

wæstmberendnes f. fruitfulness, fertility, BH 74b.

wæstme f. = wæstm

wæstmfæst fruitful, ANS 122.

wæstmian to grow, increase, bear fruit.

wæstmlēas fruitless, unfruitful, Æ.

wæstmlic fruitful, DR 18.

wæstmsceatt m. interest, usury.

wæsðm = wæstm

wǣt (ā, ē) I. adj. ‘wet,’ moist, AO.

II. n. liquid, drink, Æ. ǣt and w. food and drink, Æ.

wǣta m. wetness, moisture, humours, fluid, water, Æ, CP: drink, Æ.

±wǣtan to wet, moisten, water, ÆGr.

wǣte f. = wǣta m.

wæter (e) n. (gs. wætres, wæteres) ‘water,’ Æ, CP; Mdf: sea.

wæterādl f. dropsy, Lcd.

wæter-ǣdre, -æddre f. spring of water, source, Æ.

wæterælfādl f. a disease, Lcd.

wæterælfen f. water-elf, WW 457.

wæter-berend (OEG 871), -berere (WW) m. water-bearer, sutler, camp-follower.

wæterbōh m. succulent shoot, sprig, WW 149.

wæterbolla m. dropsy, Lcd.

wæterbora m. water-bearer.

wæterbrōga † m. frightful flood.

wæterbūc m. water-vessel, water-pot, pitcher, Æ.

wæterbucca m. water-spider, WW 122.

wæterburne f. water-stream, DD 3.

wæterbyden f. bucket, cask, WW 503.

wæterclāð m. towel, RB 59.

wætercrōg m. water-pot, WW 484.

wætercrūce f. water-pot, Cp 283u.

wæterdrinc m. a drink of water, NC 331.

wæter-egsa, -egesa † m. water-terror.

wæterelfen = wæterælfen

wæterfæsten n. water-fastness, place protected by water, Chr 894a.

wæter-fæt n., nap. -fatu water-pot, flagon, Æ.

wæterflaxe f. water-pitcher, Mk 14. [v. ‘flask’]

wæterflōd m. water-flood, inundation, deluge, Æ, AO.

wæterfrocga m. water frog, NC 331.

wæterful dropsical, WW.

wæterfyrhtnes f. hydrophobia, WW 112.

wætergāt f. water spider, WW 122.

wætergeblǣd n. watery pustule? Lcd 162b.

wætergefeall n. waterfall, CC 116.

wætergelād n. conduit, WW 339.

wætergelæt n. aqueduct, WW 211.

wætergesceaft f. nature of water, GD 220.

wætergewæsc n. ‘alluvium,’ WW 187.

wætergrund m. sea-bottom, depth, PPs 106.

wætergyte m. ‘Aquarius’ (sign of the Zodiac), Lcd 3·246.

wæterhæfern m. crab, Lcd 16b.

wæterhālgung f. consecration of water, DR 117.

wæterhelm m. covering of ice, GnE 74?

±wæterian to water, moisten, irrigate, Æ, CP: lead (cattle) to water, Æ.

wæterig watery, watered, Æ.

wæterisc (e) watery, moist.

wæterlēas waterless, Æ.

wæterlēast f. want of water, HL 9·177.

wæterlic aquatic, GPH 394.

wætermēle (ǣ) m. bowl, basin, ÆGr.

wæternǣdre f. water-snake, WW.

wæterordāl n. water-ordeal, LL 388.

wæterpund n. ‘norma, libella aquatica,’ WW 150.

wæterpytt m. water-pit, well, Æ.

wæterrīðe? f. conduit (v. OEG 1714n).

wæterscēat m. napkin, towel, WW 127.

wæter-scipe (Æ, CP), -scype m. sheet of water, waters: conduit.

wæterscȳte f. towel, napkin, Æ.

wætersēað m. water-pit, cistern.

wætersēoc dropsical, Æ.

wætersēocnes f. dropsy, Æ.

wæterspryng m. water-spring, Da 386.

wætersteall m. standing water, pond.

wæterstefn f. voice of waters, PPs 92.

wæterstoppa m. bucket, GD 11.

wæterstrēam m. river.

wætertīge m. canal, aqueduct, HGl 418.

wæterðēote f. conduit, flood-gate, torrent, cataract, Æ.

wæter-ðīsa, -ðissa m. (water-traverser) whale, Whale 50: ship, Gu 1303.

wæterðrūh f. water-pipe, conduit, Gl.

wæterðrȳð f. rush of waters, PPs 106.

wæterung f. watering, providing with water, Æ.

wæterwǣdlnes f. dearth of water, ÆL 23b.

wæterweg m. watercourse.

wæterwrīte f. ‘clepsydra,’ water-clock, WW 378.

wæterwyll m. spring of water, fountain, LL 312[5,1].

wæterwyrt f. water star-wort.

wæterȳð f. billow, B 2242.

wǣtian to be wet, WW 447.

wætig (GPH 389) = pætig

wætla m. swathe, bandage, Lcd 78a.

wǣtnes f. moisture, LkL 8 (ē).

wætrian = wæterian

wætter (N) = wæter

wǣtung f. wetting, moisture, Lcd.

wæð n. ford, Chr 1073d. [ON. vað]

-wǣða v. here-w.

wǣðan to wander, roam about: hunt. [wāð]

wǣðeburne f. fishing stream? BC (Mdf).

wǣðelnes = wǣdelnes

wǣðl = wǣdl

wǣwærðlic good? A 8·335. adv. (e, y) -līce successfully? A 8·298; W 169.

wæx (N) == weax

wǣx = wēox pret. 3 sg. of weaxan.

wæxð pres. 3 sg. of wascan.

wafian to ‘wave,’ Æ.

wāfian to be agitated, astonished, amazed, gaze at, wonder at, admire, Æ: hesitate.

wāfiende ‘theatralis,’ ‘visibilis,’ OEG 233.

waforlic = wæferlic

wafung (æ, e) f. spectacle, display, pageantry, sight, Æ: astonishment, amazement, Æ. [wafian]

wafungstede m. place for shows, theatre, WW.

wafungstōw f. place for shows, theatre, Lcd 3·206.

wāg I. (ǣ) m. wall, Æ, AO, CP. [Goth. waddjus]

II. = wǣg I.

wāghrægel n. tapestry, vail, NG.

wagian to move, shake, swing, totter, Æ. [‘wag’; wegan]

wagn = wægn

wāgon = wǣgon pret. pl. of wegan.

wāgrift (e, y) n. wall-hanging, tapestry, vail, curtain.

wāgðeorl doorway? LPs 61. [ðyrel]

wāgðyling (wāh-) f. wainscoting, WW 147. [wāg, ðille]

wagung f. moving, shaking, Lcd.

wāh == wāg

wāhmelu n. fine meal, Lcd 101b. [OHG. wāhi]

wahsan = wascan

wal = wæl I.

wal- = wæl-, weal-

wala (N) = wela I.

wālā! wālāwā! interj. (w. g.) oh! alas! wo! [‘wellaway’; wā]

walan v. walu I.

Wālas = Wēalas

walc- = wealc-

wal-crigge, -cyrge = wælcyrige

walcspinl (o) f. curling-iron, crisping-pin, WW 198; OEG 26.

wald (N, VPs) == weald

walde (CP 443) = wolde

waldmora = wēalmora

Wāle (= ēa) f. Welshwoman, female slave, Rd.

waler (DR) = weler

walh == wealh

wālic woful, lamentable, Sat 100.

wall (VPs) == weall

wallað (ÐR) = pres. pl. of wællan = willan

walm (N) = wielm

walu I. f. ridge, bank, Ct: rib, comb (of helmet), B 1031.

II. f? m? weal, mark of a blow, OEG.

III. v. wæl I.

wālwyrt = wēalwyrt

wam = wamm

wamb (o) f. belly, stomach, Æ, CP, VPs: ‘womb’: hollow? KC 3·52.

wambādl f. stomach-ache, Lcd 81a.

wambhord n. contents of the belly, Rd 18.

wambscyldig? gluttonous? v. NC 331.

wambsēoc having pain in the stomach, Lcd.

wamcwide (o) † shameful speech, curse, blasphemy.

wamdǣd (o) † f. deed of shame, crime.

wamfreht (o) n. sinful divination, WW.

wamful † impure, shameful, sinful, bad.

wamlust m. allurement, enticement, A 13·28; OEG 7.

wamm (o) I. mn. stain, spot, disgrace, defect, defilement, sin, evil, crime: injury, loss, hurt, misfortune.

II. adj. shameful, bad.

wamsceaða (o) † m. sin-stained, foe, devil.

wamscyldig sinful, criminal, Gen 949 (o).

wamwlite (o) m. wound in the face, LL.

wamwyrcende (o) worker of sin, Cr 1093.

wan I. (once +; o) (usu. indecl. and used predicatively) wanting, deficient, lacking, absent, CP. ānes wan ðe ðritig or ānes wana ðrittigum twenty-nine.

II. pret. 3 sg. of winnan.

III. = wann

±wana m. lack, want, deficiency, Æ. w. bēon to lack, fail.

wanǣht (o) f. want, poverty, †Hy 4.

wananbēam m. spindle-tree, Gl.

wancol (e) unstable, unsteady, tottering, vacillating, weak. Bo.

wand I. pret. 3 sg. of windan.

II. f? mole (animal), Gl.

+wand n. shamefastness, RB 68: hesitation, scruple. [windan]

wandeweorpe f. mole (animal), Æ(u).

wandian (o) to hesitate, flinch, desist from, omit, neglect, Æ, CP: fear, stand in awe, Æ: have regard to, care for. [windan]

wandlung f. changeableness, Bo 15.

-wandodlīce v. unfor-w.

wandrian to ‘wander,’ roam, fly round, hover, CP: change: stray, err.

wandung f. feeling of respect, NC 332.

wand-wurp, -wyrp = wandeweorpe

wanfāh (o) dark-hued, Rd 53.

wanfeax (o) dark haired, Rd 13.

wanfōta m. pelican, WW 287.

wanfȳr (o) n. lurid flame, Cr 966.

wang I. (o) n. plain, mead, field, place: world.

II. m. = wange

wangbeard m. whisker, Lcd 73a.

wange (e, o) n. jaw, cheek. [Ger. wange]

wangere m. pillow, bolster.

wangstede m. place, locality.

wangtōð m. molar, grinder.

wangturf f. meadow-turf, Lcd 1·400.

wanhæf- = wanhaf-

+wanhǣlan to weaken, Æ.

wanhǣlð f. weakness, sickness, Sc 54.

wanhǣw (o) bluish, WW 376.

wanhafa m. poor man, SPs 85.

wanhafol needy, Æ.

wan-hafolnes, -haf(e)nes (æ) f. want, hunger.

wanhāl unsound, weak, ill, sick, maimed, Æ, CP.

+wanhālian to make weak, HL 12.

wanhālnes f. weakness, ill-health.

wanhlȳte having no share in, free from, WW 398

wanhoga m. thoughtless one, fool.

wan-hygd, -hȳd † f. carelessness, recklessness, daring.

wanhygdig (hȳdig) † careless, rash.

±wanian to diminish (tr.), lessen, curtail, injure, impair, take from, Æ, AO: infringe, annul: diminish (intr.), dwindle, decline, fade, decay, Æ, CP: ‘wane’ (moon).

wānian to complain, bewail, lament, bemoan, AO. [Ger. weinen]

wan-iendlic, -gendlic diminutive, ÆGr.

wann I. (o) dark, dusky, lurid. [‘wan’]

II. pret. 3 sg. of winnan.

wannhāl = wanhāl

wannian to become dark-coloured, turn black, NC 332: become discoloured? ÆP 178.

wanniht wan, pale, livid, WW 431.

wansǣlig † unhappy.

wansceaft † f. misery, misfortune.

wansceaf-ta m. (or -te f.) a disease, Lcd.

wanscrȳd poorly clad, ÆH 500.

wansēoc ‘commitialis’? v. OEG 4937.

wansian to diminish, Chr 656e.

wanspēd f. poverty, want, AO.

wanspēdig poor, indigent, Æ.

wanung (o) f. waning, decrease, deprivation, diminution, loss, injury, weakening, Æ.

wānung f. howling, lamentation, Æ.

wanwegende waning (moon), Lcd.

wāpe napkin, towel? IM 122.

wapelian, wapolian to bubble, froth, exhale, emit, pour forth.

wapul m? bubble, froth, WW.

war = wearr

wār I. n. sea-weed, Gl: sand.

II. = wǣr

wara, gs. of waru.

-waran v. burg-, ceaster-, eorð-w.

waras (N) = weras nap. of wer I.

-waras v. burg-, eorð-w.

warað = waroð

ward = (1) weard; (2) wearð (weorðan)

-ware v. burg-, eorð-, ceaster-w.

waren- = warn-

warht = worht

warian to beware: (±) guard, protect, defend: warn, CP: (†) hold, possess, attend: (†) inhabit. [wær]

wārig weedy, dirty, GnE 99.

wāriht full of sea-weed, Gl.

waritrēo = weargtrēow

warnian (ea, are) (±) to ‘warn,’ caution, Æ: (±) take warning, take heed, guard oneself against, Æ, CP: deny (oneself, etc.). [wearn]

warnung (ea) f. ‘warning’: foresight, caution. [Ger. warnung]

waroð (a, ea, e, a, e, u) n. shore, strand, beach.

wāroð n. alga, sea-weed, Rd 41.

waroðfaruð m. surf, An 197.

waroðgewinn (u) n. surf, An 439.

warp = wearp I.

warr = wearr

warscipe = wærscipe

warð I. (N) = waroð

II. (N) = wearð pret. 3 sg. of weorðan.

waru I. f. ‘ware,’ article of merchandise, Æ. II. f. shelter, protection, care, custody, guard, defence, vindication, Æ, AO.

-waru v. burg-, ciric-, eorð-w.

waruð = waroð

wāruð = wāroð

was = wæs

-wāsa v. wudu-w.

wascan (æ; acs, a(c)x) to ‘wash,’ bathe, lave: envelop, B 3115 (or ?= weaxan).

wase (v. OEG 1818) f. mire, marsh.

Entry in first edition:
wāse f. ooze, mud, dirt, filth, mire, marsh, moor, water meadow, foreshore. [Ger. wiese]

wāsend (ǣ) m. ‘weasand,’ windpipe, gullet.

wasescite f. cuttlefish, WW 181. [wase, scēotan]

wāst pres. 2 sg. of witan.

wāt I. pres. 3 sg. of witan.

II. pret. 3 sg. of wītan.

III. = wǣt

watel (o, u) m. ‘wattle,’ hurdle, covering: (pl.) thatching.

water = wæter

watol = watel

watr- = wætr-, wæter-

watul = watel

wāð † f. wandering, journey: pursuit, hunt, hunting, chase.

waðema = waðuma

wāðol wandering? or m. full moon? Fin 8?

wað-um, -uma † m. wave, flood, stream, sea.

wāwa = wēa

wāwan to blow (of wind), Rd 41.

waxan = (1) wascan; (2) weaxan

waxgeorn = weaxgeorn

we (ē) pron. (1st pers. plur.) g. ūser, d. ūs, acc. ūs(ic) ‘we.’

wēa m. misfortune, evil, harm, trouble: grief, woe, misery: sin, wickedness.

weacen = wæcen

wēacwānian to lament, Sat 320.

wēadǣd † f. evil deed.

wēadhōc (Ep 887) = wēodhōc

weadu (K) = wudu

wēafod = wēofod

weag = weg

wēagesīð m. companion in trouble.

weagian = wagian

weahte pret. 3 sg. of weccan.

weahxan = weaxan

weal = (1) weall; (2) wæl

wēal == wealh

weal- = weall-, wel-

wēalāf † f. wretched remnant.

wēaland = wēalland

Wēalas (pl. of wealh) the Welsh: Wales. West Wē(a)las West-Welsh, Cornish.

+wealc n. rolling, tossing motion: attack, Chr 1100.

wealca (a) m. †billow, rolling wave: light floating garment.

wealcan (±) to move round, revolve, roll, toss, CP: fluctuate: revolve in one’s mind, discuss, scheme, reflect, Æ, CP: wrap round, twist, curl; OEG: (+) traverse. [‘walk’]

wealcere m. fuller, WW 407.

±wealcian (a) to curl, roll up, OEG.

wealcol mobile, not firmly fixed, GPH 399.

wealcspinl (a, o) f. crisping-pin, OEG, WW.

Wēalcynn n. the Welsh kin, EC 146.

weald I. (a) m. weald, forest, wood, grove, AO: bushes, foliage, Gen 846. [‘wold’]

II. m. power, AO (usu. +).

III. powerful, RB 117.

IV. conj. perhaps, possibly, haply, lest, Æ.

+weald n. might, power: control, command, dominion. his gewealdes of his own accord, intentionally: protection: subjection: groin: muscles of the neck? LL 88.

±wealdan (a) w. g. d. (instr.) and a. to rule, control, determine, direct, command, govern, possess, AO, CP: wield (a weapon), exercise: cause, bring about, CP.

wealdbǣre n. place affording mast for swine, EC 60.

+wealden I. adj. subject (to), easily controlled: inconsiderable, small.

II. adv. moderately.

wealdend (a) I. m. leader, controller, ruler, lord, king (often of God).

II. f. female ruler.

±wealdende ruling, powerful.

Wealdendfæder m. Heavenly Father.

+wealdendlīce powerfully, PPs 135.

wealdendras late nap. of wealdend.

+wealdenmōd self-controlled, Cra 70.

wealdes (usu. +) of one’s own accord, CP 198.

wealdgenga m. robber, thief, Æ.

±wealdleðer n. rein, bridle, Æ.

wealdmoru = wēalmoru

wealdnes (a) f. rule, VPs 144.

wealdswaðu f. forest-track, B 1403 (a).

wealdung f. government, rule.

weale = wale

wēales v. wealh.

wealfæsten = weallfæsten

wealg nauseous, CP 447.

wealgat = weallgeat

wealh (a) m. (gs. wēales) foreigner, stranger, slave: Briton, Welshman.

wealhāt boiling hot, red-hot, Lcd 96a.

wealhbaso f. foreign red, vermilion, Gl.

Wealhcynn n. men of Wales, Britons.

wealhen = wīelen

wealhfæreld (a) n. a force which patrolled the Welsh border? KC 2·60.

wealh-gefēra, -gerēfa m. commander of the ‘wealhfæreld,’ Chr 897a.

wealhhāfoc m. foreign hawk, falcon.

wealhhnutu (a) f. (foreign nut), ‘walnut,’ WW 452.

wealhisc = wīelisc

wealh-moru, -more (a) f., -mora m. carrot, parsnip.

wealhstōd m. interpreter, translator, Æ, CP: mediator, CP.

Wealhðēod f. Welsh nation, LL.

wealhwyrt = wēalwyrt

wealian to be defiant? ÆL 12.

wēalic woeful, sorrowful, Wy 12.

weall I. (a, æ) m. ‘wall,’ dike, earthwork, gart, dam, Æ, AO, CP; Mdf: (†) rocky shore, cliff. [L. vallum]

II. = wæl

III. = wiell

weallan (±) to be agitated, rage, toss, well, bubble, seethe, foam, be hot, boil, Æ, AO, CP: swarm: flow, Æ. ūp w. to rise (of a river), AO. [Ger. wallen]

wēalland n. foreign country, Gen 2706 (weal-): Normandy, Chr 1040e. [wealh]

Wēallas = Wēalas

weallclif n. sea-cliff, B 3132.

wealldīc f. a walled ditch? KC 5·346.

wealldor n. door in a wall, Cr 328.

wealle f. star-wort.

+wealled = +weallod

weallende boiling, fervid, ardent, energetic, fiery.

weallfæsten n. walled place, rampart, fortification, fortress.

weallgeat † n. rampart-gate, postern.

weallgebrec n. wall-breaking, act of making a breach, AO 134.

weallgeweorc n. building of a wall, Æ destruction of walls, ÆGr 12.

weallian to go abroad, travel, wander: go as pilgrim.

weallīm m. cement, mortar, Æ (Gen 11).

wēallisc = wīelisc

+weallod walled, Æ.

weallstān † m. stone used in building.

weallsteall m. wall-place, foundation? Wa 88.

weallstēap † steep as a wall, Gen.

weallstilling (y) m. repair of walls.

weallstōw = wælstōw

weallðrǣd (a) m. plumb-line, WW 522.

weallung (a, y) f. agitation, fervour, zeal.

weallwala † m. part of a house-wall? foundation? Ruin 21.

weallweg (a) m. walled road? Ct.

weallwyrhta m. mason, Gl.

weallwyrt = wealwyrt

wēal-mora, -more = wealhmoru

wealnes (CPs) = wealdnes

wealowian = wealwian

wealsāda m. cord (for binding slaves)? PPs 139. [wealh]

wealstilling (y) = weallstilling

wealstōd = wealhstōd

wealt I. shaky, unsteady.

II. = wielt pres. 3 sg. of wealdan.

wealtan ? to turn about, roll, reel, stagger.

Entry supplied from first edition.

wealweorc n. masonry, Æ.

wealwian (a, y) to roll (intr.), ‘wallow,’ CP: roll (tr.): dry up, shrivel, wither, decay.

wealwyrt (a, æ) f. dwarf elder, endive. [wealh]

wēamēt, wēamētto f. passion, anger, Æ.

wēamōd ill-humoured, angry, CP.

wēamōdnes f. anger, passion, impatience, Æ, CP.

weaps = wæps

wear = (1) wearr; (2) hwer

wear- = wær-

wearas = weras npl. of wer.

wearc = wærc

weard I. fm. watching, ‘ward,’ protection, guardianship, AO, CP: advance post, AO: waiting for, lurking, ambuscade.

II. m. keeper, watchman, guard, guardian, protector, AO: (†) lord, king: (†) possessor.

III. adv. towards, to. wið...weard towards.

IV. = wearð

V. ‘sandix,’ v. A 30·249.

weardian to watch, guard, keep, protect, preserve: hold, possess, occupy, inhabit. lāst w. keep the track of, follow closely. swaðe w. remain behind. leger w. keep one’s bed.

weardmann m. watchman, guard, patrol, Æ.

weardseld, weardsetl (Æ) n. guardhouse, watch-tower.

weardsteall m. watch-tower, WW.

weardwīte n. penalty for not keeping guard, TC 411.

wearf I. (EC 202) = wearp pret. 3 sg. of weorpan.

II. = hwearf

wearg (e) I. m. (wolf), accursed one, outlaw, felon, criminal, Æ.

II. (-erig, -yrig) adj. wicked, cursed, wretched. [ON. vargr]

weargberende villainous, WW 407.

weargbrǣde (-geb-) f. a warty eruption, impetigo, stye in the eye, tetter, ringworm, mole, freckle. [wearr]

weargnes (æ, e, y) f. evil, malice, cunning.

weargrōd f. scaffold, gallows, Gl.

weargtreafu (rht) np. home of the damned, hell, El 927.

weargtrēow (ari-) n. gallows, Ct.

weargung (e) f. misery, EPs 87.

wearh I. == wearg

II. = wearr

wēariht = wearriht

wearm ‘warm,’ Æ, CP. adv. -e.

wearmelle = wurmille

±wearmian (eo, y) to become warm, Æ, CP.

wearmlic warm, Da 350.

wearmnes f. warmth, ÆL 11.

wearn I. f. reluctance, repugnance, refusal, denial, CP: resistance: reproaches, abuse. [waru]

II. = worn

wearn- = warn-, wearrn-

wearnmǣlum (ē) adv. in troops, WW 25. [worn]

wearnwīslīce av. obstinately, WW.

wearod, wearoð = waroð

wearp I. (a) m. ‘warp,’ threads stretched lengthwise in a loom: twig, osier. [weorpan]

II. pret. 3 sg. of weorpan.

wearpfæt n. basket, WW.

wearr (a, æ, eo) m. wart, callosity, Æ.

wearrig (Æ), wearriht warty, knotty.

wearrihtnes f. knottiness, roughness (of skin), Gl.

wearrnes (wearn-) f. knottiness.

weart, wearte (a, e) f. ‘wart.’

weartere (æ) m. occupier, dweller, Chr 565. [weard]

wearð I. n. = weorð

II. pret. 3 sg. of weorðan.

III. = waroð

wearð- = weorð-

wēas adv. by chance, accidentally, CP. mid w. by chance.

weasc- = wæsc-

wēasgelimp n. a chance occurrence, WW 410.

wēaspell n. evil tidings, B 1315.

weastern (Chr 1015) = western

weastm = wæstm

wēatācen † n. sign of grief.

wēaðearf f. woful need, Wif 10.

weax (e) n. ‘wax,’ AO.

weaxæppel m. ball of wax.

±weaxan (e) I. sv to ‘wax,’ grow, be fruitful, increase, become powerful, Æ, AO, CP.

II. = wascan

weaxberende m. candle-bearer, acolyte, DR 195 (io).

weaxbred (e) n. writing-tablet, Æ: diagram, list, A 8·332.

weaxcandel (e, o) f. wax candle.

weaxen pp. of weaxan.

weaxgeorn (a) desirous of increase, very greedy, WW 102.

weaxgesceot n. payment made in wax, W 171.

weaxhlāf m. wax tablet, Lcd.

weaxhlāfsealf f. wax salve, Lcd 92b.

±weaxnes f. increase, growth.

weaxscot = weaxgesceot

weaxsealf (e) f. wax salve.

weaxung f. growth, increase.

web, webb n. ‘web,’ weft: woven work, tapestry, Æ. [wefan]

webba m. weaver, EC, WW.

webbēam m. weaver’s beam, WW.

webbestre f. female weaver, WW 188.

webbgeweorc n. weaving, HL, MH.

webbian to weave, contrive.

webbung (hw) f. plotting, conspiracy, OEG 2975: ‘scena’ (= wāfung? v. OEG 2920).

webgerēðru np. weaver’s implement? WW 294.

webgerod n. weaver’s implement, Cp 1988.

webhōc m. weaver’s comb, reed? WW.

weblic pertaining to a weaver, Gl.

websceaft m. weaver’s beam, WW 293.

webtǣg (æ) f. weaving-thread, OET 615. [tēag]

webtāwa m. thread, line, WW 433.

wēbung (Cp 180s) = wāfung

webwyrhta m. fuller.

wecca = weoca

weccan (±) to awaken, arouse, CP: call up, bring forth, produce: recall: exhort, encourage: move, set in motion: kindle. [wacan]

weccend m. instigator, GPH 393.

wēce = wāc I.

wecedrenc m. emetic, Lcd.

wecg m. ‘wedge’: mass of metal, lump, Æ: piece of money, Æ.

wecgan to move, agitate, drive hither and thither: be moved.

wecian (VPs) = wacian

wecnian = wæcnian

wed = wedd

wēd == wǣd

+wēd I. n. fury, rage, madness. [wōd]

II. ‘obliquus, distortus,’ ZDA 31·9. [wōh]

±wēdan (ǣ) to be mad, rage, Æ, AO, CP. [wōd]

wēd-beorge, -berge = wēdeberge

wedbrice = wedbryce

wedbrōðor m. pledged brother (in a brotherhood of compact, not of blood), Chr. [wedd]

wedbryce m. breach of agreement, treachery.

wedd n. pledge, agreement, covenant, security, Æ, AO, CP: dowry, WW.

±weddian engage, pledge oneself, covenant, promise, vow: give to wife, betroth: ‘wed,’ marry.

weddung f. pledging, betrothal, Nic 474.

wēde I. raging, mad. [wōd]

II. (A) = wǣde

+wēde n. fury, rage, madness, Æ. [wōd]

wēdeberge f. hellebore.

wēdehund m. mad dog, Lcd, Met.

wēdelnes (VPs) = wēðelnes

wēden (MF 178) = wǣden

wēdendsēoc mad, GD 135n; 223.

wēdenheort I. mad, insane, WW.

II. n. madness.

wēdenheortnes f. madness, frenzy, CP.

weder I. n. ‘weather,’ air, AO: sky, firmament: breeze, storm, tempest.

II. = weðer

+weder = +wider

wederblāc bleached by the weather, A 8·449.

wederburg f. exposed town, An 1699.

wedercandel f. sun, Ph 187.

wederdæg m. day of fine weather, Az 96.

wederfest weather-bound, Chr 1046e.

wederian to exhibit a change of weather.

wedertācen n. sun, Gu 1267.

+wederu np. weather. [OHG. giwitiri]

wederung (æ) f. (bad) weather, Chr 1085.

wederwolcen n. cloud, Ex 75.

wedewe = wuduwe

+wedfæstan (wet-) to betroth, Cp 635s.

wēding f. madness, GD 164; WW 409.

wēdl- = wǣdl-

wedlāc n. pledge, plighted troth, ‘wedlock’.

wedloga m. violator of agreement, traitor. [lēogan]

+wef n. woof, web.

wēf- = wāf-, wǣf-, wēof-

wefan (eo) (±) to ‘weave,’ Æ: devise, contrive, arrange.

wefl I. f. woof, warp, Gl: an implement for weaving.

II. = wifel

weft, wefta m. weft, WW.

weg I. (æ) m. ‘way,’ direction, Æ, AO: path, road, highway, Mdf: journey, Æ: course of action. ealne w. (ealneg) adv. always. on w. (aweg) adv. away. be...wege on the way (to) [Ger. weg]

II. = wæg II.

wēg = (1) wǣge; (2) wīg

weg- = onweg-

wēg- = wǣg-

wegan (±) to carry, support, sustain, bear, bring, CP: move: wear: (±) ‘weigh,’ measure.

+wegan to fight, B 2400.

weg-brāde, -brǣde (Æ) f. way-bread, plantain, dock.

wegfarende (ǣ, ē) wayfaring, Æ.

wegfērend m. wayfarer, traveller, GD.

wegfōr f. travel, journey, WW 423.

wegg = wecg

weggedāl n. road-dividing, cross-way, Gl.

weggelǣte fn. junction of roads, Gl, Ct.

weggē-sīð? -sīða? (v. OEG 861) travelling companion.

weggewit n. aberration (of mind), CPs 115.

weg-lā interj. ‘euge’! PPs 69.

weglēas out of the way, erroneous: without a road.

weglēast (ī) f. trackless place, wilderness, ARSPs 106.

wegnest n. food for a journey, viaticum.

wegrēaf n. highway robbery, LL.

wegtwiflung f. branching of roads, WW 179. [= -twislung]

wēgur = wīgār

wehsan = weaxan

wehte pret. 3 sg. of weccan.

wei v. wā.

weig = weg

wel I. adv. (comp. bet) ‘well,’ abundantly, very, very easily, very much: fully: nearly: pleonastic (as in ēac w. = also), sometimes = indeed, to be sure. tō w. too well. w. nēah nearly, almost. w. hwǣr, w. genwǣr for the most part, nearly everywhere. wella alas! (cp. wālā).

II. = wæl

III. = wiell

wel- = hwel-, wæl-, weal-, wiel-

wēl- = wīel-

wela (a, ea, eo) m. ‘weal,’ prosperity, happiness, riches (often in pl.), AO, CP.

Wēland m. the Smith-God, Northern Vulcan.

welbescēawod discreet, considerate.

welboren well-born, of good family, noble.

welcn = wolcen

weldǣd f. good deed, benefit, kindness.

weldēd = weldǣd

weldōend [CP] = weldōnd pres. ptc. of weldōn.

weldōn anv. to do well, CP: benefit, satisfy, please, MtL 15.

weldōnd m. benefactor, Gl.

weldōnnes f. well-doing, kindness, DR 13.

weleg = (1) wilig; (2) welig

welena gp. of wela.

weler (eo) mf. lip, Æ, CP.

weleðig rich, ANS 128.

welfremming f. good deed, benefit, DR 187.

welfremnes f. benefit, DR.

welg I. m. = wilig

II. adj. = welig

welga = weliga wm. of welig adj.

welgā interj. hail!

welgeboren = welboren

wel-gecwēme, -gecwēmedlic well-pleasing, acceptable, SPs.

welgecwēmnes f. favour, DR.

welgedōn well-done, good, beneficent, CP.

welgehwǣr = welhwǣr

welgelīcian to please well: be well pleased.

welgelīcwirðe well pleased, acceptable, VPs 118.

welgelīcwirðnes f. good pleasure, VPs 140.

welgespring = welspring

welgestemned having a good voice, ANS 84·6.

welgetȳd well-instructed, ES 39·354.

welgewende thriving, MF (Vesp. D xiv)

welgewlite beautiful.

welgewlitegod well-adorned.

welgian = weligian

welhǣwen well-hued, beautifully coloured, CP 411.

welhrēowlīce = wælhrēowlīce

welhwā pron. each, every.

±welhwǣr adv. (nearly) everywhere.

±welhwilc (e, y) pron. each, any, nearly every.

welig I. well-to-do, rich, prosperous, Æ, AO, CP.

II. m. ‘willow.’

±weligian to be prosperous, abound: enrich, Æ. [v. ‘awelgien’]

weligstedende (woegl-) making rich, DR 98.

well = (1) will; (2) wel

wella = wiella

wellā = wā lā

welle = wille

wellende (VPs) = willende pres. ptc. of willan.

wellere bosom, fold, hollow, WW.

wellibbende (y) living well, well conducted, reputable, CP.

wellīcian to please well, MFH 178.

wellīcung f. agreeableness, EPs.

wellīcwyrðe (u) well-pleasing, BCPs 146.

wellyrge (Gl) = wellere

welm = wielm

-welm v. fōt-w.

Wēlond = Wēland

welor = weler

welp = hwelp

welrēab (Ep, Erf 642) = wælrēaf

welrūmlīce adv. graciously, DR.

welrūmmōd gracious, DR 12.

wel-spring, -sprynge (CP) = wyll(ge)spring

welstincende fragrant, CP 439.

welswēgende melodious, SPs 150.

welt, welð = wielt, wielð pres. 3 sg. of wealdan, weallan.

welðungen † honoured, in high repute.

weluc = weoloc

welung f. revolution, OEG 28. [wielwan]

welweorðe of high esteem, Lcd 3·432.

welwilled- = welwillend-

welwillende well-wishing, benevolent, kindly, good, Æ, CP.

welwillendlīce benevolently, lovingly, kindly.

wel-wille(n)dnes, -wilnes f. benevolence, goodwill, kindness, Æ.

wel-wyll-, -wylle(n)d- = welwillend-

welwyrcend m. well-doer.

welwyrcende well-doing.

wem = wamm

wēman to sound, be heard, An 740: announce, An 1480: (±) persuade, convince, lead astray.

wēmend m. herald, declarer, El 880.

wēmere m. procurer, WW 171.

±wemman (æ) to defile, besmirch, calumniate, profane, injure, ill-treat, Lk; Æ, CP: abuse, revile. [wamm; v. ‘awem’]

+wemmednes f. defilement, Æ.

±wemmend m. adulterer, fornicator, OEG.

+wemmendlic seducing, corrupting, OEG 2912.

±wemming m. defilement, blemishing, spoiling, OEG: (+) profanation.

+wemmodlīce (æ) adv. corruptly.

wemnes = wemmednes

wen = (1) wynn; (2) wenn

wēn I. f. belief, hope, opinion, expectation, supposition, CP: probability. w. is ðæt perhaps: name of the rune for w.

II. = wægn

+wēn to bend, twist, NC 297 (A 14·139).

wēna m. hope, opinion, expectation, idea, fancy, CP.

±wēnan (w. g. or a.) to ‘ween,’ fancy, imagine, believe, think, expect, hope, fear, Æ, AO, CP: wonder, ES 37·191.

wenbȳl m. boil, carbuncle, Lcd.

wencel I. (i) n. child: maid-servant.

II. = wancol

wend m. what turns up, an event.

+wend n. snail-shell, snail, WW. [windan]

±wendan to turn, direct, Æ, CP: ‘wend’ one’s way, go, Æ, AO: return: change, alter, vary, restore, Æ: convert: translate, CP. [windan]

wēnde pret. 3 sg. of wēnan.

Wendelsǣ mf. Mediterranean Sea, AO.

-wenden v. ed-w.

wendend m. that which turns round, WW 489.

wendende movable, revolving, Sc 97.

wendere m. translator, interpreter, OEG 5259.

Wendle mp. Vandals.

wendung f. change, turning, rotation, CP.

+wene perhaps, MkR 14 (oe).

wēnendlic to be hoped for, GD 269.

wēnere = wægnere

wēnes = wǣnes

wēnestu = wēnstu

weng = wang

±wenge n. cheek, Æ. [wang]

wenian to accustom, habituate, inure, train, Æ, CP: entertain, treat. w. mid wynnum treat kindly. w. tō wiste feast, entertain: break off, ‘wean’ from.

wēninga = wēnunga

wenlic comely, beautiful, Æ: ‘conveniens,’ MkL.

wenn I. mf. ‘wen,’ tumour.

II. (K) = wynn

wennan = wenian

wenncīcen n. little wen, ZDA 31·46.

wennsealf (wen-) f. wen-salve, ointment for a tumour, Lcd.

wenspryng m. ‘nævus,’ mole, WW 451.

wēnstu = wēnst ðu pres. 2 sing. of wēnan.

wensum = wynsum

went pres. 3 sg. of wendan.

Wentas, Wente, Went-Sæte, -Sætas mp. people of Gwent (roughly = Monmouthshire).

wēnð pres. 3 sing. of wēnan.

wēnung f. expectation, hope, AO 112: doubt.

wēn-unga, -unge (ǣ) adv. possibly, perhaps, by chance, Æ.

wenwyrt f. crowfoot? lesser celandine? darnel? Lcd.

wēo (Rd 57) = wōh? or wēa?

wēobed, wēobud = wēofod

weoce I. f. ‘wick’ (of a lamp or candle).

II. = wuce

wēocs = wēox pret. 3 sg. of weaxan.

wēocson pret. pl. of wacsan (= wascan).

wēocsteall (ES 11·64) = wēohsteall

weocu = wucu

wēod n. herb, grass, CP: ‘weed.’

weodewe = wuduwe

wēodhōc m. weed-hook, hoe, LL 455.

wēodian to weed, LL 454.

wēodmōnað m. August.

weodo, weodu == wudu

weoduma = weotoma

wēodung f. weeding, WW 105.

weofan (VPs) = wefan

wēofed = wēofod

wēofod nm. altar, Æ, CP. [wīg; bēod]

wēofodbōt f. fine for injuring a priest, which was applied in support of the altar, v. LL 2·276.

wēofodheorð (wībed-) m. altar-hearth, GD.

wēofodhrægl (wīgbed-) n. altar-cover, BH 90.

wēofod-scēat (Æ), -scēata m. altar cloth.

wēofodsteall m. place of the altar, LL (254n).

wēofod-ðegn, -ðēn m. altar-attendant, priest.

wēofodðēnung f. altar-service, LL 380.

wēofodwiglere (wīgbed-) m. soothsayer, WW 108.

+weofu pl. of +wef.

wēofud = wēofod

weofung f. weaving, WW 490.

wēog = wīg

weogas = wegas nap. of weg.

wēoh == wīg

wēohse = wēox pret. 3 sg. of weaxan.

wēohsteall m. place of the altar, sanctuary, choir, LL.

weol = weoll

weol- (A) = wel-

weolc I. pret. 3 sg. of wealcan.

II. = weoloc

weolcn = wolcen

weolc-rēad, weolcen- = weolocrēad

weolctælg m. purple dye, WW. [telg]

weold pret. 3 sg. of wealdan.

weoll pret. 3 sg. of weallan.

weolm = wielm

weolme (= ea) f. choice, pick of one’s fellow-creatures, Cr 445.

weoloc (e, i, y) m. ‘whelk,’ cockle, murex: (purple) dye from the murex.

weolocbasu purple, Gl.

weolocbasuhǣwen purple-coloured.

weolocrēad shell-fish red, scarlet, purple.

weolocscyll (e) f. whelk, cockle, shell-fish.

weolt pret. 3 sg. of wealtan.

weonung = wining

wēop pret. 3 sg. of wēpan.

wēop- = wēp-

weor = wer I.

weorad = werod

weorc (e, o) n. ‘work,’ labour, action, deed, CP: exercise: (†) affliction, suffering, pain, trouble, distress (v. JAW 52). weorcum with difficulty: fortification.

+weorc n. work, workmanship, labour, construction: structure, edifice, Æ: military work, fortification.

weorcan = wyrcan

weorccræft m. mechanics, OEG 55.

weorcdǣd (oe, ē) f. action, operation, DR 125.

weorcdæg m. work-day.

weorce I. † adj. painful, bitter, difficult hard.

II. adv. hardly, with difficulty.

weorcern n. workshop.

weorcful active, Sc 169.

weorcgerēfa m. foreman, overseer, Æ.

-weorcheard, -weorclic v. un-w.

weorchūs (e) n. workshop, WW.

weorcmann (e) m. workman.

weorcnes (y) f. working, operation.

weorcnȳten n. working cattle, LL 26n.

weorcrǣden f. corvée-work, EC 377.

weorcsige m. success in work, Lcd 1·3886 (v. A 31·58).

weorcstān m. hewn stone, Æ.

weorcsum painful, Gen 594.

weorcðēow mf. servant, slave.

weorc-uhta? m., -uhte? n. hour of matins on a non-festival day, NC 332 (cp. mæsseuhta).

weorcum v. weorc.

weorcwyrðe fit for work, able-bodied, MF 178.

weord = wyrd

weordungdæg (WW 206) = weorðungdæg

weored = werod I.

weoreld = woruld

weoren pp. of weosan.

weorf n. beast of burden (v. CC 129), cattle.

weorf- = hweorf-

weorfemeoluc? f. milk from wild cattle? Lcd 102a (MS ðeorfe-).

weorftord (-oruf-) m. excrement of cattle, PPs 112.

weorht = worht pp. of wyrcean.

+weorht = +wyrht

weorian = werian

weorld (Bl) = woruld

weorm = wyrm

weormian = wearmian

weorn = worn

weornan = wiernan

±weornian (u) to pine away, become weak, fade, wither, destroy, Æ.

weorod = werod I. and II.

weorold = woruld

+weorp n. throwing, dashing, tossing, An 306: what is thrown up.

±weorpan (o, u, y) I. sv to throw, cast, cast down, cast away, Æ, AO, CP: throw off, out, expel: throw upon. w. handa on lay hands on (a person): (w. d. pers.) charge with, accuse of: (+) reach by throwing. [Ger. werfen]

II. = wierpan

weorpere m. thrower, caster, Rd 28.

weorpian to pine away, ERPs 38.

weorras (Cp 161c) = wearras, nap. of wearr.

weort == wyrt

weorteard = ortgeard

weorð I. (e, ea, i, o, u, y) n. ‘worth,’ value, price, purchase-money, ransom, AO, CP.

II. (ie, o, u, y) adj. worthy, honoured, noble, honourable, of high rank, CP: valued, dear, precious, AO, CP: fit, capable.

III. = worð I.

±weorðan (u, y) to become, be (passive auxiliary), be done, be made, CP: happen, come to pass, arise, take place, AO, Jn: (+) impers. get on with, please, agree, An, AO, Chr: think of, occur to. [‘worth,’ ‘i-worth’]

weorðe = weorð, wierðe

weorðere m. worshipper, JnL.

weorðful worthy, honourable, honoured, glorious, good, Æ (u).

weorðfullic (u) worthy, honoured, honourable, distinguished, CP. adv. -līce, AO.

weorðfulnes f. dignity, honour, AO.

weorðgeorn desirous of honour, high-souled.

±weorðian (o, u, y) to esteem, honour, worship, distinguish, celebrate, exalt, praise, Bo, PPs; AO, CP: adorn, deck: enrich, reward. [‘i-wurthi’]

weorðiend (u) m. worshipper.

weorðig = worðig

weorðlēas (u) worthless, WW 130.

weorðlic worthy, honourable, distinguished, exalted, CP: valuable: fit, becoming. adv. -līce.

weorðlicnes f. worthiness, honour, estimation.

weorð-mynd, -mynt (u) fmn. honour, dignity, glory, AO, CP: mark of distinction.

weorðnes (e, ie, o, u, y) f. worth, estimation: splendour, rank, honour: integrity, uprightness.

weorðscipe (o, u) m. worth, respect, honour, dignity, glory, AO, CP: advantage, good. [‘worship’]

weorððearfa (u, y) poor man, Bk 12.

weorðung f. honouring, distinction, honour, glory, CP: celebration, worship: excellence: ornament.

weorðungdæg m. day for bestowal of honours or offices, festival, Bk 23.

weorðungstōw f. place of worship, the Tabernacle, Æ.

weoruc = weorc

weorud = werod

weoruf = weorf

weoruld == woruld

wēos gs. and nap. of wēoh.

weos- = wes-

weosan1? [S 382n2] to be or become weak.

Entry supplied from first edition.

weosnian = wisnian

weot- = wit-

weotod = witod

wēoðel = wēðel, wǣd(e)l

weoðerweard = wiðerweard

wēoðobān = wīðobān

weoðobend = wudubinde I.

wēox pret. 3 sg. of weaxan.

weoxian to cleanse? A 9·261.

±wēpan to ‘weep,’ complain, Æ, AO, CP: bewail, mourn over, deplore, Æ.

wēpen = wǣp(e)n

wēpende adj. weeping, GD 18.

wēpendlic deplorable, mournful. adv. -līce.

wēpman = wǣpmann

wēpn == wǣpen

wēpned == wǣpned

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wēpn, wēpned == wǣpen, wǣpned

wēpnian = wǣpnian

wer I. m. man, Æ, AO, CP: husband, Æ: (†) hero: creature, B 105.

II. m. the legal money-equivalent of a person’s life, a man’s legal value (= wergild), LL.

III. m. ‘weir,’ dam, fish-trap, CP; Mdf: catch, draught. [werian]

IV. (or were?) troop, band, WW, ÆL 30·195.

wēr = wǣr II.

weran = werian

werbēam m. warrior, Ex 486.

wer-borg, -borh m. pledge for the payment of ‘wergild.’

werc (Gl, VPs) = weorc

wercan = wyrcan

wercyn n. human race, tribe, Rim 61.

werdan = wirdan

were = wer II.

wēre (M) = wǣre II.

were- = wer-

wered == werod

wēreg = wērig

weregan (KGl) = wiergan

werfǣhð f. feud by which ‘wer’ is incurred, breach of the peace, LL.

werfan = hwierfan

werg == (1) wearg; (2) wyr(i)g

wergan (A) = (1) wiergan; (2) werian I.

wērgan wk. ds. of wērig.

wergeld = wergild

wergend = weriend

wērgenga = wǣrgenga

wergian = wiergan

±wērgian to weary, exhaust, Æ, AO, CP.

wergild (æ, e, i, y) n. compensation, value of a man’s life. [wer I., v. LL 2·731]

wergildðēof m. thief who might be redeemed by payment of his ‘wergild,’ LL.

wergnes = weargnes

wergulu f. crab-apple, Lcd 3·34.

wērgum dsmn. of wērig.

wergyld = wergild

werhād m. male sex, virility, manhood, Æ.

werhbrǣde = weargbrǣde

werhta = wyrhta

werhyrde m. keeper of a fishing-weir.

wēri = wērig

±werian (æ) I. to guard, keep, defend, AO: ward off, hinder, prevent, forbid: occupy, inhabit, Gu 322: dam up, CP 469.

II. to clothe, cover over: put on, ‘wear,’ use.

wērian = wērgian

weriend m. defender, Æ.

werig = wyrig

wērig ‘weary,’ tired, exhausted, miserable, sad, AO, CP: unfortunate. [wōr]

werigan = werian

werigcweðan = wyrgcweðan

werigend = weriend

wērigferhð † adj. weary, cast down.

wērigian = wērgian

wērigmōd † weary, cast down.

werignes = wyrignes

wērignes f. weariness, Æ.

werilic = werlic

wērines = wērignes

wering f. weir, dam, CP 277.

werlād f. clearing or exculpation by the oaths of a number of men according to a man’s ‘wer,’ LL.

werlēas without a husband, LL.

werlic male, masculine, ÆGr: manly: marital. adv. -līce, Æ.

wērloga = wǣrloga

werm- = wearm-

wermǣgð † f. tribe, nation.

wermet n. man’s treasure, stature, WW.

wermōd m. ‘wormwood,’ absinthe, Æ.

wern- = wearn-, wiern-

werna = wrenna

wer-nægl, -nægel m. (man’s nail?), wart, Æ.

werod (eo, e) I. n. [nap. werodu, werod] throng, company, band, multitude, Æ: host, army, troop, legion, Æ, AO. [wer]

II. sweet, Æ.

III. † n. sweet drink, mead.

werodian to grow sweet, Bo 51.

+werodlǣcan (e) to make sweet or pleasant, Sc 196.

werodlēst f. lack of fighters, El 63.

werodlīce adv. sweetly.

werodnes f. sweetness, pleasantness, Æ.

werold = woruld

wēron (M) = wǣron pret. pl. of wesan.

weroð = waroð

werp f. recovery (from sickness), CP 457. [= wyrpe]

werpan = weorpan

werrēaf n. civil clothing (i.e. not eccl. vestments), NC 332.

werrest (Bl) = wierrest

werscipe = wærscipe

werse = wierse

werst = wierrest

werstede m. place of a weir, EC 246.

wert (KGl) = wyrt

werte = wearte

wer-tihtle, -tyhtle f. charge involving the penalty of ‘wer,’ homicide, LL.

werð = wierð pres. 3 sg. of weorðan.

werðēod † f. folk, people, nation.

werðnes (K) = weorðnes

werud = werod

weruld = woruld

wērun (NG) = wǣron

werwulf (-rew-) m. ‘werwolf,’ fiend, LL.

wes (VPs) = wæs pret. 3 sg. of wesan.

wēsa m. drunkard. [wōs]

wesan anv. pres. 1 sg. eom, bēo, 2 eart, bist, 3 is, bið; pl. sindon, sind; bēoð; pret. wæs, wǣron; subj. pres. sīe, sȳ, bēo; sīn, bēon; pret. wǣre, wǣren to be: happen. v. also bēon. [Ger. wesen]

+wesan to strive, contend? Sol 181. [cp. +wosa]

±wēsan to soak, macerate. [wōs]

wesand = wesend

wesc = wæsc

wēse moist, macerated. [wōs]

wesend (eo) m. bison, Gl.

wesendhorn m. bison’s horn, TC 536.

wesendlīce ‘essentialiter,’ GD 336; 337.

wesing f. ‘confectio,’ ‘debilitatio,’ v. OEG 1857.

wesle, weosule (Gl) f. ‘weasel.’

+wesnes f. dissension, BH 274.

wesp = wæps

west adv. westwards, ‘west,’ in a westerly direction, AO.

westan, westane adv. from the west, AO. be westan (prep. w. d.) west of.

±wēstan to lay waste, ravage, devastate, AO. [Ger. wüsten]

westanhealf f. west side.

westannorðan northwest (wind), OEG.

westansūðan southwest, AO.

westansūðanwind m. southwest wind, CVPs 77.

westanwind m. west wind, AO 17.

West-Centingas mp. people of West Kent, Chr 999.

westdǣl m. west quarter, western part, Æ, AO.

West-Dene mp. West Danes, B.

wēste waste, barren, desolate, deserted, uninhabited, empty, Æ, AO.

westem (VPs) = wæstm

westema v. westerne.

wēsten I. nmf. waste, wilderness, desert, Æ, AO, CP.

II. adj. waste, desolate, Æ.

westende m. west end, AO.

wēstengryre m. terror of the desert, Ex 117.

wēstensetla m. hermit, anchorite, Æ.

wēstenstaðol m. waste place, Ruin 28.

westenwind = westanwind

wēstern = wēsten

westerne western, westerly; wester(r)a more westerly; westema, westmest (AO) most westerly.

westeweard = westweard

westhealf f. west side, Æ.

wēstig (oe) waste, deserted, desert, NG.

westlang adv. extending westwards, KC.

westm (VPs) == wæstm

westmearc f. western boundary, OET 484.

westmest v. westerne.

wēstnes f. desolation: desert place, EPs 77.

westnorðlang adv. extending north-westwards, AO 22.

westnorðwind m. north-west wind, WW.

westra = westerra; v. westerne.

westrīce n. western kingdom, AO.

westrihte (y) adv. due west, westwards, AO.

westrodor m. western (= evening) sky.

west-Sǣ f. western sea.

West-Seaxe, -Seaxan mp. West Saxons: Wessex.

westsūðende m. south-western extremity, AO 8.

westsūðwind m. south-west wind, WW.

westu = wes ðu 2 pers. imperat. of wesan.

West-Wēalas mp. Cornishmen, Chr.

west-weard, -werd adv. westwards, towards the west, Æ.

westweg m. western way, PPs 74.

westwind m. west wind, BH 458.

wesule = wesle

wēt I. pres. 3 sg. of wēdan.

II. adj. = wǣt

wet- = wæt-

wēt- = wǣt-

wetēdre = wæterǣdre

+wetfæstan = +wedfæstan

wetma = weotoma

weðan to assuage, make calm, PPs 106.

wēðe sweet, mild, pleasant (A).

weðel swathe, bandage, WW 22.

wēðel = wēðl, wǣdl

wēðelnes = wǣdelnes

weðer I. m. wether sheep, ram, Æ.

II. = weder I.

weðercynn n. the wether or male kind.

weðerwynde = wiðewinde

wēðl == wǣdl

±wēðnes f. suavity, mildness.

wex (VPs) == weax

wexe = weax

wēxon = wēoxon pret. pl. of weaxan.

wh- = hw-

wī I. = wīg

II. (K) = weg

wiaht (K) = wiht

wiarald, wiaruld (K) = woruld

wibba m. crawling thing, beetle, WW 121.

wībed (VPs) = wēofod

wiber = wifer

wibil (Gl) = wifel

wībora = wīgbora

wīc nf. dwelling-place, lodging, habitation, house, mansion, CP: village, town: in pl. entrenchments, camp, castle, fortress: street, lane: bay, creek. [‘wick’; v. Mdf]

wic- = wuc-

±wīcan to yield, give way, fall down.

wīcbora = wīgbora

wicca I. m. wizard, magician, soothsayer, astrologer, Æ.

II. = wicga

wicce (y) f. ‘witch,’ Æ.

wiccecræft m. witchcraft, magic, Æ.

wiccedōm m. witchcraft, Bk 20; HL 11.

wiccian to use witchcraft, LL.

wiccliende ptc. tottering, Gl.

wiccræft (Cra 70) = wiccecræft? or wicgcræft (skill with horses)? (BT).

wiccung f. enchantment.

wiccung-cræft, -dōm m. witchcraft.

wicdæg = wucdæg

wice I. mf. ‘wych’-elm.

II. = wuce

III. = weoce

wīce f. office, Æ: officer, Chr 1120.

wīceard m. dwelling-place, Gu 907.

wīceng = wīcing

wicfreoðu f. protection of a dwelling, GnE 129.

wicg (y) n. horse, steed (very rare in prose).

wicga m. insect, beetle.

wīcgefēra (Chr 897a) = wīcgerēfa

wīcgerēfa m. bailiff, reeve of a ‘wīc’ or vill, Chr 897bcd: ‘publicanus,’ tax-gatherer.

wicgung = wiccung

wīcherpað m. a public road to a ‘wīc’ (BT), KC 3·418.

±wīcian to dwell, lodge, rest in, Æ, AO: encamp, bivouac, CP: harbour, anchor, AO. [wīc]

wīcing m. pirate, viking, AO.

wīcingsceaðe? f. piracy, Gl.

wīcnera, wīcnere (Æ) m. steward, bailiff.

wīcnian to attend upon, Æ, RB 127.

wīcscēawere m. provider of a home, Bl 163.

wīcsteall m. camping-place, Ex 92.

wīcstede † m. dwelling.

wīcstōw f. dwelling-place, residence: camp, encampment, Æ, AO.

wīctūn m. vestibule, court, PPs.

wicðēn == wucðegn

wicu == wucu

wid = wið

wīd ‘wide,’ vast, broad, long, Æ, AO, CP. w. and sīd far and wide. tō wīdan ealdre, tō wīdan fēore, wīdan fyrhð for ever.

wīdan adv. from far (v. also wīd).

wīdbrād wide-spreading, Gen 643.

wīdcūð adj. widely known, celebrated, Æ.

wīde adv. widely, afar, far and wide, Æ, AO, CP. sīde and w. far and wide.

wīdefeorh † = wīdeferhð

wīdefeorlic (wīder-) eternal, WW 117.

wīde-ferhð †, -fyrhð I. mn. (long life), long duration, long time.

II. adv. always.

wider- = wiðer-

+wi-der pl. -dru n. weather (good or bad), storm, tempest, AO. [weder]

+widerian (impers.) to be fine weather, LL 454.

widewe = wuduwe

wīdfæðme † ample, extensive.

wīdfarend m. wanderer, CP 315.

wīdfeorh = wīdeferhð

wīdfērende † coming from afar.

wīdferhð = wīdeferhð

wīdfloga † m. wide-flier (of a dragon).

wīdfolc † n. great nation.

wīdgal == wīdgil

wīdgangol wandering, roving, CP.

wīdgenge wandering (monk), OEG 58.

wīd-gil, -gill (e, ie) wide-spread, broad, extensive, Æ, CP: wandering, GD.

wīdgilnes f. amplitude, spaciousness, Æ.

wīdgongel = wīdgangol

wīdgyl = wīdgil

wīdhergan to extol, CP 439.

wīdian to become wider, GD 315.

wīdl mn.? impurity, filth, defilement.

wīdland † n. extensive country.

wīdlāst † I. far-wandering.

II. m. long wandering, long way or road.

±wīdlian to defile, pollute, profane.

wīdmǣre far-famed, celebrated, well-known, AO, CP.

±wīdmǣrsian (tr., intr.) to spread abroad, divulge, Æ: celebrate.

wīdmǣrsung f. proclamation, publication? Sc 96.

wīdmērsian = wīdmǣrsian

wīdobān = wiðobān

widor = weder

widor- = wider-

wīdor comp. of wīd.

wīdrynig far-flowing, An 1509.

wīdsǣ mf. open sea, ocean, Æ, AO.

wīdsceop adj. far extended, widely distributed, Pa 8.

wīdscofen scattered far and wide, B 936.

wīdscrīðol erratic.

wīðsīð † m. long journey: traveller in many countries.

wīdðil (DR 98) = wīdl

widu == wudu

widuw-, widw- = wuduw-

wīdwegas † mp. distant regions.

wīebed = wēofod

wiebel = wifel

wiece = wuce

Wieht = Wiht

wīel = wealh

wielde powerful, victorious, AO 156.

+wieldend (y) subduer, GPH 391.

wielede pret. 3 sg. of wielwan.

wīelen (ī, ȳ) f. foreign woman, female slave, AO.

wīelincel n. little servant, slave, GPH 401.

wīelisc (ǣ, ē, ēa, ī, ȳ) foreign: ‘Welsh’: not free, servile. [wealh]

wiell, wiella m., wielle (AO) f. (e, i, y) ‘well,’ fountain, spring, Mdf. [weallan]

wielle = wille pres. 3 sg. of willan.

wielm (a, æ, e, eo, i, y) m. boiling, swelling, surf, billow, current, stream: burning, flame, inflammation: fervour, ardour, zeal, CP. [weallan]

wielmfȳr (æ) n. blazing fire, Cr 932.

wielmhāt (y) burning hot, Gen 2584.

wieln- = wiln-

wielt I. pres. 3 sg. of wealdan.

II. = wielð

wielð pres. 3 sg. of weallan.

wielwan (y) to roll.

wien- = win-

wieoldon = weoldon pret. pl. of wealdan.

±wierdan (e, i, y) to spoil, injure, destroy.

wiergan (æ, e, i, iri, yri, y) to abuse, outlaw, condemn, curse, proscribe, CP: do evil. [For compounds v. wyrg-, wyrig-] [wearg]

wiergen f. (gs. wiergenne) she-wolf.

wiernan (e, i, y) (w. g. of thing and d. of pers.) to withhold, be sparing of, deny, refuse, reject, decline, AO, CP: forbid, prevent from. [wearn]

wiernung (æ) f. refusal, LL 152.

wierp m. cast, throw, shot, blow, AO.

±wierpan (æ, y) to recover from illness, get better, CP.

wierpð pres. 3 sg. of weorpan.

wierrest (superl. of yfel) ‘worst,’ CP.

wiers (y) adv. ‘worse,’ CP.

wiersa m., wierse fn. (comp. of yfel) ‘worse,’ CP. [For comps. v. wyrs-]

wiersian (y) to get worse, Æ.

wierslic (y) bad, vile, mean.

wierst = wierrest

wierð pres. 3 sg. of weorðan.

wierðe (i, u, y) = weorð II.

wīese = wīse pl. of wīs.

wieste = wiste, v. witan.

wiet- = wit-

wīet- = wīt-

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wiet-, wīet- = wit-, wīt-

wiexð pres. 3 sg. of weaxan.

wīf n. woman, female, Æ, AO, CP: ‘wife,’ lady, Æ, AO, CP.

+wif I. n. fate, fortune. [wefan]

II. n. a disease of the eye, Lcd 3·292.

wīfcild n. female child, BH 76.

wīfcynn n. womankind, female sex.

wīfcȳððu f. company of a woman? intercourse with a woman? Chr 755a.

+wife = +wif

wifel I. m. ‘weevil,’ beetle.

II. = wifer

wifer missile, arrow, dart, v. OEG 1103.

wīfērend (KGl) = wegfērend

wīffæst bound to a wife, married, LL 348.

wīffex n. woman’s hair, WW. [feax]

wīffrēond m. female friend.

wīfgāl licentious, unchaste, CP 453.

wīfgehrine m. contact with women.

wīfgemædla m. woman’s talk, Lcd 122b.

wīfgemāna m. intercourse with a woman, Lcd 1·336.

wīfgeornes f. adultery, MtL 15.

wīfgifta fp. dowry, outfit? marriage? Jul 38.

wīfhād m. womanhood, Æ: female sex, Æ.

wīfhand f. female inheritor, female side, Ct.

wīfhealf f. woman’s (i.e. mother’s) side.

wīfhearpe f. timbrel, CPs 150.

wīfhīred n. nunnery, GD 27.

±wīfian to take a wife, marry (of the man), Æ. [‘wive’; ‘i-wive’]

wīflāc n. cohabitation, fornication, LL.

wīflēas unmarried, LL (190).

wiflēast f. lack of women, ÆL 10.

wīflic womanly, feminine, female, Æ. adv. -līce.

wīflufu † f. love for a woman.

wīfmann (o) m. ‘woman,’ Æ, AO, CP: female servant.

wīfmyne m. love for a woman, Gen 1861.

-wifre v. gange-w.

+wifsǣlig fortunate, WW 496.

wīfscrūd n. woman’s clothing, ÆP 142; TC 530.

wift = weft

wīfðegn m. procurer, WW.

wīfðing n. marriage, cohabitation.

wīfung f. (+) marrying (of the man), wedlock, Æ: (pl.) wives.

wīg I. n. strife, contest, war, battle, Æ, AO, CP: valour: military force, army, Æ.

II. (wīh, wēoh) † n. idol, image.

wiga m. warrior, fighter: man.

wīgan to fight, make war, Æ.

wīgār m. spear, lance. [wīg, gār]

wīgbǣre warlike, WW 193.

wīgbealu n. war-bale, B 2046.

wīgbed == wēofod

wīgbill n. sword, B 1607.

wīgblāc bravely caparisoned, Ex 204.

wīgblēd? m. luck in war, Rim 26 (wilbec).

wīgbora m. fighter, ÆGr 27.

wīgbord † n. shield.

wīgcræft m. war-power, art of war, AO.

wīgcræftig strong in battle, B 1811.

wīgcyng = wīcing

wīgcyrm m. noise of battle, Gen 1990.

wīgelung = wīglung

wīgend † m. warrior, fighter.

wīgende fighting, Æ.

wīgfreca † m. warrior.

wīgfruma † m. war-chief.

wigg = (1) wīg I.; (2) wicg

wigga = wicga

wīggebed = wēofod

wiggend = wīgend

wīggetāwe fp. war-gear, B 368. [wīg, geatwe]

wīggild (wīh-) n. idol.

wīggryre m. war-terror, B 1284.

wīghaga † m. war-hedge, phalanx.

wīgheafola m. helmet, B 2661.

wīghēap m. troop of warriors, B 477.

wīgheard brave in battle.

wīghete m. hostility, B 2121.

wīghryre m. slaughter, defeat, B 1619.

wīghūs n. battlement, tower, AO, CP: turret (on an elephant’s back), ÆL 25.

wīghyrst f. war-gear, accoutrements, Ruin 35.

wīgian to fight, LL 132[6,5].

wigle n. divination, OEG.

wīglēoð n. war-cry, battle-signal, Ex 221.

wiglere m. soothsayer, wizard, Æ.

wiglian to take auspices, divine, Æ.

wīglic warlike. adv. -līce.

±wiglung f. soothsaying, augury, witchcraft, sorcery, Æ.

wīgmann m. warrior, LL, W.

wīgnoð m. warfare, war, WW 442?

wigol divining, foreboding, WW 133.

wīgplega † m. war-play, battle.

wīgrād (ō) f. war-path, Gen 2084.

wīgrǣden f. state of war, battle, Wald 1.

wīgsigor † m. victory in battle.

wīgsīð m. military expedition, Gen 2094.

wīgsmið I. m. maker of idols, PPs 113.

II. † m. warrior.

wīgspēd † f. success in war.

wīgspere n. war-spear, dart, WW 143.

wīgsteall n. rampart, entrenchment.

wīgstrang mighty in war, WW 360.

wīgtrod n. path of an army, Ex 491.

wīgðracu † f. onslaught in battle, attack.

wīgðrīst bold in battle, Jul 432.

wīgur = wīgār

wīgwægn m. war chariot, AO.

wīgwǣpen n. weapon of war, W 170.

wīgweorðung † (ēoh) f. idol-worship, idolatry.

wīh = wīg

wīhaga = wīghaga

wihst pres. 2 sg. of weaxan.

wiht I. (u, y) fn. ‘wight,’ person, creature, being: ‘whit,’ thing, something, anything.

II. adv. at all. ne w., nǣnig w. not at all. nān w. no whit.

III. n. ‘weight.’

Wiht f. Isle of Wight, Chr [L. Vectis]

wihte adv. (d. instr. of wiht) at all.

+wihte n. ‘weight.’

wihtga = wītega

Wihtland n. Isle of Wight, Æ.

wihtmearc f. plumb-line, OEG 3005.

Wiht-sǣtan, -sǣte mp. inhabitants of the Isle of Wight.

Wihtware mp. inhabitants of the Isle of Wight.

wīhūs = wīghūs

wil = wiell

wīl n. ‘wile,’ trick, Chr 1128.

wil- = will-

wila (y) ‘catenarum,’ v. OEG 3560n and 7.

wīlamcel? (wīluncel? GPH 401) = wīelincel

wīlāwei = wā lā wā

wīlbec m. stream of tears, lamentations? Rim 26. [or? wīgblēd]

+wilbod n. commandment, WW 191.

wilboda m. messenger of joy, angel, Gu 1220.

+wilcð n. rolling, tossing, JPs 88. [wealcan]

wilcuma I. m. welcome guest.

II. = wilcume

wilcume interj. welcome!

±wilcumian to welcome, greet, Æ.

wild? wild, OEG 4706n.

wildæg m. day of joy, Cr 459.

±wildan to control, tame, subdue, conquer, seize: (+) compel, LL 265: (+) temper.

wilddēor = wildēor

wilddēoren pertaining to wild beasts, fierce, Sc 99.

wilddēornes f. abode of wild beasts, desert, wilderness.

wilde I. ‘wild,’ untamed, uncontrolled, Æ, AO: uncultivated, desert, AO.

II. adv.

+wilde (y) in the power of, under the control of, Æ.

wildēar (N) = wildēor

wildefȳr n. lightning, Chr: erysipelas, WW.

wildēor n. (occl. dp. wildrum) wild beast, Æ, AO: deer, reindeer.

wildēorlic animal-like, savage, CP. adv. -līce.

wilder, wildor = wildēor

wildeswīn m. wild boar, ANS 129·44.

wildgōs f. wild goose, WW 364.

-wildian v. ā-w.

wile pres. 3 sg. of willan.

+wile = +will

wileg = wilig

wilege = wilige

wīlen = wīelen

wilewīse = wiligwīse

wilfægen fain, glad, Æ.

wilfǣmne f. beloved woman.

wilfullīce adv. willingly, OEG.

wilgæst m. welcome guest, Mod 7 (e).

wilgedryht † f. willing band.

wilgehlēða † m. intimate companion. [hlōð]

wilgeofa = wilgiefa

wilgesīð † m. willing companion.

wilgest = wilgæst

wilgestealla = willgestealla

wilgiefa † (eo, i) m. gracious giver, king.

wilhrēmig rejoicing in satisfied desire, WW 376.

wilhrēðig exultant, El 1117.

wilia = wiliga

wilian (Æ) = wielwan

±wilian (y) to connect, bind, Sc 11; W.

wilie = wilige

wiliga m., wilige (Æ) f. basket.

wiligwīse (wile-) basket-wise, Bl 125.

wiliht (y) full of willows, Ct.

wīlisc = wīelisc

will I. n. = willa m.

II. (e, y) m. fountain, spring, CP.

+will n. will, wish, desire, AO.

will- = wyll-

willa m. I. mind, will, determination, purpose, Æ, CP. sylfes willum of one’s own accord: desire, wish, request: joy, delight, pleasure: desirable thing, valuable.

II. (æ, e, y) fountain, spring.

willan (y) anv. pres. 1, 3 sg. ind. and subj. wile, wille, wielle, pret. wolde to ‘will,’ be willing, wish, desire, AO, CP: (denoting habit, repetition), to be used to: to be about to: (sign of the future tense) shall, will, AO, CP.

willcuma = wilcuma

wille (e, y) fm. fountain, spring. [weallan]

willeburne (y) † f. spring.

willecærse f. watercress.

willen = wyllen

-willen v. dol-w.

wīllendlic (BH) = hwīlwendlic

willendlīce adv. willingly, WW.

willes adv. willingly, voluntarily, Æ.

willestrēam (y) † m. stream.

willewæter (y) n. spring water, Lcd.

willfægen = wilfægen

willflōd † m. flood.

willgebrōðor mp. brothers, Gen 971.

willgesīð = wilgesīð

willgespryg = wilspring

willge-steald, -steall n. riches, wealth, Gen 2146?

willgestealla m. willing companion, Gen 2146?

willgesweostor fp. sisters, Gen 2607.

willgeðofta ‡ m. pleasant companion.

±willian to wish, desire.

willic (y) from a fountain, WW.

willīce (y) adv. willingly, voluntarily.

willnung = wilnung

willsele m. pleasant dwelling, Ph 213.

willsīð = wilsīð

willspell † n. good tidings, El.

willsum == wilsum

willung = wilnung

willwong m. pleasant plain, Ph 89.

wilm = wielm

wīln = wīelen

+wilnes f. desire, wish, LPs 20.

±wilnian (w. g. or a.) to wish, long for, desire, will, Æ, AO, CP: beg for, supplicate, entreat, petition for: tend towards, CP.

±wilniendlic desirable: capable of desire, ÆL 1.

±wilnung f. desire, longing, AO, CP.

wiloc = weoloc

Wil-sǣte, -sǣtan mp. people of Wilts: Wiltshire.

wīlsc = wīelisc

wilsīð m. desired journey.

wil-spring, -sprynge (e, y) m. spring.

wil-sum, -sumlic desirable, delightful: ready, willing, voluntarily, spontaneous: devoted. adv. -līce.

wilsumnes f. willingness, devotion: vow.

wilt I. pres. 2 sg. of willan.

II. pres. 3 sg. of wealdan.

wiltīðe having obtained one’s wish, glad, OEG 22193589.

wilð pres. 3 sg. of weallan.

wilðegu f. agreeable food, An 153.

wiluc- = weoloc-

wīluncel = wīelincel

wīlwendlic = hwīlwendlic

wimman, wīman = wīfmann

wimpel (win-) m. ‘wimple,’ covering for the neck, cloak, Gl.

win == winn

wīn n. ‘wine,’ Æ, CP. [L. vinum]

wīnærn n. tavern, cellar, Gl: drinking hall, wine hall, B 655.

wīnbælg = wīnbelg

wīnbēam m. vine, WW.

wīnbeger n. grape, NG.

wīnbelg (æ) m. (leather) bottle for wine.

wīn-berge, -beri(g)e f. wine-berry, grape.

wīnbōh m. vine-shoot, vine, Æ.

wīnbrytta m. wine-seller, inn-keeper, WW.

wīnburg † f. festive city: walled vineyard, castle.

wīnbyrele m. innkeeper, WW 377.

wincan = wincian

wince f. winch, pulley, WW 416.

wincel I. m. corner, Ct. [Ger. winkel]

II. = wencel

wincettan to wink, PPs 34.

wincian to ‘wink,’ blink, Æ, CP.

winclo = wenclu, nap. of wencel.

wīnclyster n. cluster of grapes, OEG 18b.

wīncolc wine vat, WW 439.

wīncynn n. wine, NC 333.

wind m. ‘wind,’ Æ, AO, CP.

+wind n. winding thing, winding path, WW.

windæddre f. windpipe, WW.

±windæg † m. day of strife or toil.

±windan (tr.) to ‘wind,’ plait, curl, twist: whirl, brandish, swing: (intr.) turn, fly, leap, start, roll, slip, go, Æ, AO, CP: delay, hesitate, Gu 265.

windbǣre (ē) windy, OEG 43.

windbland (o) n. blast of wind, B 3146.

+winde blowing, BH 202.

-winde v. ed-, næddre-, wudu-w.

windecræft = wyndecræft

windel m., gs. windles basket, Æ.

windelocc m. curly lock, WW.

windelstān m. tower with a winding staircase, (BT), WW 145.

windelstrēaw n. ‘windle-straw,’ WW.

windeltrēow n. oleaster, willow, WW.

wind-fona, -gefon m. winnowing fan.

windfylled blown down, LL 452.

windgereste f. resting-place of the winds, B 2456?

windhlæden (a) windy.

windig windy, breezy, Æ.

windiht (GPH) = wundiht

windil = windel

windiuscoful = windscofl

windles v. windel.

windong something woven, hurdle.

windrǣs m. storm of wind, MkL 4.

wīndrenc (i, y) m. wine-drink, wine, Æ.

wīndruncen elate, intoxicated with wine.

windscofl fan, WW 478.

windsele m. † (windy hall), hall of misery, hell.

windswingel f. (wind-whip), fan, WW 154.

windumǣr (wudu- ?) f. echo, WW 474.

windung f. winnowing, chaff, tares, straw, NG.

windwian wv. to fan, ‘winnow.’ [wind]

windwig = windig

windwigceaf n. chaff, OEG 2439.

windwigsyfe n. winnowing-sieve, fan, WW 141.

wine † m. [occl. gp. winig(e)a] friend, protector, lord. [wynn]

wīneard == wīngeard

wine-dryhten (i) † m., gen. -dryhtnes friendly lord, lord and friend.

wīnegeard = wīngeard

winegēomor mourning for friends, B 2239.

winelēas † friendless.

winemǣg † m. dear kinsman.

wīnern = wīnærn

winescipe m. friendship.

winestre = winstre

winetrēow f. conjugal fidelity, Hu 50.

wineðearfende † friendless.

winewincle f. periwinkle (shell-fish).

wīnfæt n. wine-vessel, wine-vat, WW.

+win-ful, -fullic laborious, tedious, hard, BH, GD. adv. -līce.

wīngāl † flushed or intoxicated with wine.

wīngeard m. vineyard: vine.

wīngeardbōg m. vine-tendril, WW 118.

wīngeardhōc m. vine-tendril, WW 201.

wīngeardhring m. cluster of grapes or other fruit, WW 213.

wīngeardseax n. (vine-) pruning knife, WW 234.

wīngeardwealh (wīneard-) m. worker in a vineyard, NC 333.

wīngedrinc n. (†) wine-drinking, drinking bout: wine, WW.

wīngerd = wīngeard

wīngetredde = wīntredde

wīngyrd = wīngeard

wīnhāte f. invitation to wine, Jud 8.

wīnhrēafetian to gather grapes, LPs 79.

wīnhūs n. wine-house, tavern.

winiga, winigea v. wine.

wining (eo, y) m. leg-band, garter.

wīnland n. wine-growing country, NC 333.

wīnlēaf n. vine-leaf, OEG 18b.

wīnlic vinous, like wine, Æ.

wīnmere m. wine-vat, WW 439.

±winn n. toil, labour, trouble, hardship, BH, Lk: profit, gain, PPs: conflict, strife, war, Bo; AO. [‘i-win’]

±winna m. enemy, adversary, Æ, CP.

winnan (y) to labour, toil, trouble oneself: resist, oppose, contradict: fight, strive, struggle, rage, Bl. on w. attack: (+) conquer, obtain, gain, Chr, Met: endure, bear, suffer. [‘win’; ‘i-win’]

+winnesful = +winful

±winnstow f. wrestling place.

winnung = windung

winpel = wimpel

wīnreced † n. wine-hall.

wīnreopan (y) to gather in the vintage. [repan]

wīnsæd satiated with wine, Jud 71.

wīnsæl n. wine-hall, Wa 78.

wīnsele † n. wine-hall.

wīnsester m. wine-vessel, WW 122. [L. sextarius]

winstōw = winnstōw

winstre I. adj. left, Æ, CP.

II. f. left hand.

winsum == wynsum

wint pres. 3 sg. of windan.

wīntæppere m. wine-tapster, tavern-keeper, OEG 2652.

winter mn. [ds. wintra; nap. wintru, winter] ‘winter,’ Æ, AO, CP: pl. (in computing time) years, Æ, AO, CP.

winterbiter † bitterly cold.

winterburna m. winter-torrent, JnL 18.

winterceald † wintry-cold.

wintercearig winter-sad, sad with years? Wa 24.

winterdæg m. winter’s day, Bo.

winterdūn f. hill on which sheep were kept in winter? LL 453.

winterfeorm f. Christmas feast, LL 452[21,4].

winterfylleð October.

wintergegong m. fate, WW 406.

wintergerīm † n. number of years.

wintergetel † n. number of years.

wintergewǣde ‡ n. garment of winter, snow.

winterge-weorp, -worp n. winter-storm, snowstorm, Ph 57.

winterhūs n. winter-house, ÆL 36.

winterig = wintrig

winterlǣcan to grow wintry.

winterlic wintry, belonging to winter, winter, Æ.

winterrǣdingbōc f. lectionary for the winter, TC 430.

winterrīm = wintergerīm

wintersæt = wintersetl

winterscūr m. winter-shower, Ph 18.

winterseld = wintersetl

wintersetl n. winter-quarters, AO, Chr.

wintersteal m. stallion a year old, LL 378.

winterstund f. winter-hour, short time, year? Gen 370.

wintersufel n. food for winter, LL 450.

wintertīd f. winter-time, Æ.

wīntīber n. wine-offering, libation, WW 130 (-tīfer).

+wintīd f. time of affliction, GD 210.

wintra v. winter.

-wintre v. ān-, twi-w., etc.

+wintred grown up, adult: aged, AO.

wīntredde f. winepress, OEG 2647.

wintreg = wintrig

wīntrēow n. vine, Æ.

wīntrēowig adj. of the vine, GPH 390.

wintrig wintry, AO.

wīntrog m. wine-vessel, MtL 21.

wīntunne f. wine-cask (or? wīntūn wine-house), ÆP 19.

wīntwig n. vine-twig, WW.

winð pres. 3 sg. of winnan.

wīnðegu † f. banquet of wine.

wīnwircend m. vine-dresser.

+winworuld f. world of care, Gu 829.

wīnwringe f. winepress.

wio- = weo-, wi-, wu-

wīohbed = wēofod

wīpian to ‘wipe,’ cleanse, Æ.

wīr I. † m. ‘wire,’ metal thread, wire-ornament.

II. (ȳ) m. myrtle, Gl; Mdf.

wir- = wear-, wier-, wyr-

wīrboga m. twisted wire? Rd 15.

wirc- = weorc-, wyrc-

+wirdan (e, y) to spoil, injure, destroy: violate, obstruct.

wirding (oe, y) f. bodily injury, LL 410[3,5]: blemish, OEG 649.

wirdnes f. injury, vice, DR (oe).

+wīred made of wire, TC 537.

wirg- (Æ) = wierg-, wyr(i)g-

wirgrǣfe? f. myrtle-grove, WW.

wirian = wiergan

wirig- = wierg-, wyr(i)g-

wirpð pres. 3 sg. of weorpan.

wīrtrēow n. myrtle, Lcd, WW.

wīrtrēowen (y, ȳ) adj. myrtle, Lcd 1·236

wirtruma = wyrtruma

wirð I. = weorð I.

II. = wierð pres. 3 sg. of weorðan.

wirðe = worð I.

wīs I. adj. ‘wise,’ learned, Æ, AO, CP: prudent, discreet, experienced, Æ, AO, CP.

II. = wīse I.

+wis == wiss

wīsa † m. leader, director.

wisan = wesan

wīsan (Dan 35) = wīsian

wīsbōc f. instructive book? PPs 138.

wīsc- (Æ) = wȳsc-

wisce n. a piece of meadow, PST 95/98, 542.

wischere m. diviner? ÆL 21.

wīsdōm m. ‘wisdom,’ knowledge, learning: experience, Æ, CP.

wīse I. f. ‘wise,’ way, fashion, custom, habit, manner, Æ, CP: testamentary disposition: business, affair, thing, matter, Æ, CP: condition, state, circumstance, AO, CP: reason, cause, Æ: direction: melody: idiom.

II. adv. wisely.

III. (ȳ) f. sprout, stalk.

wīs-fæst, -fæstlic wise, sagacious, discreet, learned, intelligent.

+wīsfullīce wisely, GD 95.

wīshycgende wise, sagacious, B 2716.

wīshȳdig † wise, discreet, sagacious.

±wīsian (w. d. or a.) to direct, instruct, guide, lead, Æ, CP: point out, show, Gen. [‘i-wisse’]

wislic certain, sure, true. adv. (±) -līce certainly, truly, Lcd, Lk: moreover. [‘iwisliche’]

wīslic wise, sagacious, prudent, Æ, AO. adv. -līce.

wisligan = wistlian

wisnian to dry up, wither, waste away. [weornian]

+wiss I. n. certainty, surety, Æ.

II. adj. certain, sure, trustworthy, BH, Bo, Guth, Nic. tō gewissan, gewissum; mid gewisse especially, certainly, RB, HL. [‘i-wis’]

wiss- = wis-

wisse = wiste pret. 3 sg. of witan.

wīssefa m. wise-souled man, Sol 438?

wissian = wīsian

±wissian to direct, instruct, guide, Æ: point out, show, Æ. [‘i-wisse’]

wiss-iend, -igend m. governor, director: driver (of chariot), Æ.

+wisslīce = +wislīce

wisste = wiste pret. 3 sg. of witan.

wissum (tō) adv. altogether, completely, OEG.

±wissung f. showing, instruction, guidance, Æ: rule, regulation, government, Æ (in comp.). [v. ‘iwisse’]

wist f. being, existence: well-being, abundance, plenty: provision, nourishment, subsistence, food, meal, feast, delicacy, Æ, CP. [wesan]

wiste pret. 3 sg. of witan.

wīstfæstlic = wīsfæstlic

wistfulgend m. banqueter, EPs 41.

wistfull productive, Chr 1112.

±wistfullian to feast, Æ.

wistfullīce adv. luxuriously, WW 513.

wistfullnes f. good cheer.

±wistfullung f. feasting, OEG.

wistfyllo f. fill of food, B 734.

wistgifende fertile, WW 457.

+wistian to feast, G.

wistl- = hwistl-

+wistlǣcan to feast, banquet, G.

wist-mete m., nap. -mettas, sustenance, ÆL 23b.

wiston pret. pl. of witan.

wisðlung = wistlung

wīswyrdan to be wise in speech, A 13·38.

wīswyrde prudent in speech, W 72.

wit I. pron. 1 pers. (nom. dual), gs. uncer, d. unc, acc. unc(it) we two, CP. wit Æthered Æthered and I.

II. (±) = witt

±wita (eo, ie, u) m. sage, philosopher, wise man, adviser, councillor, elder, senator (v. LL 2·737), Æ, AO: witness, Æ, CP: accomplice. [‘wit’; witan]

±witan (eo, y) swv. pres. 1, 3 sg. wāt, 2 wāst, pl. witon, subj. pres. sg. wite, pl. wit-en, -on; pret. sg. wiste, pp. witen to be aware of or conscious of, know, understand, BH, LG; AO, CP: observe, perceive. andan w. dislike. incan w. (tō) to have a grudge (against). ege w. to fear. dōn tō witanne to cause to know, inform. [‘wit’; ‘i-wite’]

wītan (+) to look, behold, see, PPs 79: guard, keep, Æ: impute or ascribe to, accuse, reproach, blame, AO, CP: (±) depart, go, go out: die (often forðgew.).

wīte n. punishment, torture, plague, injury, Æ, CP: penalty, fine: contribution, in money or food, to sustenance of king or his officers, LL 356[69,2]: woe, misery, distress.

wītebend † mf. bonds of torture or punishment.

wītebrōga m. tormenting dread.

witedlīce = witodlīce

wīte-dōm (wītig-) m. prophecy, prediction, presage, oracle.

wītedōmlic prophetic, Guth.

wītefæst penally enslaved, TC.

wīt-ega, -(i)ga m. wise man: prophet, soothsayer: prophecy. [wītan; OHG. wīzzago]

wītegeard? m. amphitheatre, v. OEG 3333.

wītegdōm (i) m. prophecy, prediction: divination.

wītegestre f. prophetess, Æ.

±wītegian to prophesy, predict, Æ, AO.

wītegung f. prophecy, divination, Æ.

wītegungbōc f. book of prophecy, Æ.

wītehrægl n. penitential garb, sackcloth, PPs 68.

wītehūs n. torture-house, prison, hell: amphitheatre (as place of torture and martyrdom), OEG.

wītel = hwītel

wītelāc † n. punishment.

wītelēas without punishment or fine, LL 360[73,4].

wītelēast f. freedom from punishment or fine.

wītelic toilsome, carking, MFH 178: penal, GD 330; 332.

witelīce (GD 102) = witodlīce

witenagemōt n. meeting of the wise men, national council. [wita]

+wītende transitory, MFH 165.

wītendlic = wītigendlic

+wītendlic transitory, perishable, Æ, CP.

witendlīce = witodlīce

+wit-endnes, -ennes f. departure, death.

wīterǣden f. punishment, fine.

+witerian to inform, Kl 17. [witter]

wītern n. prison, WW 199. [ærn]

wītescræf n. pit of torment, hell, Sat 691.

wītesteng m. pole used for torture, OEG.

wītestōw f. place of torment or execution.

wīteswing ‡ m. scourging, punishment.

wītetōl n. instrument of torture.

wīteðēow adj. man reduced to slavery by the law (also sbm.).

+witfæst of sound mind, Guth 66.

wītg- = wīteg-

witian (eo) to order, arrange, provide, destine, conclude, establish.

witiendlic = witigendlic

wītig = wittig

wītig- = wīteg-

wīt-igendlic, -t(i)endlic prophetic, OEG.

wītiglic punitive, of punishment, GD.

wītingstōw = wītnungstōw

±witlēas foolish, mad, Æ.

witlēasnes f. want of intelligence, folly, OEG 47.

±witlēast f. folly, madness. [witt]

+witloca † m. mind, †CP.

witmæreswyrt f. spoonwort? Lcd 12a.

wītnere m. tormentor, torturer, Æ.

±witnes f. knowledge, ‘witness,’ testimony, Bl, Bo: a witness. [‘i-witness’]

±witnian to punish, chastise, torture, afflict, Æ, AO, CP.

wītnigend m. ‘punitor,’ EPSs 78.

wītnung f. torment, torture, punishment, purgatory, Æ.

wītnungstōw f. place of punishment, purgatory, Æ.

witod I. = witodlīce

II. pp. of witian.

witodlic certain, sure, LkR 20 (wutud-); adv. -līce truly, for, verily, certainly, undoubtedly, indeed, thus, Æ, AO, CP. [witan] conj. but, and, for, therefore, wherefore. [witan]

witol knowing, wise. [witan]

witolnes f. wisdom, GD 331.

witon I. pret. pl. of witan.

II. = wuton

wītrod = wīgtrod

+witscipe m. testimony, evidence.

+witsēoc possessed, insane, Æ.

±witt n. understanding, intellect, sense, Bo, Lk: consciousness. [wit; ‘i-wit’]

+witt- = +wit-

witter wise, prudent, Chr 1067d. [ON. vitr]

±wittig † wise, sagacious, skilful: in one’s right mind, Æ.

wittignes f. intelligence, OEG 78 (wytti-).

wittol = witol

wītu nap. of wīte.

witud == witod

wituma (e, eo, y) m. dowry (v. LL 2·739).

witumbora m. bridesman, paranymph, OEG 1774.

wītungstōw = wītnungstōw

wītword n. written evidence, will, covenant, LL.

wið I. prep. (w. a.) with, by, near, against, beside, at, through: (w. d.) from (separation), with (opposition), for, in return for, on condition of, beside, near, opposite: (w. g.) towards, to, at, against. w. ēastan (1) adv. to the east; (2) prep. east of. w. ūp upwards, above. w. ðān ðe because, in consideration of, provided that. wið...weard prep. (w. a.) towards.

II. conj. until.

wiðæftan I. adv. from behind, behind, after.

II. prep. behind, at, Æ.

wiðblāwan to blow away, CP 439.

wið-bregdan, -brēdan to withhold, restrain, withstand, oppose, Æ, CP.

wiðcampian (o) to fight against.

wiðcēosan to reject. pp. wiðcoren rejected, reprobate, outcast.

wiðcostian ‘reprobare,’ NC 333.

wiðcwædenes = wiðcwedennes

wiðcwedennes f. contradiction.

wiðcwedolnes = wiðercwedolnes

wiðcweðan to speak against, contradict, gainsay, oppose, resist, Æ: forbid, refuse, deny: reject, renounce, CP.

wiðcweðenes = wiðcwedennes

wiðdrīfan to repel, drive off, PPs.

wiðe- = wiðig-

wiðēadon (N) = wiðēodon pret. pl. of wiðgān.

wiðēastan eastward, eastwards, AO.

wiðeftan = wiðæftan

wiðer prep. and adv. against.

wiðerbreca (a, eo, o, u) m. adversary: the devil, Satan.

wiðerbrocian to oppose, CVPs.

wiðerbrōga m. adversary, the devil, Cr 564.

wiðerbruca = wiðerbreca

wiðercerran to turn against, prance. [cp. wiðercyr]

wiðercora m. adversary, rebel, apostate, sinner, Æ.

wiðercoren rejected, reprobate, wicked.

wiðercorennes f. reprobation, ÆH 2·290.

wiðercwednes f. contradiction, CP 143.

wiðercwedol opposing, contradicting.

wiðercwedolnes f. contradiction, Gl.

wiðercwedung f. a speaking against, contradiction, SPs 51.

wiðercweð- = wiðercwed-

wiðercweðan to withstand.

wiðercwida (y) m. contradictor, OEG 1893: opposer, rebel, WW 110.

wiðercwide m. contradiction: opposition, resistance.

wiðercwidel- = wiðercwedol-

wiðercwyd- = wiðer-cwed-, -cwid-

wiðercyr m. rearing (of a horse), El 926.

wiðerdūne (ē, y) narrow, NC 333.

-wiðere v. tō-w.

wiðerfeoht- = wiðfeoht-

wiðerflita m. opponent, adversary, AO, CP.

wiðerflītan to contend against.

Entry supplied from first edition.

wiðerhabban to resist, PPs 72.

wiðerhlinian to lean against, Gl.

wiðer-hycgende, -hȳdig refractory, perverse, antagonistic, hostile. as sb. rival, adversary.

wiðerian to resist, oppose, struggle against, Æ: irritate, provoke: be provoked.

wiðerlǣcan (y, ē) to deprive, EPs 83.

wiðerlēan † n. requital.

wiðerling m. opponent, adversary, EHy 4.

wiðermāl n. counter-plea, defence, Chr 1052.

wiðermēde stiff-necked, antagonistic, perverse.

wiðermēdnes (oe) f. perversity, DR: adversity, DR.

wiðermēdo f. antagonism: perversity: adversity.

wiðermetan to compare to, measure with, measure against.

wiðermōd unwilling, adverse, contrary, CP 212.

wiðermōdnes f. adversity, CP 83.

wiðermoednes (DR) = wiðermēdnes

wiðerrǣde contrary, opposed, adverse, perverse, rebellious, Æ: disadvantageous: disagreeable, unpleasant.

wiðerrǣdlic contrary, adverse, ÆGr 264.

wiðerrǣdnes f. opposition, discord, variance, disadvantage, adversity, Æ.

wiðerræhtes (= rihtes) adv. opposite, B 3039.

wiðerriht n. recompense, WW 118.

wiðersaca m. adversary, enemy, Æ: betrayer: apostate, Æ.

wiðersacian to renounce, become apostate, OEG: blaspheme.

wiðersacung f. apostasy: blasphemy.

wiðersæc I. n. contradiction, hostility, opposition, Æ: apostasy. [sacan]

II. unfavourable, Lcd 97a.

wiðersprǣc f. contradiction.

wiðerstǣger steep, WW.

wiðerstandan to resist, EPs 16.

wiðersteall (a) m. resistance, opposition, Æ.

wiðersȳnes adv. ‘widdershins,’ backwards, Bl 93.

wiðertalu f. contradiction, ÆH 1·530.

wiðertīhtle f. counter-charge, LL.

wiðertrod † n. return, retreat.

wiðertȳme troublesome, grievous.

wiðerweard contrary, perverse, adverse: rebellious, hostile, AO, CP: inconsistent: unfavourable, noxious, bad.

wiðerwearda m. adversary, Bl.

wiðerweardian (y) to oppose.

wiðerweardlic contrary, inimical, perverse, Æ. adv. -līce.

wiðerweardnes f. opposition, perversity, arrogance, enmity, Æ, CP: adversity, calamity, trouble, CP.

wiðerwengel m. adversary, ARHy 4.

wiðerwennung f. controversy, Sc 146. [winnan]

wiðer-werd-, -wi(e)rd- = wiðerweard-

wiðerwinn n. contest, OEG 2.

wiðerwinna m. opponent, rival, adversary, enemy, Æ, AO, CP.

wiðerwinnan to revolt, GPH 389.

+wiðerworded (i) opposed, DR 114.

wiðerwyrd == wiðerweard

wiðewinde = wiðowinde

wiðfaran to come off, escape, Ex 573.

wiðfeohtan to fight against, rebel.

wiðfeohtend m. adversary, CP.

wiðfēolan to apply oneself to, BH.

wiðferian † to rescue, redeem.

wiðflita = wiðerflita

wiðflītan = wiðerflītan

wiðfōn (w. d.) to grasp at, clutch, B 760.

wiðforan I. prep. before, in the presence of.

II. adv. before, previously.

wið-gān anv., -gangan to go against, oppose: pass away, vanish, disappear.

wiðgehæftan = wiðhæftan

wiðgemetnes f. comparison, BH 430.

wiðgeondan prep. beyond, Mt 3.

wiðgrīpan to grapple with, B 2521.

wiðgȳnan to reject, ÆL 23·541.

wiðhabban (w. d.) to oppose, resist, restrain, hold out, AO.

wiðhæbban = wiðhabban

wiðhæftan to take possession of.

Entry supplied from first edition.

wiðheardian to harden, ARSPs 94.

wiðhindan adv. behind, Æ.

wið-hogian ‡ (w. g.) to disregard, reject.

wiðhycgan † to reject, despise, scorn.

wīði- = wīðig-

wīðig, wīði(g)e m. withe, ‘withy,’ willow, Æ: band, fetter, fillet, garland.

wīðigrind f. willow bark, Lcd 37a.

wīðing- = wīðig-

wiðinnan I. adv. ‘within,’ from within, Æ.

II. prep. (w. d. a.) within.

wið-inne, -innen, -innon = wiðinnan I.

wiðir- (N) = wiðer-

wiðlǣdan to lead away, take away, rescue, Ps.

wiðlǣdnes f. abduction.

wīðlan (N) = wīdlan

wiðlicgan to oppose, resist.

wiðmetan to compare with, liken to, Æ.

wiðmētednes f. invention, device, SPs. [mētan I.]

wið-metenlic, -metendlic comparative (in grammar), ÆGr. [metan]

wiðmetennes f. comparison, Æ.

wiðmeting f. comparison.

wið-neoðan (Æ), -niðan, -nyðan adv. below, underneath, beneath.

wiðobān (wido-) n. collar-bone.

wiðone (Bl) = wið ðone

wiðor- = wiðer-

wiðowinde f. convolvulus, woodbine, Gl.

wiðrǣde = wiðerrǣde

wiðre † n. resistance, opposition.

wiðrēotan to abhor? resist? El 369 (GK).

wiðrian = wiðerian

wiðsacan to oppose, strive against, AO: to refute, contradict: forsake, abandon, renounce, refuse, deny, Æ, AO, CP.

wiðsacendlic used in negations, ÆGr 226.

wiðsacung f. denial, renunciation, Sc 60.

wiðsceorian (o) to refuse, CP 59.

wīðscrīðel = wīdscrīðol

wiðscūfan to thrust back, refute, repel, BH.

wiðsēon to rebel, rise against, AO.

wiðsetnes f. opposition, Gl.

wiðsettan to withstand, resist, Æ.

wiðslēan to oppose, bring to naught, Æ, CP.

wiðsprecan to contradict, gainsay: converse, AS: revile: speak with, GD 345.

wiðspurnan to hit against, MtL 4.

wiðstæppan to step or go out of.

wiðstandan (w. d.) to ‘withstand,’ resist, oppose, Æ, AO, CP.

wiðstandend m. opponent.

wiðsteall = wiðersteall

wiðsteppan = wiðstæppan

wiðstond- = wiðstand-

wiðstunian to dash against, Lcd 160b.

wiðstyllan to retreat, WW 17.

wiðstyltan to hesitate, doubt, MtL 21.

wiðtēon to take away, withdraw: restrain, CP.

wiðtremman to step back, CP 441.

wiððe f. withy, cord, band, thong, fetter. [v. also wīðig]

wiððer- = wiðer-

wiððingian to come to terms with, be reconciled to, MF 178.

wiððir (DR 168) = wiðer

wiððyddan to blunt, v. OEG 4235.

wiðufan I. prep. (w. d.) above.

II. adv. before, previously.

wið-uppon, -uppan adv. above.

wiðūtan I. prep. (w. d.) outside of, AO: except: without.

II. adv. from outside, outside, Æ.

wiðweorpan † to reject, repudiate.

wiðwinde = wiðewinde

wiðwinnan to fight against, resist, oppose, AO, CP.

wiðwiðerian to resist, withstand, GD 117.

wixð = wiexð pres. 3 sg. of weaxan.

±wlacian to become lukewarm, be tepid, Æ, CP.

wlaco, wlacu, wlæc tepid, lukewarm, cool, CP.

wlacunes = wlæcnes

wlæc v. wlaco.

wlæce n. tepidity, GPH 397.

wlæclic lukewarm. adv. -līce.

wlǣclīce (PPs 148) = wrǣclīce

wlæcnes f. lukewarmness, CP.

wlæffetere m. stammerer, GPH 403.

wlæffian to stammer, speak indistinctly, v. NC 333.

wlænc = wlanc, wlenc

wlænco = wlenco

wlǣta = wlǣtta

+wlǣtan to defile, debase, Bo 114.

wlætlīce = wlæclīce

wlǣtta m. loathing, nausea, eructation, heartburn, Æ: an object of loathing: disfigurement, OEG 4461.

wlǣtung (ā, ē) f. nausea: disfigurement, OEG 4461.

wlanc (æ, o) stately, splendid, lofty, magnificent, rich: boastful, arrogant, proud.

wlancian to become proud or boastful, exult.

wlanclic adj. proud, arrogant. adv. -līce, Gl.

wlāt pret. 3 sg. of wlītan.

wlātere m. spectator, NC 333.

-wlātful v. nebb-w.

wlātian I. † to gaze, look upon, behold. [wlītan]

II. (impers.) to loathe, Æ.

wlātung I. f. ‘spectaculum,’ NC 334.

II. = wlǣt(t)ung

±wleccan to make tepid, CP. [wlæc]

wlenc, wlenco (AO, CP), wlencu f. pride, arrogance, haughtiness: glory, pomp, splendour, AO, CP: (†) bravado: prosperity, riches, wealth. [wlanc]

+wlencan to render proud: adorn, enrich, exalt.

wlēttung = wlǣtung

wlisp, wlips (Æ) lisping.

wlispian to lisp.

wlita m. countenance, Gl.

wlītan † to gaze, look, observe.

wlite m. brightness: appearance, form, aspect, look, countenance: beauty, splendour, Æ: adornment, CP.

wliteandet? n. confession of splendour, PPs 103.

wlitebeorht † beauteous.

wliteful beautiful, Sc 21.

wlitelēas ugly, An 1171.

wlitelīce handsomely, Bl 205.

wlitescīne (ȳ) lovely, beautiful.

wlītesēon f. sight, spectacle, B 1650.

wlitetorht † brilliant, lovely.

wlitewamm (o) m. disfigurement of the face.

wliteweorð n. legal value of a man’s life, ransom, GD 179.

wlitig radiant, beautiful, fair, comely, Æ, CP. adv. -ige, -iglīce.

wlitigfæst of enduring beauty, Ph 125.

±wlitigian to beautify, adorn: become beautiful, Seaf 49: form, fashion, Pss.

wlitignes f. beauty, splendour, Bl.

wlitu = wlite

wlō = wlōh

wlōh f., dp. wlō(u)m fringe, ornament, tuft: bit, Gu 1127.

+wlōh adorned, Gen 1789.

wlonc = wlanc

wlott spot, blemish, OEG 648?

wlōum v. wlōh.

wlyt- = wlit-

wō == wōh

wōc (pret. of wacan).

wōcer = wōcor

wocie, wocige noose, OEG 962; 3560.

wōclic = wōhlic

wōcor † f. (gs. wōcre) increase, growth: offspring, progeny, posterity, race: usury.

wocorlīce = wacorlīce

wōcs = wōsc pret. 3 sg. of wascan.

wōd I. adj. mad, raging, senseless, Æ, AO: blasphemous.

II. pret. 3 sg. of wadan.

wōda I. m. madman, Æ.

II. m. storm, flood? danger? TC 341.

wodawistle = wodewistle

woddor n. throat, gullet? Sol 95.

wōddrēam m. ‘dæmonium,’ RPs 95 (v. ES 38).

wōdelic = wōdlic

Wōden m. Woden: Mercury.

wōdendrēam m. madness, WW 245.

wōdenesdæg = wōdnesdæg

wodewistle f. hemlock, Gl.

wōd-frec, -fræc madly ravenous.

wōdheortnes f. madness, MFH 178.

wōdian = wēdan

wōdlic mad, furious, Æ. adv. -līce madly, furiously: blasphemously.

wōdnes f. madness, frenzy, folly, Æ.

Wōdnes gs. of Wōden.

wōdnesdæg m. Woden’s day, Wednesday.

wōdnesniht f. Tuesday night.

wōdōm = wōhdōm

wōdon pret. pl. of wadan.

wōdscinn n. madness, folly, W 80.

wōdscipe m. insanity, WW 245.

wōdsēoc mad, GD 135.

wōdsēocnes f. madness.

wōdðrāg f. paroxysm, madness, rage, fury, CP.

woe- (A) = we-, wē-

woecan (N) = wæccan

woerc- (N) = weorc-

woerd- = wird-

woffian to shout, rave: blaspheme.

woffung f. doting, madness, raving: blasphemy.

wōg == wōh

wōgere m. wooer, suitor, sweetheart, Æ.

wōgerlic amorous, NC 334.

wōgian to woo, court, marry, Sc.

wōgung f. wooing, ÆL 7.

wōh I. n. bending, crookedness: error, mistake, Æ: perversity, wrong, iniquity, depravity. on w. wrongly, wickedly.

II. adj. bent, awry, twisted, crooked: wrong, perverse, evil, depraved, bad, unjust: false (weight), W 70. on wōn wrongfully, in error.

wōhbogen † bent, crooked.

wōhcēapung f. fine for illegal trafficking, KC 5·143.

wōhdǣd f. wrong deed, crime.

wōhdōm m. unjust judgment, A 8·336.

wōhfōted having deformed feet, WW 161.

wōhfremmend m. evildoer, Met 9.

wōhful wicked, NG.

wōhfulnes f. wickedness, NG.

wōhgeorn inclined to evil, W 183.

wōhgestrēon n. ill-gotten property, W.

wōhgod n. false god, idol.

wōhhǣmed n. fornication, adultery, CP.

wōhhǣmend m. fornicator, adulterer, CP.

wōhhǣmere m. fornicator, adulterer, CP 401.

wōhhandede maimed (of the hands), WW 161.

wohhian? to speak wildly, rave? NC 334.

wōhlic perverse, wrong, unjust, evil. adv. -līce, Æ.

wōhnebb n. grimace.

wōhnes f. crookedness, crooked place, Æ: wrong, error: wickedness, Æ.

wōhs, wōhson = wōsc, wōscon pret. 3 sg. and pret. pl. of wascan.

wōhsum evil, DR 27 (wōg-).

wōl mf. pestilence, plague, mortality, disease, AO, CP.

wōlbǣrnes f. calamity, pest, AO 62.

wōlberende pestilential, pernicious, CP.

wōlberendlic pestilential, Chr 1086.

wōlbryne m. pestilence, AO 86.

wolc (WW 175) = wolcen

wolc- = walc-, wolcen-

wolcen nm. (nap. wolcnu) ‘convolutio,’ ball, lump, PPs 147: cloud, Æ: sky, heavens. [‘welkin’]

wolcenfaru † f. scudding of clouds.

wolcengehnāst n. meeting of clouds (in a storm), Rd 4.

wolcenrēad = weolocrēad

wolcenwyrcende? ptc. cloud-making (Centaurs), WW 456.

wolcn == wolcen

wolcrēad = weolocrēad

wolcspinl = walcspinl

wol-cyrge, -cyrige = wælcyrige

wold = weald

wōldæg m. day of pestilence, Ruin 26.

wōldberendlic = wōlberendlic

wol-de, -don pret. 3 sg. and pret. pl. of willan.

wōlgewinn n. calamitous war, AO 64.

wōlic == wōhlic

wollentēare weeping, with flowing tears, B 3032.

-wolma v. fōt-w.

wom = wam(m)

wōm I. = wōgum dp. of wōh, adj.

II. = wōma

wōma m. noise, howling, tumult: terror, alarm. swefnes w. dream-tumult, vision: eloquence? OEG 8b.

woman intr. to infringe, EC 151: (+) tr. w. d. pers. and g. thing deprive of, EC 151. [wamm]

won I. = wan, wann.

II. pret. 3 sg. of winnan.

wōn I. wk. gdsn. and dpmn. of wōh.

II. = hwōn

won- = wan-

wōna gp. of wōh II.

wondor = wundor

wōnes = wōhnes

wong == wang

wōp I. m. cry, shrieking, weeping, lamentation, Æ, CP. [wēpan]

II. = wēop pret. 3 sg. of wēpan.

wōpdropa m. tear, Sol 283.

wōpen pp. of wēpan.

wōperian to weep, HL 18.

wōpig sad, lamenting, Æ.

wōplēoð n. dirge, elegy, OEG 3504.

wōplic tearful, sad, Æ. adv. -līce.

wōpstōw f. place of mourning, Æ.

wōr = wōs, wāse

wōra gp. of wōh.

worc == weorc

word I. n. ‘word,’ speech, sentence, statement, Æ: command, order: subject of talk, story, news, report, Æ, AO: fame: verb, Æ: (incarnate) Word.

II. rod, CPs: (gooseberry) bush? LkL 6 (v. ES 38·340; 40·152).

III. = werod

word-bēot † n., -bēotung ‡ f. promise in words, plighted word.

wordcærse (WW 416) = *worðcærse, worðigcærse?

wordcennend m. the begetter of the Word, GPH 389.

wordcræft † m. poetic art, eloquence.

word-cwide, (e, y) -cwyðe m. words, speech, language, utterance.

worden pp. of weorðan.

wordes adv. with words, verbally, orally.

wordfæst true to one’s word, true.

wordful talkative, verbose, fluent.

wordgebēot = wordbēot

word-gecwide (æ) n., -gecweodu np. verbal agreement.

wordgemearc n. definition or limitation by words, Gen 2355.

wordgerȳne † n. secret expressed in words, dark saying.

wordglēaw skilful in words, Da 418.

wordgydd m. lay, dirge, B 3173.

wordhlēoðor † n. voice, speech.

wordhord † n. treasury of words.

wordig wordy, verbose, OEG 1416.

wordlāc n. speech, LPs 18.

wordlār f. teaching, NC 334.

wordlatu f. delay in speech? An 1519.

wordlaðu † f. conversation, speech.

wordlēan n. reward for song, Rd 78.

wordlian (u) to talk, commune: conspire, GD 106.

wordliend m. speaker, OEG 2321.

wordloc n. art of logic, WW 388.

wordloca † m. (word-hoard), speech.

wordloga m. deceiver, liar, W 40.

wordlung n. talk, discourse: empty talk.

wordmittung f. ‘collatio,’ WW 178.

wordpredicung f. preaching, NC 334.

wordrian = wordlian

wordriht n. suitable word, B 2631: spoken law, Ex 3.

wordsāwere m. word-sower, rhetorician, CP 97.

wordsige m. success in speech, Lcd 1·188.

word-snoter, -snotor eloquent, rhetorical, wise in words.

wordsnoterlic philosophical, learned, OEG 2270.

wordsnoterung f. sophism, OEG 2268.

wordsomnere m. enumeration, catalogue, WW 212.

wordsomnung f. ‘collatio,’ WW 178.

wordwīsa m. sophist, WW 493.

wordwrītere = wyrdwrītere

wordwynsum affable, WW 191.

wōre dsf. of wōh.

worf = weorf

worfian = woffian

wōrhana m. moor-cock, cock pheasant, Gl.

wōrhenn f. hen pheasant, WW.

wōrhona = wōrhana

worht pp., wōrhte pret. 3 sg. of wyrcan.

wōrian to roam, wander, Æ: move round, totter, crumble to pieces. [wōr, wērig]

world == woruld

worm = wyrm

wormōd = wermōd

worms (u) nm. matter, pus, virus, AO, CP.

worn (ea, eo) m. large amount, number, troop, company, multitude, crowd.

worngehāt n. promise of numerous offspring, Gen 2364?

wornlust = womlust

wornmǣlum adv. by troops.

worod = werod

woroht = wrōht

worold (AO, CP) = woruld

worpan = weorpan

worpen pp. of weorpan.

worpian to cast, throw, pelt, CP.

worsm = worms

wort = wyrt

worð I. (eo, u) nm. court, courtyard, curtilage, farm, Mdf: street.

II. = waroð

worð- = weorð-

worðig (eo, u, y) m. enclosed homestead, curtilage, farm, Æ, CP; Mdf: street.

worðigcærse f. name of a plant, Lcd 3·303.

worðignetele f. nettle.

worðscipe = weorðscipe

worud = werod I.

woruftord = weorftord

woruld (e, eo, ia; o) f. ‘world,’ age, Æ, AO, CP: men, humanity: way of life, life: long period of time, cycle, eternity. tō worulde for ever. ā on worulda world, in woruld worulde world without end.

woruldǣht f. worldly possessions.

woruldafol (-el) n. secular or worldly power, LL, W (ES 45·161).

woruldār f. worldly honour, CP: secular property.

woruldbearn n. man, Rd 81.

woruldbisgu f. worldly occupation, LL.

woruldbisgung (eo, y) f. worldly business: worldly misery, trouble.

woruldbismer (o) nm. worldly reproach, CP 61.

woruldbliss f. worldly bliss, Gu 135.

woruldbōt f. compensation prescribed by the secular power, LL 128.

woruld-broc n., -bryce (o) m. worldly trouble, CP 259: use for secular purposes, MH 136.

woruldbūend † m. world-dweller.

woruldcamp m. secular warfare, LL (388).

woruldcandel f. sun, B 1965.

woruldcearu (a) f. worldly care, Æ.

woruldcempa m. earthly soldier, Æ.

woruldcræft m. secular art, Æ.

woruldcund worldly, secular, CP. adv. -līce, CP.

woruldcyning † m. earthly king, Æ.

worulddǣd f. worldly business, LL (414).

worulddēad dead, PPs 142.

worulddēma m. secular judge, LL.

worulddōm m. secular judgment, Æ.

worulddrēam † m. earthly joy.

worulddrihten m. lord of the world, God, Met 29.

woruldduguð † f. worldly riches.

woruldearfoð † n. earthly misery.

woruldege m. earthly fear, LL (310).

woruldende m. end of the world, B 3083.

woruldfægernes f. earthly beauty, MH 34.

woruldfeoh n. earthly goods, wealth, Gen 2142.

woruldfolgað m. worldly occupation, Bl.

woruldfrætwung (world-) f. worldly ornament, Bl 125.

woruldfrēond (ȳ) m. friend in this world.

woruldfrið m. worldly peace, LL 220.

woruldfruma m. primeval man, patriarch, Guth 12.

woruldgālnes f. lust of pleasure, W 219.

woruldgebyrd n. worldly origin or descent, BH.

woruldgedāl n. death, El 581.

woruldgefeoht (o) n. earthly fight, MH 36.

woruldgeflit n. dispute, law-suit? Lcd 3·174.

woruldgerǣdnes (eo) f. secular ordinance, LL.

woruldgeriht n. worldly justice, secular right or due, LL 210[2,1].

woruldgerȳsnu np. secular customs, LL.

woruldgesǣlig prosperous, Ma 219.

woruldgesǣlða fp. worldly fortune, AO(o).

woruldgesceaft † f. creature of this world: world.

woruldgestrēon † n. worldly riches.

woruldgeswinc n. earthly toil, misery, CP(o).

woruldgeðincð f. worldly honour, dignity, GD, W.

woruldgeðōht (world-) mn. worldly thought, Bl 15.

woruldgewinn n. earthly war, Æ.

woruldgewritu np. worldly literature, secular writings.

woruldgewuna m. customary law, LL 206[1a].

woruldgielp (i) mn. pride of this world, glory, CP.

woruldgifu f. worldly gift.

woruldgītsere m. coveter of worldly things, Met 14.

woruldgītsung f. covetousness.

woruldglenge m. worldly pomp.

woruldgōd n. worldly good.

woruldgylp (Æ) = woruldgielp

woruldgyrla (o) m. worldly garment, NC 334.

woruldhād m. secular state, BH, GD.

woruldhlāford m. secular lord, CP.

woruldhlīsa m. worldly fame, Æ.

woruldhogu (world-) f. worldly care.

woruldhremming (o) f. ‘impedimentum sæculi,’ NC 334.

woruldhyht m. earthly joy, Az 136.

woruldlǣce m. earthly physician, Æ.

woruld-lagu f., -laga m. civil law.

woruldlēan n. earthly reward, LL (422).

woruldlic earthly, Æ: worldly, secular, Æ. adv. -līce.

woruldlīf n. life in this world.

woruldlufu f. love of this world, Æ.

woruldlust m. worldly pleasure, Bo.

woruldmǣg m. earthly kinsman, Gen 2178.

woruldman m. human being, man of the world, Æ, CP: layman.

woruldmēd f. earthly reward, LL (422).

woruldnēod f. temporal need, LL 267.

woruldnytt f. worldly use or profit.

woruldprȳdo f. worldly pride, Lcd 3·428. [v. ‘pride’]

woruldrǣden f. way of the world, B 1143 (v. MLN 25·113).

woruldrica m. great man, Æ.

woruldrīce I. n. earthly kingdom, CP: world-realm, world.

II. adj. having worldly power or riches.

woruldrīcetere (o) n. worldly power, NC 334.

woruldriht (y) n. secular or civil law: God’s law for the world.

woruldsacu f. worldly strife, W 170.

woruldsǣlða fp. earthly blessings, Bo.

woruldscamu (ea) f. public disgrace.

woruldsceaft † f. earthly creature.

woruldscēat m. part of the world, region.

woruldscēawung f. worldly sight, NC 334.

woruldscipe m. worldly matter, CP.

woruldscīr (world-) f. life in the world (i.e. not monastic), worldly affairs, business, GD 3.

woruldsnotor worldly-wise.

woruldsorg f. earthly care, CP.

woruldspēd f. worldly wealth, success in the world, CP.

woruldspēdig rich in this world, CP 333.

woruldsprǣc f. worldly talk, conversation about worldly matters, LL.

woruldstēor f. secular penalty, LL 258.

woruldstrang having worldly power, NC 334.

woruldstrengu f. physical strength, Rd 27.

woruldstrūdere m. world-spoiler, spoliator, robber.

woruldstund f. life in this world, sojourn upon earth, El 363.

woruldðearf f. this world’s needs, BH.

woruld-ðearf, -ðearfende poor in worldly goods.

woruldðearfa m. poor man, PPs 69.

woruldðēaw m. worldly affair, Bo 7.

woruld-ðegen, -ðegn, -ðēn m. earthly or secular servant, LL.

woruldðēnung (o) f. secular office, NC 334.

woruldðēostru (y) f. earthly darkness.

woruldðēowdōm m. secular service.

woruldðing (o) n. worldly affair, thing, Æ, AO, CP: earthly riches.

woruldwǣpn (o) n. earthly weapon, Bl 213.

woruldwæter n. ocean, sea.

woruldwela m. worldly wealth, CP.

woruldwelig rich in worldly goods, NC 335.

woruldweorc n. secular work.

woruldweorðscipe m. worldly honour.

woruldwīdl n. world-filth, Cr 1007.

woruldwig n. worldly contest, LL.

woruldwilla m. earthly good, Bo 24.

woruldwilnung f. earthly desire, CP.

woruldwīs worldly-wise, CP(o).

woruldwīsdōm m. worldly wisdom, science, Æ.

woruldwīse f. custom of the world, MH 68b.

woruldwita m. learned layman, philosopher, LL.

woruldwīte n. punishment on earth: civil punishment, fine.

woruldwlenco f. worldly magnificence, ostentation, CP.

woruldwrenc m. worldly cunning, CP(o).

woruldwrītere m. writer about the world, philosopher.

woruldwuldor n. worldly glory.

woruldwuniende (o) dwelling in the world, Met 13.

woruldwynn f. earthly joy.

woruldyrmðu f. earthly wretchedness, AO.

wōrung f. wandering, roving, Æ, MFH 179.

wōs I. n. sap, juice, Lcd.

II. gs. of wōh.

±wosa m. conversation, intercourse, DR.

wōsan (NG) = wēsan

wōsc pret. 3 sg., wōscon pret. pl. of wascan.

wōse = wāse

wōsig juicy, moist, Lcd.

-wost v. fore-w.

wōð † f. sound, noise: voice, song, poetry: eloquence.

wōðbora † m. orator, speaker, seer, prophet, poet, singer.