Chapter 68

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 15^15.

weldōnd m. _benefactor_, #Gl#.

weldōnnes f. _well-doing, kindness_, DR 13^17.

weleg = (1) wilig; (2) welig [[(1) form of “wiliga”]]

welena gp. of wela.

weler (eo) mf. _lip_, Æ, CP.

weleðig _rich_, ANS 128^299.

welfremming f. _good deed, benefit_, DR 187^17.

welfremnes f. _benefit_, DR.

welg I. m. = wilig. II. adj. = welig [[I. form of “wiliga”]]

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# 118^108.

welgelīcwirðnes f. _good pleasure_, #VPs# 140^7.

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 411^28.

welhrēowlīce = wælhrēowlīce [[form of “wælhrēow”]]

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 98^9.

well = (1) will; (2) wel

wella = wiella [[under “wiell”]]

wellā = wā lā

welle = wille

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

wellere _bosom, fold, hollow_, WW.

wellibbende (y^2) _living well, well conducted, reputable_, CP.

wellīcian _to please well_, MFH 178.

wellīcung f. _agreeableness_, #EPs#.

wellīcwyrðe (u^3) _well-pleasing_, #BCPs# 146^10.

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 12^20.

wel-spring, -sprynge (CP) = wyll(ge)spring [[redirected to “wilspring”]]

welstincende _fragrant_, CP 439^33.

welswēgende _melodious_, #SPs# 150^5.

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

welðungen † _honoured, in high repute_.

weluc = weoloc

welung f. _revolution_, OEG 28^30. [wielwan]

welweorðe _of high esteem_, #Lcd# 3·432^29.

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 171^28.

±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 489^12.

wendende _movable, revolving_, #Sc# 97^4.

wendere m. _translator, interpreter_, OEG 5259.

Wendle mp. _Vandals_.

wendung f. _change, turning, rotation_, CP.

+wene _perhaps_, MkR 14^2 (oe).

wēnendlic _to be hoped for_, GD 269^14.

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 451^19.

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 112^12: _doubt_.

wēn-unga, -unge (ǣ) adv. _possibly, perhaps, by chance_, Æ.

wenwyrt f. _crowfoot_? _lesser celandine_? _darnel_? #Lcd#.

wēo (#Rd# 57^5) = 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[15].

wēodian _to weed_, LL 454[9].

wēodmōnað m. _August_.

weodo, weodu == wudu

weoduma = weotoma [[under “wituma”]]

wēodung f. _weeding_, WW 105^3.

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 90^2.

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[2].

wēofodwiglere (wīgbed-) m. _soothsayer_, WW 108^10.

+weofu pl. of +wef.

wēofud = wēofod

weofung f. _weaving_, WW 490^38.

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^3) 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 55^6.

weorcdǣd (oe^1, ē^2) f. _action, operation_, DR 125^18.

weorcdæg m. _work-day_.

weorce I. † adj. _painful, bitter, difficult hard_. II. adv. _hardly, with difficulty_.

weorcern n. _workshop_.

weorcful _active_, #Sc# 169^1.

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 377^1.

weorcsige m. _success in work_, #Lcd# 1·3886^15 (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 206^32) = 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# 112^6.

weorht = worht pp. of wyrcean. [[variant of “wyrcan”]]

+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^3 _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# 28^7.

weorpian _to pine away_, #ERPs# 38^12.

weorras (Cp 161#c#) = 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^3 (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 130^20.

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^1, y^1) _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-

weosan^{1?} [S 382#n#2] _to be or become weak_. [[from first edition]]

weosnian = wisnian

weot- = wit-

weotod = witod

wēoðel == wēðel, wǣd(e)l

weoðerweard = wiðerweard

wēoðobān = wīðobān [[headword spelled “wiðobān”]]

weoðobend = wudubinde I.

wēox pret. 3 sg. of weaxan.

weoxian _to cleanse_? A 9·261^262.

±wēpan^7 _to ‘weep,’ complain_, Æ, AO, CP: _bewail, mourn over, deplore_, Æ.

wēpen == wǣp(e)n

wēpende adj. _weeping_, GD 18^31.

wēpendlic _deplorable, mournful_. adv. -līce.

wēpman = wǣpmann

wēpn == wǣpen

wēpned == wǣpned

[[Printed on one line: 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^1, e^2, i^2, y^2) 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# 3·34^14.

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 469^2. 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 277^8.

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^1, e^2) 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# 51^4.

+werodlǣcan (e^2) _to make sweet or pleasant_, #Sc# 196^5.

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 457^16. [= wyrpe]

werpan = weorpan

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

werrest (#Bl#) = wierrest

werscipe = wærscipe

werse = wierse [[under “wiersa”]]

werst = wierrest

werstede m. _place of a weir_, EC 246^10.

wert (#KGl#) = wyrt

werte = wearte [[under “weart”]]

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 536^1.

wesendlīce ‘_essentialiter_,’ GD 336; 337.

wesing f. ‘_confectio_,’ ‘_debilitatio_,’ v. OEG 1857.

wesle, weosule (#Gl#) f. ‘_weasel_.’

+wesnes f. _dissension_, BH 274^5.

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# 77^26.

westanwind m. _west wind_, AO 17^15.

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# 77^19.

westnorðlang adv. _extending north-westwards_, AO 22^17.

westnorðwind m. _north-west wind_, WW.

westra = westerra; v. westerne.

westrīce n. _western kingdom_, AO.

westrihte (y^2) 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 8^23.

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# 74^6.

westwind m. _west wind_, BH 458^17.

wesule = wesle

wēt I. pres. 3 sg. of wēdan. II. adj. = wǣt

wet- = wæt-

wēt- = wǣt-

wetēdre = wæterǣdre

+wetfæstan = +wedfæstan

wetma = weotoma [[under “wituma”]]

weðan _to assuage, make calm_, #PPs# 106^28.

wēðe _sweet, mild, pleasant_ (A).

weðel _swathe, bandage_, WW 22^14.

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 121^25.

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^1 _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 11^123.

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# 897#a#) = wīcgerēfa

wīcgerēfa m. _bailiff, reeve of a_ ‘wīc’ _or vill_, #Chr# 897#bcd#: _‘publicanus,’ tax-gatherer_.

wicgung = wiccung

wīcherpað m. _a public road to a_ ‘wīc’ (BT), KC 3·418^26.

±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 127^3.

wīcscēawere m. _provider of a home_, #Bl# 163^12.

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 117^21.

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[12].

widewe = wuduwe

wīdfæðme † _ample, extensive_.

wīdfarend m. _wanderer_, CP 315^4.

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 58^10.

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 439^34.

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# 96^11.

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 98^12) = wīdl

widu == wudu

widuw-, widw- = wuduw-

wīdwegas † mp. _distant regions_.

wīebed = wēofod

wiebel = wifel

wiece = wuce

Wieht = Wiht

wīel = wealh

wielde _powerful, victorious_, AO 156^22.

+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