Part 59
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 5^41; 8^305.
wælgīfre † _bloodthirsty, murderous_.
wælgimm m. _death-bringing gem_? #Rd# 21^4.
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^2) _cruel, fierce, savage, bloodthirsty_, CP. adv. -līce.
wælhrēownes f. _cruelty, ferocity, atrocity, slaughter_, Æ, CP.
wælhwelp m. _destroying hound_, #Rd# 16^23.
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^2) † 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 254^22.
wælslītende _corpse-biting_, W 187^14: _deadly-biting_, W 241^12.
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[68]. [weald]
wæltan (wv. in NG) = wealtan
wælwang m. _field of the slain_, #An# 1227.
wælweg (#Seaf# 63) = hwælweg
wælwulf † m. _warrior, cannibal_.
wǣlwyrt = wēalwyrt [[headword spelled “wealwyrt”]]
wæm = (1) wamm; (2) hwamm
wæm- = wem-
wæmbede _having a great belly_, WW 161^22. [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 168^3.
wǣpengewrixl(e) n. _hostile encounter_.
wǣpenhād = wǣpnedhād
wǣpenhete m. _armed hate_, #Ap# 80.
wǣpenhūs n. _armoury_, WW 348^13.
wǣpenlēas _unarmed_, Æ.
wǣpenlic _male_, WW.
wǣpenstrǣl fm. _arrow_, #PPs# 56^5.
wǣpentæc = wǣpengetæc
wǣpenðracu † f. _storm of weapons_.
wǣpenðrǣge _weapon, equipment_? #CrA# 61?
wǣpenwīfestre = wǣpnedwīfestre
wǣpenwiga m. _armed warrior_, #Rd# 15^1.
wǣpmann (Æ) = wǣpnedmann
wǣpn == wǣpen
wǣpnahūs = wǣpenhūs
wǣpned I. adj. _male_, AO. II. m. _male person_.
wǣpnedbearn n. _male child_, BH 76^8.
wǣpnedcild n. _male child_, Æ.
wǣpnedcynn n. _male species_, Æ.
wǣpnedhād m. _male sex_, Æ: _sexual power_, GD 26^30.
wǣpnedhand f. _male line_, TC 491^32.
wǣpnedhealf f. _male line_, TC 491^16.
wǣpnedmann m. _male, man_, AO.
wǣpnedwīfestre f. _hermaphrodite_, WW.
±wǣpnian _to arm_, Æ, CP.
wǣpnmann = wǣpnedmann
+wǣpnu np. _arms_, #LPs# 45^10.
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 13^8.
wære = wer II.
wǣre I. = wǣr II. II. pret. 2 sg. of wesan.
wǣrfæst (e^2) _covenant-keeping, honourable, faithful, trusty_.
wǣrg = wērig
wærgēapnes f. _argument_, WW 192^1.
wǣr-genga, -ganga (ē^1) † 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 13^263.
wǣrloga † m. _troth-breaker, traitor, liar, devil_. [‘_warlock_’; lēogan]
wærlot n. _craftiness, cunning, deceit_, WW 354^31.
wærna = wrenna
wærnes I. f. _wariness, caution_. II. = weargnes
wǣron pret. pl. of wesan.
wærsagol _cautious in speech_, W 72^17.
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 179^35.
-wæsce v. scēap-w.
wæscen = wascen pp. of wascan.
wæscere m. _washer_.
wæscern n. _washing-place_, WW 185^2.
wæscestre I. f. _washer, house-keeper, ‘presbytera,’_ GD 276. II. m. _dyer_, GD 191^23.
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 5^13.
wæstmbǣre _fruitful_, Æ, CP.
+wæstmbǣrian _to be or make fruitful_, WW.
wæstmbǣrnes f. _fruitfulness, fertility_, Æ.
wæstmbǣro f. _fruitfulness_, AO 58^20.
wæstmbēorennes = wæstmbǣrnes
wæstmberende _fertile_, AO.
wæstmberendnes f. _fruitfulness, fertility_, BH 74^30#b#.
wæstme f. = wæstm
wæstmfæst _fruitful_, ANS 122^247.
wæstmian _to grow, increase, bear fruit_.
wæstmlēas _fruitless, unfruitful_, Æ.
wæstmlic _fruitful_, DR 18^13.
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 457^8.
wæter-berend (OEG 871), -berere (WW) m. _water-bearer, sutler, camp-follower_.
wæterbōh m. _succulent shoot, sprig_, WW 149^25.
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 122^4.
wæterburne f. _water-stream_, DD 3.
wæterbyden f. _bucket, cask_, WW 503^14.
wæterclāð m. _towel_, RB 59^7.
wætercrōg m. _water-pot_, WW 484^28.
wætercrūce f. _water-pot_, Cp 283#u#.
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# 894#a#.
wæter-fæt n., nap. -fatu _water-pot, flagon_, Æ.
wæterflaxe f. _water-pitcher_, _Mk_ 14^13. [v. ‘_flask_’]
wæterflōd m. _water-flood, inundation, deluge_, Æ, AO.
wæterfrocga m. _water frog_, NC 331.
wæterful _dropsical_, WW.
wæterfyrhtnes f. _hydrophobia_, WW 112^24.
wætergāt f. _water spider_, WW 122^4.
wætergeblǣd n. _watery pustule_? #Lcd# 162b.
wætergefeall n. _waterfall_, CC 116.
wætergelād n. _conduit_, WW 339^4.
wætergelæt n. _aqueduct_, WW 211^13.
wætergesceaft f. _nature of water_, GD 220^17.
wætergewæsc n. ‘_alluvium_,’ WW 187^1.
wætergrund m. _sea-bottom, depth_, #PPs# 106^23.
wætergyte m. _‘Aquarius’ (sign of the Zodiac)_, #Lcd# 3·246^4.
wæterhæfern m. _crab_, #Lcd# 16b.
wæterhālgung f. _consecration of water_, DR 117^1.
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^3) m. _bowl, basin_, #ÆGr#.
wæternǣdre f. _water-snake_, WW.
wæterordāl n. _water-ordeal_, LL 388[2].
wæterpund n. ‘_norma, libella aquatica_,’ WW 150^37.
wæterpytt m. _water-pit, well_, Æ.
wæterrīðe? f. _conduit_ (v. OEG 1714n).
wæterscēat m. _napkin, towel_, WW 127^3.
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# 92^4.
wæterstoppa m. _bucket_, GD 11^22.
wæterstrēam m. _river_.
wætertīge m. _canal, aqueduct_, #HGl# 418^50.
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# 106^22.
wæterung f. _watering, providing with water_, Æ.
wæterwǣdlnes f. _dearth of water_, ÆL 23b^538.
wæterweg m. _watercourse_.
wæterwrīte f. _‘clepsydra,’ water-clock_, WW 378^39.
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 447^1.
wætig (GPH 389) = pætig [[headword spelled “pǣtig”]]
wætla m. _swathe, bandage_, #Lcd# 78a.
wǣtnes f. _moisture_, LkL 8^6 (ē).
wætrian = wæterian
wætter (N) = wæter
wǣtung f. _wetting, moisture_, #Lcd#.
wæð n. _ford_, #Chr# 1073#d#. [_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 8·335^30. adv. (e, y) -līce _successfully_? A 8·298; W 169^1.
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# 3·206^16.
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# 61^4. [ðyrel]
wāgðyling (wāh-) f. _wainscoting_, WW 147^31. [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^1) f. _curling-iron, crisping-pin_, WW 198^1; OEG 26^70.
wald (N, #VPs#) == weald
walde (CP 443^11) = 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 [[headword spelled “wealwyrt”]]
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# 18^10.
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 7^37.
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 4^102.
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 68^8: _hesitation, scruple_. [windan]
wandeweorpe f. _mole (animal)_, Æ(u^3).
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# 15^27.
-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# 53^6.
wanfeax (o) _dark haired_, #Rd# 13^8.
wanfōta m. _pelican_, WW 287^10.
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# 1·400^7.
wanhæf- = wanhaf-
+wanhǣlan _to weaken_, Æ.
wanhǣlð f. _weakness, sickness_, #Sc# 54^19.
wanhǣw (o) _bluish_, WW 376^23.
wanhafa m. _poor man_, #SPs# 85^1.
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 12^51.
wanhālnes f. _weakness, ill-health_.
wanhlȳte _having no share in, free from_, WW 398^33
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 178^11.
wanniht _wan, pale, livid_, WW 431^21.
wansǣlig † _unhappy_.
wansceaft † f. _misery, misfortune_.
wansceaf-ta m. (or -te f.) _a disease_, #Lcd#.
wanscrȳd _poorly clad_, ÆH 500^17.
wansēoc ‘_commitialis_’? v. OEG 4937.
wansian _to diminish_, #Chr# 656#e#.
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 122^23.
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. [[under “eorðwaran”]]
warað = waroð
ward = (1) weard; (2) wearð (weorðan)
-ware v. burg-, eorð-, ceaster-w. [[under “ceasterwaran”]]
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^1, ea^1, e^1, a^2, e^2, u^2) n. _shore, strand, beach_.
wāroð n. _alga, sea-weed_, #Rd# 41^49.
waroðfaruð m. _surf_, #An# 197.
waroðgewinn (u^2) 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. [[under “eorðwaran”]]
waruð = waroð
wāruð = wāroð
was = wæs
-wāsa v. wudu-w.
wascan^6 (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 181^7. [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^2, u^2) 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 [[under “waðum”]]
wāðol _wandering_? or m. _full moon_? #Fin# 8?
wað-um, -uma † m. _wave, flood, stream, sea_.
wāwa = wēa
wāwan^7 _to blow (of wind)_, #Rd# 41^81.
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^7 (±) _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 407^29.
±wealcian (a) _to curl, roll up_, OEG.
wealcol _mobile, not firmly fixed_, GPH 399^441.
wealcspinl (a, o) f. _crisping-pin_, OEG, WW.
Wēalcynn n. _the Welsh kin_, EC 146^24.
weald I. (a) m. _weald, forest, wood, grove_, AO: _bushes, foliage_, #Gen# 846. [‘_wold_’] II. m. _power_, AO (usu. +). III. _powerful_, RB 117^5. 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[77].
±wealdan^7 (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 60^23.
+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# 135^16.
wealdendras late nap. of wealdend.
+wealdenmōd _self-controlled_, #Cra# 70.
wealdes (usu. +) _of one’s own accord_, CP 198^22.
wealdgenga m. _robber, thief_, Æ.
±wealdleðer n. _rein, bridle_, Æ.
wealdmoru = wēalmoru [[redirected to “wealhmoru”]]
wealdnes (a) f. _rule_, #VPs# 144^13.
wealdswaðu f. _forest-track_, B 1403 (a^1).
wealdung f. _government, rule_.
weale = wale [[form of “walu”?]]
wēales v. wealh.
wealfæsten = weallfæsten
wealg _nauseous_, CP 447^18.
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 2·60^27.
wealh-gefēra, -gerēfa m. _commander of the_ ‘wealhfæreld,’ #Chr# 897#a#.
wealhhāfoc m. _foreign hawk, falcon_.
wealhhnutu (a) f. (_foreign nut_), ‘_walnut_,’ WW 452^34.
wealhisc = wīelisc
wealh-moru, -more (a^1) f., -mora m. _carrot, parsnip_.
wealhstōd m. _interpreter, translator_, Æ, CP: _mediator_, CP.
Wealhðēod f. _Welsh nation_, LL.
wealhwyrt = wēalwyrt [[headword spelled “wealwyrt”]]
wealian _to be defiant_? ÆL 12^48.
wēalic _woeful, sorrowful_, #Wy# 12.
weall I. (a, æ) m. _‘wall,’ dike, earthwork, rampart, dam_, Æ, AO, CP; Mdf: (†) _rocky shore, cliff_. [_L._ vallum] II. = wæl. III. = wiell
weallan^7 (±) _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# 1040#e#. [wealh]
Wēallas = Wēalas
weallclif n. _sea-cliff_, B 3132.
wealldīc f. _a walled ditch_? KC 5·346^19.
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 134^30.
weallgeweorc n. _building of a wall_, Æ _destruction of walls_, #ÆGr# 12^5.
weallian _to go abroad, travel, wander_: _go as pilgrim_.
weallīm m. _cement, mortar_, Æ (#Gen# 11^3).
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^2) m. _repair of walls_.
weallstōw = wælstōw
weallðrǣd (a^1) m. _plumb-line_, WW 522^27.
weallung (a, y) f. _agitation, fervour, zeal_.
weallwala † m. _part of a house-wall_? _foundation_? #Ruin# 21.
weallweg (a^1) 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# 139^5. [wealh]
wealstilling (y^2) = weallstilling
wealstōd = wealhstōd
wealt I. _shaky, unsteady_. II. = wielt pres. 3 sg. of wealdan.
wealtan ? _to turn about, roll, reel, stagger_. [[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 411^31.
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 407^27.
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# 87^19.
wearh I. == wearg. II. = wearr
wēariht = wearriht [[under “wearrig”]]
wearm ‘_warm_,’ Æ, CP. adv. -e.
wearmelle = wurmille
±wearmian (eo, y) _to become warm_, Æ, CP.
wearmlic _warm_, #Da# 350.
wearmnes f. _warmth_, ÆL 11^160.
wearn I. f. _reluctance, repugnance, refusal, denial_, CP: _resistance_: _reproaches, abuse_. [waru] II. = worn
wearn- = warn-, wearrn-
wearnmǣlum (ē) adv. _in troops_, WW 25^1. [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 410^10.
wēaspell n. _evil tidings_, B 1315.
weastern (#Chr# 1015) = western [[form of “westerne”?]]
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^7 _to ‘wax,’ grow, be fruitful, increase, become powerful_, Æ, AO, CP. II. = wascan