A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students

Chapter 69

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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[3].

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-

[[Printed on one line: 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# 3·292^2.

wīfcild n. _female child_, BH 76^9.

wīfcynn n. _womankind, female sex_.

wīfcȳððu f. _company of a woman_? _intercourse with a woman_? #Chr# 755#a#.

+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[54].

wīffex n. _woman’s hair_, WW. [feax]

wīffrēond m. _female friend_.

wīfgāl _licentious, unchaste_, CP 453^30.

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 15^19.

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# 150^4.

wīfhīred n. _nunnery_, GD 27^8.

±wīfian _to take a wife, marry (of the man)_, _Æ_. [‘_wive_’; ‘_i-wive_’]

wīflāc n. _cohabitation, fornication_, LL.

wīflēas _unmarried_, LL (190^3).

wiflēast f. _lack of women_, ÆL 10^216.

wīflic _womanly, feminine, female_, Æ. adv. -līce.

wīflufu † f. _love for a woman_.

wīfmann (o^2) m. ‘_woman_,’ Æ, AO, CP: _female servant_.

wīfmyne m. _love for a woman_, #Gen# 1861.

-wifre v. gange-w.

+wifsǣlig _fortunate_, WW 496^8.

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^1 _to fight, make war_, Æ.

wīgār m. _spear, lance_. [wīg, gār]

wīgbǣre _warlike_, WW 193^18.

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# 27^16.

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 [[headword spelled “wiglung”]]

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 25^560.

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 442^1?

wigol _divining, foreboding_, WW 133^2.

wīgplega † m. _war-play, battle_.

wīgrād (ō) f. _war-path_, #Gen# 2084.

wīgrǣden f. _state of war, battle_, #Wald# 1^22.

wīgsigor † m. _victory in battle_.

wīgsīð m. _military expedition_, #Gen# 2094.

wīgsmið I. m. _maker of idols_, #PPs# 113^12. II. † m. _warrior_.

wīgspēd † f. _success in war_.

wīgspere n. _war-spear, dart_, WW 143^14.

wīgsteall n. _rampart, entrenchment_.

wīgstrang _mighty in war_, WW 360^36.

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 170^8.

wīgweorðung † (ēoh^1) 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 7^257.

wīlamcel? (wīluncel? GPH 401) = wīelincel

wīlāwei = wā lā wā

wīlbec m. _stream of tears, lamentations_? #Rim# 26. [or? wīgblēd]

+wilbod n. _commandment_, WW 191^22.

wilboda m. _messenger of joy, angel_, #Gu# 1220.

+wilcð n. _rolling, tossing_, #JPs# 88^10. [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[15]: (+) _temper_.

wilddēor = wildēor

wilddēoren _pertaining to wild beasts, fierce_, #Sc# 99^7.

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 364^1.

-wildian v. ā-w.

wile pres. 3 sg. of willan.

+wile = +will

wileg = wilig [[form of “wiliga”]]

wilege = wilige [[under “wiliga”]]

wīlen = wīelen

wilewīse = _wiligwīse_

wilfægen _fain, glad_, Æ.

wilfǣmne f. _beloved woman_.

wilfullīce adv. _willingly_, OEG.

wilgæst m. _welcome guest_, #Mod# 7 (e^2).

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 376^26.

wilhrēðig _exultant_, #El# 1117.

wilia = wiliga

wilian (Æ) = wielwan

±wilian (y) _to connect, bind_, #Sc# 11^8; W.

wilie = wilige [[under “wiliga”]]

wiliga m., wilige (Æ) f. _basket_.

wiligwīse (wile-) _basket-wise_, #Bl# 125^21.

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# 20^3.

±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 1^97.

±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^1, y^1) 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 2219^3589.

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 377^4.

wincan = wincian

wince f. _winch, pulley_, WW 416^6.

wincel I. m. _corner_, Ct. [_Ger._ winkel] II. = wencel

wincettan _to wink_, #PPs# 34^19.

wincian _to ‘wink,’ blink_, Æ, CP.

winclo = wenclu, nap. of wencel.

wīnclyster n. _cluster of grapes_, OEG 18#b#^2.

wīncolc _wine vat_, WW 439^30.

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^3 (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^2) _windy_, OEG 43^10.

windbland (o^2) n. _blast of wind_, B 3146.

+winde _blowing_, BH 202^7.

-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 145^17.

windelstrēaw n. ‘_windle-straw_,’ WW.

windeltrēow n. _oleaster, willow_, WW.

wind-fona, -gefon m. _winnowing fan_.

windfylled _blown down_, LL 452[19].

windgereste f. _resting-place of the winds_, B 2456?

windhlæden (a^2) _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 4^37.

wīndrenc (i, y) m. _wine-drink, wine_, Æ.

wīndruncen _elate, intoxicated with wine_.

windscofl _fan_, WW 478^25.

windsele m. † _(windy hall), hall of misery, hell_.

windswingel f. _(wind-whip), fan_, WW 154^10.

windumǣr (wudu- ?) f. _echo_, WW 474^8.

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 141^11.

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

wīneard == wīngeard

wine-dryhten (i^3) † 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 118^3.

wīngeardhōc m. _vine-tendril_, WW 201^31.

wīngeardhring m. _cluster of grapes or other fruit_, WW 213^17.

wīngeardseax n. _(vine-) pruning knife_, WW 234^44.

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# 79^13.

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 18#b#^73.

wīnlic _vinous, like wine_, Æ.

wīnmere m. _wine-vat_, WW 439^30.

±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^3 (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^5 (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 122^31. [_L._ sextarius]

winstōw = winnstōw [[headword spelled “winnstow”]]

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 18^1.

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[1].

winterfeorm f. _Christmas feast_, LL 452[21,4].

winterfylleð _October_.

wintergegong m. _fate_, WW 406^6.

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 36^95.

winterig = wintrig

winterlǣcan _to grow wintry_.

winterlic _wintry, belonging to winter, winter_, Æ.

winterrǣdingbōc f. _lectionary for the winter_, TC 430^16.

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[7].

winterstund f. _winter-hour, short time, year_? #Gen# 370.

wintersufel n. _food for winter_, LL 450[9].

wintertīd f. _winter-time_, Æ.

wīntīber n. _wine-offering, libation_, WW 130^13 (-tīfer).

+wintīd f. _time of affliction_, GD 210^15.

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 21^33.

wīntunne f. _wine-cask_ (or? wīntūn _wine-house_), ÆP 19^1.

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# 15^3.

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 537^34.

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^1, ȳ^2) adj. _myrtle_, #Lcd# 1·236^1

wirtruma = wyrtruma [[under “wyrtrum”]]

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# 138^14.

wīsc- (Æ) = wȳsc-

wisce n. _a piece of meadow_, PST 95/98, 542.

wischere m. _diviner_? ÆL 21^466.

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 95^31.

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 [[redirected to “hwistlian”]]

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 [[under “wīsfæst”]]

wistfulgend m. _banqueter_, #EPs# 41^5.

wistfull _productive_, #Chr# 1112.

±wistfullian _to feast_, Æ.

wistfullīce adv. _luxuriously_, WW 513^6.

wistfullnes f. _good cheer_.

±wistfullung f. _feasting_, OEG.

wistfyllo f. _fill of food_, B 734.

wistgifende _fertile_, WW 457^25.

+wistian _to feast_, G.

wistl- = hwistl-

+wistlǣcan _to feast, banquet_, G.

wist-mete m., nap. -mettas, _sustenance_, ÆL 23b^582.

wiston pret. pl. of witan.

wisðlung = wistlung [[redirected to “hwistlung”]]

wīswyrdan _to be wise in speech_, A 13·38.

wīswyrde _prudent in speech_, W 72^18.

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^1 (+) _to look, behold, see_, #PPs# 79^14: _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^2) 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# 68^11.

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 102^24) = 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# 17^44. [witter]

wītern n. _prison_, WW 199^31. [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# 66^17.

wītg- = wīteg-

witian (eo) _to order, arrange, provide, destine, conclude, establish_.

witiendlic = witigendlic [[headword spelled “wītigendlic”]]

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 47^3.

±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# 78^11.

wītnung f. _torment, torture, punishment, purgatory_, Æ.

wītnungstōw f. _place of punishment, purgatory_, Æ.

witod I. = witodlīce. II. pp. of witian.