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±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.

witodlic _certain, sure_, LkR 20^6 (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 331^15.

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# 1067#d#. [_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^7 _to blow away_, CP 439^24.

wið-bregdan^3, -brēdan^3 _to withhold, restrain, withstand, oppose_, Æ, CP.

wiðcampian (o) _to fight against_.

wiðcēosan^2 _to reject_. pp. wiðcoren _rejected, reprobate, outcast_.

wiðcostian ‘_reprobare_,’ NC 333.

wiðcwædenes = wiðcwedennes

wiðcwedennes f. _contradiction_.

wiðcwedolnes = wiðercwedolnes

wiðcweðan^5 _to speak against, contradict, gainsay, oppose, resist_, Æ: _forbid, refuse, deny_: _reject, renounce_, CP.

wiðcweðenes = wiðcwedennes

wiðdrīfan^1 _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^3, eo^3, o^3, u^3) 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 2·290^19.

wiðercwednes f. _contradiction_, CP 143^20.

wiðercwedol _opposing, contradicting_.

wiðercwedolnes f. _contradiction_, #Gl#.

wiðercwedung f. _a speaking against, contradiction_, #SPs# 51^4.

wiðercweð- = wiðercwed-

wiðercweðan^5 _to withstand_.

wiðercwida (y) m. _contradictor_, OEG 1893: _opposer, rebel_, WW 110^23.

wiðercwide m. _contradiction_: _opposition, resistance_.

wiðercwidel- = wiðercwedol-

wiðercwyd- = wiðer-cwed-, -cwid-

wiðercyr m. _rearing (of a horse)_, #El# 926.

wiðerdūne (ē^3, y^3) _narrow_, NC 333.

-wiðere v. tō-w.

wiðerfeoht- = wiðfeoht-

wiðerflita m. _opponent, adversary_, AO, CP.

wiðerflītan^1 _to contend against_. [[from first edition]]

wiðerhabban _to resist_, #PPs# 72^20.

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^1, ē^3) _to deprive_, #EPs# 83^13.

wiðerlēan † n. _requital_.

wiðerling m. _opponent, adversary_, EHy 4^7.

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^5 _to compare to, measure with, measure against_.

wiðermōd _unwilling, adverse, contrary_, CP 212^7.

wiðermōdnes f. _adversity_, CP 83^19.

wiðermoednes (DR) = wiðermēdnes

wiðerrǣde _contrary, opposed, adverse, perverse, rebellious_, Æ: _disadvantageous_: _disagreeable, unpleasant_.

wiðerrǣdlic _contrary, adverse_, #ÆGr# 264^1.

wiðerrǣdnes f. _opposition, discord, variance, disadvantage, adversity_, Æ.

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

wiðerriht n. _recompense_, WW 118^12.

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^6 _to resist_, #EPs# 16^8.

wiðersteall (a^3) m. _resistance, opposition_, Æ.

wiðersȳnes adv. _‘widdershins,’ backwards_, #Bl# 93^19.

wiðertalu f. _contradiction_, ÆH 1·530^6.

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^3) _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 4^7.

wiðerwennung f. _controversy_, #Sc# 146^15. [winnan]

wiðer-werd-, -wi(e)rd- = wiðerweard-

wiðerwinn n. _contest_, OEG 2^3.

wiðerwinna m. _opponent, rival, adversary, enemy_, Æ, AO, CP.

wiðerwinnan^3 _to revolt_, GPH 389.

+wiðerworded (i^2) _opposed_, DR 114^1.

wiðerwyrd == wiðerweard

wiðewinde = wiðowinde

wiðfaran^6 _to come off, escape_, #Ex# 573.

wiðfeohtan^3 _to fight against, rebel_.

wiðfeohtend m. _adversary_, CP.

wiðfēolan^3 _to apply oneself to_, BH.

wiðferian † _to rescue, redeem_.

wiðflita = wiðerflita

wiðflītan = wiðerflītan

wiðfōn^7 (w. d.) _to grasp at, clutch_, B 760.

wiðforan I. prep. _before, in the presence of_. II. adv. _before, previously_.

wið-gān anv., -gangan^7 _to go against, oppose_: _pass away, vanish, disappear_.

wiðgehæftan = wiðhæftan

wiðgemetnes f. _comparison_, BH 430^20.

wiðgeondan prep. _beyond_, Mt 3^5.

wiðgrīpan^1 _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_. [[from first edition]]

wiðheardian _to harden_, #ARSPs# 94^8.

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 [[variant of “wīdlian”]]

wiðlicgan^5 _to oppose, resist_.

wiðmetan^5 _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^2 _to abhor_? _resist_? #El# 369 (GK).

wiðrian = wiðerian

wiðsacan^6 _to oppose, strive against_, AO: _to refute, contradict_: _forsake, abandon, renounce, refuse, deny_, Æ, AO, CP.

wiðsacendlic _used in negations_, #ÆGr# 226^3.

wiðsacung f. _denial, renunciation_, #Sc# 60^14.

wiðsceorian (o^2) _to refuse_, CP 59^12.

wīðscrīðel = wīdscrīðol

wiðscūfan^2 _to thrust back, refute, repel_, BH.

wiðsēon^5 _to rebel, rise against_, AO.

wiðsetnes f. _opposition_, #Gl#.

wiðsettan _to withstand, resist_, Æ.

wiðslēan^6 _to oppose, bring to naught_, Æ, CP.

wiðsprecan^5 _to contradict, gainsay_: _converse_, AS: _revile_: _speak with_, GD 345^8.

wiðspurnan^3 _to hit against_, MtL 4^5.

wiðstæppan^6 _to step or go out of_.

wiðstandan^6 (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 17^26.

wiðstyltan _to hesitate, doubt_, MtL 21^21.

wiðtēon^2 _to take away, withdraw_: _restrain_, CP.

wiðtremman _to step back_, CP 441^27.

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 168^2) = 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^3 † _to reject, repudiate_.

wiðwinde = wiðewinde

wiðwinnan^3 _to fight against, resist, oppose_, AO, CP.

wiðwiðerian _to resist, withstand_, GD 117^19.

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# 148^5) = wrǣclīce

wlæcnes f. _lukewarmness_, CP.

wlæffetere m. _stammerer_, GPH 403.

wlæffian _to stammer, speak indistinctly_, v. NC 333.

wlænc = wlanc, wlenc

wlænco = wlenco [[under “wlenc”]]

wlǣta = wlǣtta

+wlǣtan _to defile, debase_, #Bo# 114^23.

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. [[headword spelled “nebwlātful”]]

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^1 † _to gaze, look, observe_.

wlite m. _brightness_: _appearance, form, aspect, look, countenance_: _beauty, splendour_, Æ: _adornment_, CP.

wliteandet? n. _confession of splendour_, #PPs# 103^2.

wlitebeorht † _beauteous_.

wliteful _beautiful_, #Sc# 21^8.

wlitelēas _ugly_, #An# 1171.

wlitelīce _handsomely_, #Bl# 205^6.

wlitescīne (ȳ^3) _lovely, beautiful_.

wlītesēon f. _sight, spectacle_, B 1650.

wlitetorht † _brilliant, lovely_.

wlitewamm (o^3) m. _disfigurement of the face_.

wliteweorð n. _legal value of a man’s life, ransom_, GD 179^21.

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 [[form of “wacor”]]

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 341^8.

wodawistle = wodewistle

woddor n. _throat, gullet_? #Sol# 95.

wōddrēam m. ‘_dæmonium_,’ #RPs# 95^5 (v. ES 38^25).

wōdelic = wōdlic

Wōden m. _Woden_: _Mercury_.

wōdendrēam m. _madness_, WW 245^10.

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 80^3.

wōdscipe m. _insanity_, WW 245^12.

wōdsēoc _mad_, GD 135^1.

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 7^301.

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 70^3. on wōn _wrongfully, in error_.

wōhbogen † _bent, crooked_.

wōhcēapung f. _fine for illegal trafficking_, KC 5·143^22.

wōhdǣd f. _wrong deed, crime_.

wōhdōm m. _unjust judgment_, A 8·336.

wōhfōted _having deformed feet_, WW 161^30.

wōhfremmend m. _evildoer_, #Met# 9^36.

wōhful _wicked_, NG.

wōhfulnes f. _wickedness_, NG.

wōhgeorn _inclined to evil_, W 183^8.

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 401^30.

wōhhandede _maimed (of the hands)_, WW 161^29.

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 27^9 (wōg-).

wōl mf. _pestilence, plague, mortality, disease_, AO, CP.

wōlbǣrnes f. _calamity, pest_, AO 62^34.

wōlberende _pestilential, pernicious_, CP.

wōlberendlic _pestilential_, #Chr# 1086.

wōlbryne m. _pestilence_, AO 86^24.

wolc (WW 175^20) = wolcen

wolc- = walc-, wolcen-

wolcen nm. (nap. wolcnu) _‘convolutio,’ ball, lump_, #PPs# 147^5: _cloud_, Æ: _sky, heavens_. [‘_welkin_’]

wolcenfaru † f. _scudding of clouds_.

wolcengehnāst n. _meeting of clouds (in a storm)_, #Rd# 4^60.

wolcenrēad = weolocrēad

wolcenwyrcende? ptc. _cloud-making (Centaurs)_, WW 456^24.

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 64^15.

wōlic == wōhlic

wollentēare _weeping, with flowing tears_, B 3032.

-wolma v. fōt-w. [[under “fōtwelm”]]

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^10.

woman intr. _to infringe_, EC 151^16: (+) tr. w. d. pers. and g. thing _deprive of_, EC 151^17. [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 18^32.

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 [[“wāse” headword spelled “wase”]]

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 6^44 (v. ES 38·340; 40·152). III. = werod

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

wordcærse (WW 416^8) = *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^3) 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# 18^4.

wordlār f. _teaching_, NC 334.

wordlatu f. _delay in speech_? #An# 1519.

wordlaðu † f. _conversation, speech_.

wordlēan n. _reward for song_, #Rd# 78^9.

wordlian (u^1) _to talk, commune_: _conspire_, GD 106^1.

wordliend m. _speaker_, OEG 2321.

wordloc n. _art of logic_, WW 388^11.

wordloca † m. _(word-hoard), speech_.

wordloga m. _deceiver, liar_, W 40^10.

wordlung n. _talk, discourse_: _empty talk_.

wordmittung f. ‘_collatio_,’ WW 178^35.

wordpredicung f. _preaching_, NC 334.

wordrian = wordlian

wordriht n. _suitable word_, B 2631: _spoken law_, #Ex# 3.

wordsāwere m. _word-sower, rhetorician_, CP 97^4.

wordsige m. _success in speech_, #Lcd# 1·188^15.

word-snoter, -snotor _eloquent, rhetorical, wise in words_.

wordsnoterlic _philosophical, learned_, OEG 2270.

wordsnoterung f. _sophism_, OEG 2268.

wordsomnere m. _enumeration, catalogue_, WW 212^27.

wordsomnung f. ‘_collatio_,’ WW 178^35.

wordwīsa m. _sophist_, WW 493^30.

wordwrītere = wyrdwrītere

wordwynsum _affable_, WW 191^21.

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 [[variant of “wamlust”?]]

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^1, eo^1, ia^1; o^2) 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# 81^27.

woruldbisgu f. _worldly occupation_, LL.

woruldbisgung (eo^1, y^2) f. _worldly business_: _worldly misery, trouble_.

woruldbismer (o^2) nm. _worldly reproach_, CP 61^10.

woruldbliss f. _worldly bliss_, #Gu# 135.

woruldbōt f. _compensation prescribed by the secular power_, LL 128[2].

woruld-broc n., -bryce (o^2) m. _worldly trouble_, CP 259^2: _use for secular purposes_, MH 136^9.

woruldbūend † m. _world-dweller_.

woruldcamp m. _secular warfare_, LL (388^4).

woruldcandel f. _sun_, B 1965.

woruldcearu (a^3) 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 (414^33).

worulddēad _dead_, #PPs# 142^4.

worulddēma m. _secular judge_, LL.

worulddōm m. _secular judgment_, Æ.

worulddrēam † m. _earthly joy_.

worulddrihten m. _lord of the world, God_, #Met# 29^1.

woruldduguð † f. _worldly riches_.

woruldearfoð † n. _earthly misery_.

woruldege m. _earthly fear_, LL (310^19).

woruldende m. _end of the world_, B 3083.

woruldfægernes f. _earthly beauty_, MH 34^8.

woruldfeoh n. _earthly goods, wealth_, #Gen# 2142.

woruldfolgað m. _worldly occupation_, #Bl#.

woruldfrætwung (world-) f. _worldly ornament_, #Bl# 125^36.

woruldfrēond (ȳ^3) m. _friend in this world_.

woruldfrið m. _worldly peace_, LL 220[1].

woruldfruma m. _primeval man, patriarch_, #Guth# 12^28.

woruldgālnes f. _lust of pleasure_, W 219^14.

woruldgebyrd n. _worldly origin or descent_, BH.

woruldgedāl n. _death_, #El# 581.

woruldgefeoht (o^2) n. _earthly fight_, MH 36^26.

woruldgeflit n. _dispute, law-suit_? #Lcd# 3·174^19.

woruldgerǣdnes (eo^1) 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^2).

woruldgesceaft † f. _creature of this world_: _world_.

woruldgestrēon † n. _worldly riches_.

woruldgeswinc n. _earthly toil, misery_, CP(o^2).

woruldgeðincð f. _worldly honour, dignity_, GD, W.

woruldgeðōht (world-) mn. _worldly thought_, #Bl# 15^14.

woruldgewinn n. _earthly war_, Æ.

woruldgewritu np. _worldly literature, secular writings_.

woruldgewuna m. _customary law_, LL 206[1a].

woruldgielp (i^3) mn. _pride of this world, glory_, CP.

woruldgifu f. _worldly gift_.

woruldgītsere m. _coveter of worldly things_, #Met# 14^1.

woruldgītsung f. _covetousness_.

woruldglenge m. _worldly pomp_.

woruldgōd n. _worldly good_.

woruldgylp (Æ) = woruldgielp

woruldgyrla (o^2) 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^2) 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 (422^12).

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 (422^14).

woruldnēod f. _temporal need_, LL 267[32].

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^2) n. _worldly power_, NC 334.

woruldriht (y^3) n. _secular or civil law_: _God’s law for the world_.

woruldsacu f. _worldly strife_, W 170^9.

woruldsǣlða fp. _earthly blessings_, #Bo#.

woruldscamu (ea^3) 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 3^7.

woruldsnotor _worldly-wise_.

woruldsorg f. _earthly care_, CP.

woruldspēd f. _worldly wealth, success in the world_, CP.

woruldspēdig _rich in this world_, CP 333^2.

woruldsprǣc f. _worldly talk, conversation about worldly matters_, LL.

woruldstēor f. _secular penalty_, LL 258[51].

woruldstrang _having worldly power_, NC 334.

woruldstrengu f. _physical strength_, #Rd# 27^2.

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# 69^5.

woruldðēaw m. _worldly affair_, #Bo# 7^13.

woruld-ðegen, -ðegn, -ðēn m. _earthly or secular servant_, LL.

woruldðēnung (o^2) f. _secular office_, NC 334.

woruldðēostru (y^3) f. _earthly darkness_.

woruldðēowdōm m. _secular service_.

woruldðing (o^2) n. _worldly affair, thing_, Æ, AO, CP: _earthly riches_.

woruldwǣpn (o^2) n. _earthly weapon_, #Bl# 213^4.

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# 24^2.

woruldwilnung f. _earthly desire_, CP.

woruldwīs _worldly-wise_, CP(o^2).

woruldwīsdōm m. _worldly wisdom, science_, Æ.

woruldwīse f. _custom of the world_, MH 68^9#b#.

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^2).

woruldwrītere m. _writer about the world, philosopher_.

woruldwuldor n. _worldly glory_.

woruldwuniende (o^2) _dwelling in the world_, #Met# 13^17.

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 [[headword spelled “wase”]]

wōsig _juicy, moist_, #Lcd#.

-wost v. fore-w.

wōð † f. _sound, noise_: _voice, song, poetry_: _eloquence_.

wōðbora † m. _orator, speaker, seer, prophet, poet, singer_.

wōðcræft † m. _art of speech or song_.

-woðe v. got-w.

wōðgiefu f. _gift of song_, #Rd# 32^8.

wōðsong m. _song_, #Cr# 46.

wōum dp. of wōh, adj.

wōx I. pret. 3 sg. of weaxan. II. = wōsc

wracian _to be banished, be in exile_.

wraclīce = wræclīce

wracnian = wræcnian

wraco = wracu

wracu (e) f. (g. often wræce) _revenge, vengeance, persecution_, Æ, AO, CP. on ðā wrace _in retaliation_: _punishment, penalty_, AO, CP: _cruelty, misery, distress, torture, pain_, AO. [wrecan]

wræc I. (e) n(f?) _misery_, CP: _vengeance, persecution_: _exile_. [‘_wreck_’; wrecan] II. _what is driven_, OET 37^62. III. pret. 3 sg. of wrecan. IV. = wærc (A; v. JAW 52)

wræca = wræcca

wræcan = wrecan

wræcca (e) m. ‘_wretch_,’ CP: _fugitive, outcast, exile_, AO: _adventurer, stranger_.

wræccan = wrecan

wræce v. wracu.

wræcend = wrecend

wræcfæc n. _time of exile, banishment, misery_, #Rim# 64.

wræcful _wretched, miserable_, Æ.

wrǣchwīl f. _period of exile or of distress_, #Ph# 527.

wræclāst † (e) m. _path of exile_.

wræclāstian _to banish_, WW.

wræclic adj. _foreign_: _strange, unfamiliar, extraordinary_: _wretched, exiled_. adv. -līce.

wrǣclic = wrǣtlic

wræc-mæcg †, -mæcga ‡ m. _exile, outcast, miserable man_.

wræcmon m. _fugitive_, #Ex# 137.

wrǣcnan = wrǣcnian [[headword spelled “wræcnian”]]

wræcnes = wrecnes

wræcnian (e) _to be banished, wander travel_, Æ.

wrǣcon pret. pl. of wrecan.

wræcscipe (e) m. _exile_.

wræcsetl n. _place of exile_, #Gu# 267.

wræcsīð m. _journey of exile or peril, pilgrimage_, Æ: _exile, persecution_, Æ, AO: _misery_.

wræcsīðian _to wander, travel abroad, be in exile_, Æ.

wræcstōw f. _place of exile or punishment_.

wræcwīte n. _punishment_, #Bl#.

wrǣcworuld f. _miserable world_, W 1^2.

wrǣd f. _band, bandage, ‘wreath,’_ CP: _bundle_: _band, flock_. [wrīðan]

wrǣdmǣlum adv. _in companies_, WW 411^42.

-wrǣdnes v. sam-w.

wrǣg- = wrēg-

wrǣne (ē) _unbridled, loose, lustful_, AO.

wrænna (Æ) = wrenna

wrǣnnes f. _luxury, lust, wantonness_, AO, CP.

wrǣnsa m. _wantonness_, OEG 2347.

wrǣnscipe m. _wantonness_, OEG 5290 (ē).

wrǣnsian _to be wanton_, NC 335.

wrǣsnan _to alter, change, modulate_, #Rd# 25^1.

wrǣst (ā) _firm, able, strong, excellent_: _delicate_. adv. -e.

wrǣstan I. (±) _to ‘wrest,’ bend, twist, twang_. II. _to be or make elegant_? WW.

wrǣstlere m. _wrestler_, WW 431^26.

wrǣstlic I. _pertaining to wrestling_, WW. II. (ā) _delicate, elegant_, WW.

wrǣstliend _wrestler_, WW 431^25. [wrǣstan]

wrǣstlung f. _wrestling, struggling_, GD, OEG.

wræt m. = wrætte f.

wrǣt = wrǣtt

wrǣtlic _artistic, ornamental_: _curious, wondrous, rare_. adv. -līce. [wrǣtt]

wrǣtt † f. _ornament, work of art, jewel_.

wrætte f. _rubea tinctoria_? _crosswort_? _hellebore_? (A 30·248).

wrǣð I. = wrǣd. II. = wrǣððo

+wrǣðan _to be enraged_, #Lcd# 3·212^4.

wræðian = wreðian

wrǣðo = wrǣððo

wrǣð-studu, -stuðu (e) f. _column, pillar support_.

wrǣððo, wrǣð(ð)u (ā) f. _‘wrath,’ anger, indignation_, NG.

wrǣxlian = wrǣstlian [[variant of “wrǣstan”]]

wrāh pret. 3 sg. of wrēon.

wrang I. n. _‘wrong,’ injustice_. [_ON._ rangr] II. pret. 3 sg. of wringan. III. (o) = wranga

wranga (pr-) _hold of a ship_, WW.

wrangwīs _perverse_, OEG 1770.

wrāsen (ǣ) f. _band, tie, chain_.

wrāst == wrǣst

wrāt pret. 3 sg. of wrītan.

wrāð I. adj. _‘wroth,’ furious, angry, hostile_, AO: _terrible, horrible_: _grievous, harsh, bitter, malignant, evil, cruel_. adv. -e. II. f. _cruelty_: _hardship_. [wrīðan] III. = wrǣð. IV. pret. 3 sg. of wrīðan.

+wrāðian (refl.) _to be angry_, _Chr_ 1070. [‘_iwrathe_’]

wrāðlic † _grievous, severe, bitter_. adv. -līce.

wrāðmōd † _angry_.

wrāðscræf n. _wretched hole, pit of misery, hell_, #Rd# 41^41.

wrāððo = wrǣððu [[under “wrǣððo”]]

wraðu f. _prop, help, support, maintenance_.

wrāðum adv. _fiercely_.

+wraxl? _wrestling-place, gymnasium_, OEG 18b^68?

wraxlere m. _wrestler_, OEG.

wraxlian _to wrestle_, Æ.

wraxliende _wrestling, contending, striving_.

wraxlung f. _wrestling_, WW 150^8.

wrēah pret. 3 sg. of wrēon.

wrec == wræc

wrecan^5 (eo) _to drive, impel, push_: _expel, persecute_, CP: (±) _‘wreak,’ revenge, avenge, punish_, AO: _press forward, advance_: _fulfil, accomplish_: _utter, deliver, pronounce_.

wreccan = (1) weccan; (2) wrecan

-wrecel v. spor-w.

wrecend m. _avenger_.

wrecnes (æ) f. _vengeance_, NG.

wrecscip (æ?) ‘_actuaria_’? ES 43·336.

wrecu (#VPs#) = wracu

±wrēgan I. † _to excite, stir up_. II. _to accuse, impeach_, Æ. [wrōht]

wrēgend m. _accuser_.

wrēgendlic _accusative_, #ÆGr# 22^20.

wrēgere m. _accuser, informer_, Æ.

wrēgistre (ǣ) f. _female accuser_, ÆL 2^208.

wrēgung f. _accusation_, Æ.

wrēhte pret. 3 sg. of wrēgan.

wrehtend m. _instigator_, WW 420^29.

wrēhtend m. _accuser_, #KGl# 73^23.

wrēn- = wrǣn-

wrenc m. _wile, stratagem, trick, deceit_, AO: (†) _modulation, melody, song_. [‘_wrench_’]

wrencan _to twist_: _spin intrigues, devise plots_, #Mod# 33.

wrenna (æ) m., wrenne f. _wren_, WW.

wreocan = wrecan

wreogan (M) = wrigon pret. pl. of wrēon.

wrēoh imperat. of wrēon.

±wrēon^1,2 _to cover, clothe, envelop, conceal, hide_: _protect, defend_.

wrēotan = rēotan

wreotian = writian

wreotu nap. of writ.

wrēoð = wrǣð

wreoðenhilt _with twisted hilt_, B 1699. [= *wriðenhilt]

wreoðian = wreðian

wrēoðian = wrīdian

wretbasu ‘_rubeum_’ (?= wrǣtt- or wrætte- v. A 30·248).

±wreðian _to support, sustain, uphold_, CP.

wreðstudu = wræðstudu [[headword spelled “wrǣðstudu”]]

wrīanne (N) = wrēonne gerund of wrēon I.

wricð, wriceð pres. 3 sg. of wrecan.

wrid m. _shoot, plant, bush_, #Lcd#; Mdf.

+wrid n. _thicket_? #Guth#.

wrīdan^1 _to grow, thrive, flourish_.

wriden pp. of (1) wrīdan; (2) wrīðan.

wrīdian _grow, flourish, spring up_. [wrīdan]

wriecð = wricð pres. 3 sg. of wrecan.

wriexl == wrixl

wrīgels mn. _covering, veil_.

wrigen pp., wrigon pret. pl. of wrēon.

wrigennes (gn-) f. _a covering_, #EPs# 60^5.

wrīgian † _to go, turn, twist, bend_: _strive, struggle, press forward, endeavour, venture_.

wrīhst pres. 2 sg., wrīhð pres. 3 sg. of wrēon.

+wrinclian _to wind about_, KC 4·34^9.

+wring n. _liquor, drink_, WW 128^17.

wringan^3 _to ‘wring,’ twist_: (±) _squeeze, press out_, Æ.

wringe f. (_oil-_)_press_, GD 250^15.

wringhwǣg n? _strained whey_, LL 451[16].

+wrisc = +wrixl

wrislan = wrixlan

wrist f. _wrist_, LL 386[2].

±writ n. _writing_: (±) _book, treatise_: _scripture_, Æ: _‘writ’ (‘i-writ’) charter, document, deed_, _AO, Bl_: ‘_stilus_,’ GPH 402.

±wrītan^1 (ȳ) _to incise, engrave_, _‘write,’ draw_, Æ, AO, CP: _bestow by writing_.

wrītbred n. _writing tablet_.

-wrīte v. wæter-w.

-writennes v. tō-w.

±wrītere m. _writer, scribe, author, portrayer, painter_, Æ, CP.

wrīteȳren (MH 146^12) = wrītīren

writian (eo) _to chirp, chatter_, v. OEG 37^3.

wrīting f. _writing_, #SPs# 44^2.

wrītingfeðer f. _pen_, #EPs# 44^3.

wrītingīsen n. _style, pen_, MH 146^12#c#.

wrītīren (y^2) n. _writing instrument, style_.

writseax n. _style, pen_, MtL p2^18.

writt- = wrīt-

wriða m. _band, thong, bridle_, Æ: _collar, ring_.

±wrīðan^1 (ȳ) I. _to twist, wrap, bind up, tie, fasten, fetter_. [‘_writhe_’] II. = wrīdan

+wriðelian _to bind_? OEG 23^7?

wrīðels m. _band, fillet, bandage_, WW 411^17.

wrīðian = wrīdian

wrixendlic _mutual_, GD 2^7. adv. -līce _turn about, one by one, by turns, in turn_.

wrixl f., wrixla m. _change, exchange, barter_, CP.

+wrixl, +wrixle n. _turn, change_: _exchange, purchase_: _requital_.

wrixlan (±) _to change, barter, exchange, reciprocate, lend_, AO. wordum w. _converse_: (+) _recompense, requite_: (+) _obtain_.

wrixlian = wrixlan

+wrixlic _alternating_, OEG 2^135.

±wrixlung f. _exchange_: _loan_.

wroegan = wrēgan

wrogen pp. of wrēon.

wroht = worht pp. of wyrcan.

wrōht I. f. _blame, reproach, accusation, slander_: _fault, crime, sin, injustice_, Æ: _strife, enmity, anger, contention, dispute_, AO, CP: _hurt, injury, calamity, misery_. [wrēgan] II. m. _tale-bearer_, #ÆGr# 217^2.

wrōhtberend m. _accuser_.

wrōhtbora m. _accuser, monster_: _the devil_.

wrōhtdropa m. _bloodshed accompanied by crime_, #GnE# 196.

wrōhtgemǣne _pledged to punishment or revenge_.

wrōhtgeorn _contentious_, CP 357.

wrōhtgetēme n. _series of crimes_? (BT), #Gen# 45.

wrōhtian _to do harm_? HL 15^105.

wrōhtlāc n. _calumny_, W 160^5n.

wrōhtsāwere m. _sower of strife_, CP 359.

wrōhtscipe m. _crime_, #Gen# 1672.

wrōhtsmið † m. _worker of evil, evildoer_.

wrōhtspitel _slanderous_, #EGl#. [spittan]

wrōhtstæf † m. _accusation_, #El# 926: _injury_, #Rd# 72^12,14.

wrong (WW 201^35) = wrang II.

wrōt m. _snout, elephant’s trunk_, WW.

wrōtan^7 _to root up_, Æ.

wrugon pret. pl. of wrēon.

wrungen pp. of wringan.

wrycð pres. 3 sg. of wrecan.

wryhta = wyrhta

wrȳhð = wrihð pret. 3 sg. of wrēon.

+wrynded _founded (of a house)_, MtL 7^25.

wrȳt- = wrīt-

wrȳte (CM 56^83) = prȳte [[under “prȳto”]]

wrȳðan = wrīðan

wucaðēn = wucðegn

wuce = wucu

wuc-dæg, wuce-, wicu- m. _week-day_, Æ.

wucðegn (i^1) m. _monk or priest appointed for a week’s duty, weekly servant_.

wucðēnung f. _service for a week_.

wucu f. ‘_week_,’ AO, CP.

wucubōt f. _penance lasting a week_, LL (278^12).

wucweorc (i^1) n. _(compulsory) work for a week, by a tenant_.

wude == wudu

wudere m. _wood-man, wood-carrier_, WW 371^5.

wudewe = wuduwe

wudian _to cut wood_, Æ.

wudig _wooded, having trees_, #Az# 120.

wudigere, wudiere (WW) = wudere

wudiht _thick (with trees)_, _woody, forest-like_, GPH 402.

wudo- = wudu-

wudu m., gs. wuda, wudes; nap. wudas, wuda _‘wood,’ forest, grove_, Æ, AO, CP; Mdf: _tree (the Cross)_: _wood, timber_, Æ, CP: (†) _ship_, B: _spear-shaft_, B 398.

wuduælfen = wuduelfen

wuduæppel f. _wild apple, crab_, #Lcd# 71a.

wudubǣre _wood-bearing_, OEG 1806.

wudubærnett n. _burning of wood_, LL 16[12]; 24n^2.

wudubāt n. _wooden boat_, #An# 907.

wudubēam † m. _forest-tree_.

wudubearo m. _forest, grove_.

wudu-bend, -bind m. = wudubinde

wudubill n. _hatchet_, GD, WW.

wudubinde I. (-bindle) f. _woodbine, convolvulus_. II. f. _bundle of sticks_, OET 35^18.

wudubior (= bora?) m. _wood carrier_, #HGl# 427.

wudublǣd † (-blēd) f. _forest blossom_.

wudubrūn n. _bugloss, ox-tongue_.

wudubucca m. _wild buck, wild goat_, #Lcd#.

wudubyrðra m. _camp-follower_, OEG 869.

wuducerfille f. _wood-chervil, cow-parsley_.

wuducocc m. _woodcock_, #Gl#.

wuducroft m. _a croft with trees on it_? (BT) KC 3·376^6.

wuduculfre m. _wood-pigeon_, WW.

wuducūnelle f. _wild thyme_, #Lcd#.

wuducynn n. _an aromatic_ (?) _wood_, JnL 12^3.

wududocce f. _wild dock, sorrel_, #Lcd#.

wuduelfen f. _wood-elf, dryad_, WW.

wudufæsten n. _place protected by woods, wood-fastness_: _ship_.

wudufeld m. _wooded plain_, #PPs# 131^6.

wudufeoh n. _forest-tax_, #Lcd#.

wudufille = wuducerfille

wudufīn f. _pile of wood_, #ÆGr#.

wudufugol m. _forest bird, wild fowl_.

wudugāt f. _wild goat_, #Lcd#.

wudugehæg n. _enclosed wood_? (BT), KC 3·176^1.

wuduhēawere m. _wood-cutter_, Æ.

wuduherpað m. _public path through a wood_, KC 3·213^2.

wuduhīewet n. _cutting of wood_, LL 567[37].

wuduholt n. _forest, wood, grove_.

wuduhona m. _woodcock_, WW 38^8.

wuduhrofe = wudurofe

wuduhunig n. _wild honey_, Æ.

wudulād f. _carting wood_, LL 452[21,4].

wudu-lǣs f., gs. -lǣswe _wood-pasture, run (for cattle) in a wood_, Ct.

wuduland n. _woodland_.

wudu-leahtric, -lectric m. _wood-lettuce, wild sleepwort_. #Lcd#.

wudulēswe = wudulǣswe [[form of “wudulǣs”]]

wudulic adj. _woody, wooded_, Æ.

wudumǣr (ē^3) f. _wood-nymph, echo_, #Gl#.

wudumerce m. _wild parsley, wood-mint_.

wudurǣden f. _wood-regulation, right of estovers_, LL.

wudurēc m. _smoke from a funeral pyre_, B 3144.

wudurima m. _border of a wood_, KC 3·34^15.

wudurofe f. _woodruff_.

wudurose f. _wild rose_, #Lcd# 34b?

wudusnīte f. _wood-snipe, thistle-finch_? WW.

wudusūræppel f. _crab-apple_? #Lcd# 160a.

wudutelga ‡ m. _twig or branch of a tree_.

wudutrēow n. _forest tree_.

wuduðistle m. _wood-thistle_, #Lcd#.

wuduwa (wyde-) m. _widower_.

wuduwald m. _forest_, WW 426^35.

wuduwanhād m. _state of a woman who has not a husband, chastity, widowhood_, CP.

wuduwāsa m. _faun, satyr_.

wuduwe (i, eo, y^1; e^2) f. ‘_widow_.’

wuduweard m. _forester_, LL 452[19].

wudu-weax n., -weaxe f. _wood-waxen, genista tinctoria_, #Lcd#.

wuduwēsten mn. _wild forest_.

wuduwinde f. _woodbine_, #Gl#.

wuduwyrt f. _plant which grows in woods_, #Bl# 59^3.

wudwe = wuduwe

wuhhung f. _rage, fury, madness_: (pl.) _the Furies_.

wuht AO, CP = wiht

wuhung = wuhhung

wul == wull

wulder = wuldor

wuldor n. _glory, splendour, honour_, Æ, CP: _praise, thanks_: _heaven_, #El#.

wuldor-bēag, -bēah m. _crown of glory_, Æ.

±wuldorbēagian _to crown_, Æ.

wuldorblǣd m. _glorious success_, #Jud# 156.

wuldorcyning m. † _glorious king, King of Glory, God_.

wuldordrēam † m. _heavenly rapture_.

Wuldorfæder † m. _Glorious Father, Father of Glory_.

wuldorfæst _glorious_. adv. -fæste, -fæstlīce.

wuldorfæstlicnes f. _glory_, Æ.

wuldorful _glorious_, Æ: _vainglorious_.

wuldorfullian _to glorify_, Æ.

wuldorfullīce adv. _gloriously_, Æ.

wuldorgāst m. _angel_, #Gen# 2912.

wuldorgeflogena m. _one who has fled from glory, devil_, #Lcd# 3·36^15.

wuldorgesteald † np. _glorious dwellings, realms of glory_.

wuldorgeweorc n. _wondrous work_, ES 43·167.

wuldorgifu † (eo) f. _glorious gift, grace_.

wuldorgim m. _glorious jewel, sun_, #Rd# 81^20.

wuldorhama † (o^3) m. _garb of glory_.

wuldorhēap m? _glorious troop_, NC 335.

wuldorhelm m. _crown of glory_, #Bl#.

wuldorlēan † n. _glorious reward_.

wuldorlic _glorious_. adv. -līce.

wuldormāga m. _heir of heaven_, #Gu# 1067.

wuldormago m. _heir of heaven_, #Gu# 1267.

wuldormicel _gloriously great_, †Hy 7^94.

wuldornytting f. _glorious service_, #Rd# 81^19.

wuldorsang m. _glorious song_, MFH 114^10.

wuldorspēd f. _glorious wealth_, #Gen# 87.

wuldorspēdig _glorious_, #An# 428.

wuldortān m. _plant with medicinal virtues_? (BT), #Lcd# 3·34.

wuldortorht † _gloriously bright, clear, brilliant, illustrious_.

wuldorðrymm m. _heavenly glory_.

wuldorweorud n. _heavenly host_, #Cr# 285.

wuldorword n. _glorious word_, †Hy 7^46.

wuldrian (±) _to glorify, praise, extol_, Æ: _boast, brag_, Æ: _live in glory_, Æ.

wuldrig _glorious_, DR.

wuldrung f. _glorying, boasting_.

wuldur == wuldor

wulf m. (_he-_)‘_wolf_,’ Æ, AO, CP; Mdf: _wolfish person, devil_.

wulfescamb m. _wild teasel_.

wulfesfīst m. _bullfist, toadstool (plant)_.

wulfhaga m. _shelter from wolves_? CC 53.

wulfhēafodtrēo m. _cross, gallows_? #Rd# 56^12.

wulfheort † _wolf-hearted, cruel_.

wulf-hlið n., nap. -hleoðu _hillside inhabited by wolves_, B 1358.

wulfhol n. _wolf’s hole_, WW.

wulflȳs n. _fleece of wool_, WW 198^26.

wulfmod = wullmod

wulfsēað m. _wolf’s hole_, KC 3·264^5.

wulfslǣd n. _valley of wolves_, KC 3·456^6.

wull f. ‘_wool_,’ Æ.

wullcamb m. _comb for wool_, LL 454[15,1].

wullcnoppa (? hn-) m. _tuft of wool_, WW.

wulle = wull

wullen = wyllen

wullian _to wipe with wool_, #Lcd# 1·356^23.

wullic _woolly, hairy_.

wullmod m? _distaff_.

wulltewestre f. _wool-carder_, #Lcd#.

wulluc _cover, wrapper_, A 31·65.

wullwǣga f. _scales for wool_, WW 148^21.

+wun = +wuna

±wuna I. m. (usu. +) _habit, custom, practice, rite_, _Bo_; Æ. on gew. habban _to be accustomed to_. [‘_i-wune_’] II. (+ only) _wonted, customary, usual_.

wund I. f. _‘wound,’ sore, ulcer_, Æ, CP: _wounding, injury_, Æ. II. adj. _wounded, sore_, AO.

wundel f. _wound_, LL, RB.

wundelīce = wundorlīce

wunden pp. of windan.

wundenfeax _with twisted mane_, B 1400.

wundenhals _with twisted prow_, B 298.

wundenlocc † _with braided locks_.

wundenmǣl _etched, damascened (of a sword)_, B 1531.

wundenstefna m. _ship with curved or wreathed prow_, B 220.

wunder = wundor

±wundian _to wound_, Æ, AO, CP.

wundiend ‘_vulnerator_,’ ERHy 6^42.

wundiht, wundig _ulcerous, full of sores_.

wundle = wundel

wundlic _wounding, wound-inflicting_, GPH 402^51.

wundon pret. pl. of windan.

wundor (often confused with wuldor) n. (gs. wundres) _‘wonder,’ miracle, marvel, portent, horror_, Æ, AO, CP: _wondrous thing, monster_.

wundoragræfen ‡ _wondrously engraven_.

wundorbēacen n. _strange sign_.

wundorbebod n. _strange order_, B 1747.

wundorblēo n. _wondrous hue_, #Cr# 1140.

wundorclam n. _strange bond_, #Cr# 310.

wundor-clofe, -clufe f. _camphire (plant)_.

wundorcræft † m. _wondrous skill, miraculous power_.

wundorcræftiglīce _with wondrous skill_, BH 324^3#o#.

wundordǣd f. _wondrous deed_, #Bl#.

wundordēað m. _wondrous death_, B 3037.

wundorfæt (e^2) n. _wondrous vessel_, B 1162.

wundorful _wonderful_, Æ. adv. -līce.

wundorgehwyrft (e^4) _wonderful turn_, GPH 390.

wundorgeweorc = wundorweorc

wundorgiefu f. _wondrous endowment_, #Wy# 72.

wundorhǣlo (u^2) f. _wondrous healing_, BH 446^12.

wundorhūs? n. _‘solarium,’ upper room_, GD 119^26.

±wundor-lǣcan, -līcian _to make wonderful, magnify_.

wundorlic _wonderful, remarkable, strange_, Æ, AO, CP. adv. -līce.

wundormāðm ‡ m. _wonderful treasure_.

wundorsēon f. _wonderful sight_, B 995.

wundorsmið m. _skilled smith_, B 1681.

wundortācen n. _wondrous sign_, #PPs# 104^23.

wundorweorc n. _wonderful work, miracle_.

wundorworuld f. _wonderful world_, #Rd# 40^17.

wundorwyrd f. _wonderful event_, #El# 1071.

wundres v. wundor.

±wundrian (w. g.) _to wonder, be astonished (at)_, _marvel_, Æ, AO, CP: _admire_: _make wonderful, magnify_. [_Ger._ wundern]

wundrum adv. (d. of wundor) _wonderfully, strangely, terribly_.

wundrung f. _wonder, astonishment, admiration_, Æ: _spectacle_, OEG 4370.

wundswaðu (e) f. _scar_, #VPs# 37^6.

wundur == wundor

wundwīte n. _compensation for wounding_, LL 76#h#.

+wunelic _usual, customary_, Æ, CP. adv. -līce, _BH_. [‘_i-wuneliche_’]

wunenes, wununes f. _dwelling, habitation_: _perseverance_, DR. [wunian]

wungynde = wuniende pres. ptc. of wunian.

wunian (±) _to inhabit, dwell, abide, exist_, Æ, AO, CP: (+) _remain, continue, stand_, Æ, AO, CP: (±) _be used to, be wont to_: (+) _habituate oneself to_, CP 73^14. [_Ger._ wohnen]

wunigend m. _inhabitant_, #RBl# 5^11.

+wunlic = +wunelic

wunn = wynn

wunnen pp., wunnon pret. pl., of winnan.

wunones = wunenes

wunsum = wynsum

wununes = wunenes

wunung f. _act of dwelling, living_, RB 108^3: _dwelling, habitation_, Æ.

wunungstōw f. _abiding-place_, GD 31^19.

wuraðo (N) = wrǣððo

wurcan = wyrcan

wurd == (1) wyrd; (2) word

wurdon pret. pl. of weorðan.

wurht, wurhton = worhte pret. sg., worhton pret. pl., of wyrcan.

wurm == wyrm

wurma m., wurme f. _murex, purple-fish_: _any dye, woad, purple_: _a plant used for dyeing_.

wur-mille, -mele f. _wild marjoram_, #Gl#.

wurms = worms

wurnian = weornian

wurpan = weorpan

wurpul _that which throws down_, #Gl#.

wursm = worms

wurst = wierrest

wurt == wyrt

wurð == weorð

wurðe == weorð(e), wierðe

wurðig = worðig

wūscbearn n. _(dear) little child_, JnL 13^32. [wȳscan]

wūso (JnR 13^33) = wūscbearn

wussung = wissung

wuta = wita

wutan = wuton

wutedlīce, wutodlīce (NG) = witodlīce

wuton 1 pers. pl. subj. of wītan _to go_. used to introduce an imperative or hortatory clause _let us...! come!_ CP.

wutu (M), wutum, wutun (N) = wuton

wutudlīce = witodlīce

wūðwuta (DR) = ūðwita

wȳc == wīc

wyc- = wic-

wȳd = wīd

wyd- = wud-

wyder- = wiðer-

wȳf- = wīf-

wyglere = wiglere

wyht = wiht

wyhtel f. _quail_. [_Ger._ wachtel]

wyl- = weal-, wel-, wi(e)l-

wȳl- = wīel-

wylcð pres. 3 sg. of wealcan.

wylf f. _she-wolf_.

wylfen I. adj. _wolfish_. II. f. _she-wolf, fury_, #Gl#.

wȳliscmoru = wēalmoru [[redirected to “wealhmoru”]]

wyll f. _wool_, LL (166n^4).

wyllen (i) _made of wool, woollen_.

wyloc = weoloc

wyn = wynn

wȳn- = wīn-

wynbēam m. _tree of gladness, holy cross_, #El# 844.

wynblis f. _joy_, GD 2^4.

wynburh f. _delightful town_, #PPs# 127^2.

wyncondel f. _pleasant light, sun_, #Gu# 1186.

wyndæg † m. _day of gladness_.

+wynde n. _weaving_, #Gl#.

wyndecræft m. _art of embroidery_, #Gl#.

wyndle f. _wound_, LL 381[23].

wyndrēam m. _jubilation_.

wyndrēamnes f. _jubilation_, #LPs# 150^5.

wyndrian = wundrian

wyne == wine

wynele m. _gladdening oil_, #PPs# 108^18.

wynfæst (e) _joyful_.

wynful _full of bliss, joyful_.

wyngesið m. _pleasant companion_, #PPs# 100^3.

wyngrāf mn. _delightful grove_, #PPs# 94^13.

wynigað (M) = wunigað pres. pl. of wunian.

wynland † (o^2) n. _land of delight_.

wynlēas † _joyless_.

wynlic _pleasant, beautiful, joyful_. adv. -līce.

wynlust m. _sensual pleasure_, Æ.

wynmǣg f. _winsome maiden_, #Gu# 1319.

wynn f. (occl. late as. wyn) _joy, rapture, pleasure, delight, gladness_, AO [wine]

wynn- v. also wyn-, win(n)-.

wynnum _joyfully, beautifully_. [wynn]

wynpsalterium n. _psalm of joy_, #PPs# 56^10.

wynrōd f. _blessed cross_, #Sol# 235.

wynsang m. _joyful song_, W 265^31.

wynstaðol m. _joyous foundation_, #Rd# 92^3.

wynsum (e, i; once +wuns-) _‘winsome,’ pleasant, delightful, joyful, merry_, Æ, CP.

+wynsumian _to rejoice, exult_, DR.

±wynsumlic adj. _pleasant, delightful_. adv. -līce _pleasantly, happily_, Æ.

wynsumnes (i) f. _loveliness, pleasantness, rejoicing_, Æ.

wynwerod n. _‘chorus,’ joyous band_, #Gl#.

wynwyrt f. _pleasant plant_, DD 5.

wynyng = wining

wyorðmynd (#Bl#) = weorðmynd

wȳr == wīr

wyrc == weorc

wyrcan (e, eo, i) _to prepare, perform, do, make_, _‘work,’ construct, produce, effect_, Æ, AO, CP. ēastron w. _to keep Easter, eat the passover_: _amount to_: (w. g.) _strive, after_: _deserve gain, win, acquire_.

+wyrce n. _chitterlings (of pig)_.

wyrcend m. _worker, doer_, Æ.

wyrcnes f. _work, operation_, BH.

wyrcta (Ep, MtL) = wyrhta

wyrcung f. _working, work_, DR.

±wyrd f. (m? n?) _fate, chance, fortune, destiny_, Æ, AO: _Fate, Providence_: _event, phenomenon, transaction, fact_: (+) _condition_. [‘_wierd_’; weorðan]

wyrdan = wierdan

+wyrde I. n. _speech, conversation_: _eloquence, verbosity_: _ordinance_. II. = +wyrðe

+wyrdelic _historical, authentic_, Æ. adv. -līce _eloquently_: _accurately, verbatim_: _wisely_, OEG 208.

+wyrdelicnes f. _eloquence_, A 13·38^1321.

wyrdgesceapum _by chance_, WW 400^25.

+wyrdignes f. _eloquence_, OEG 5488.

+wyrdlian = +wierdan

wyrdnes f. _condition, state_, #Bo# 128n.

wyrdstæf m. _decree of fate_, #Gu# 1325.

wyrdwrītere m. _historian, chronicler_, Æ.

wyred = werod

wyregung = wyrgung

wyrest = wierrest

wyrfan = hwierfan

wyrg = wearg

wyrg- = werg-, wirg-, wyrig-

wyrgan I. _to strangle_, Æ. [‘_worry_’] II. = wiergan

wyrgcwedol (e) _ill-tongued, given to cursing_.

wyrgcwedolian _to curse_, #VPs# (e).

wyrgcwedolnes (e^1, i^2) f. _cursing_, #Ps#.

wyrgcweðan (e) _to curse_.

wyrged (æ) _the devil_, NG.

-wyrgednes v. ā-w.

wȳrgels = wrīgels

wyrgend (e) m. _reviler, evildoer_.

wyrgende _given to cursing_, W 70^18.

wyrgðu (æ, e) f. _curse, condemnation, punishment_: _evil, wickedness_.

wyrgung (e) f. _curse, cursing, condemnation, banishment_, Æ.

+wyrht (eo) fn. _work, deed, service_: _desert, merit_, AO, CP. mid gewyrhtum _deservedly_: _transgression_: (†) _decree of fate_?

wyrhta m. _‘wright,’ artist, labourer, worker, maker, creator_, Æ, CP: (+) _fellow-worker_: (+) _accomplice_.

wyri- = wearg-, wyrig-

wyrian = wiergan

wyricean = wyrcan

wyrig = werig

wyrig- = wearg-, wyrg-

wyrignes f. _abuse, cursing_.

wyrld = woruld

wyrm (eo, o, u) I. m. _reptile, serpent, snake, dragon_, Æ, AO: _‘worm,’ insect, mite_. [wurma] II. = wearm

wyrma = wurma

wyrmǣt = wyrmǣte (I.)

wyrmǣte I. f. _attack of worms, worm-eaten state_, A, #Lcd#. II. adj. _worm-eaten_, #Lcd#.

±wyrman (æ, e, i) _to warm, make warm_.

wyrmbaso _red, scarlet_, OET 113^67.

wyrmcynn n. _serpent-kind, sort of serpent_, Æ, AO.

wyrmella = wurmille

wyrmfāh _adorned with figures of snakes, damascened_? B 1698.

wyrm-galdere, -galere (u) m. _snake-charmer_, Æ.

wyrmgealdor n. _a charm, against serpents_? #Lcd# 148a.

wyrmgeard m. _abode of serpents_, #Sol# 469.

wyrmgeblǣd n. _swelling from snake-bite_? #Lcd# 162b.

wyrmhǣlsere m. _diviner by serpents_, WW 441^35.

wyrmhīw n. _likeness of a serpent_, ÆL 10^104.

wyrmhord n. _dragon’s hoard_, B 2222.

wyrmlīc n. _form of a serpent_.

wyrmmelu n. _worm-meal_, ‘_pulvis e vermibus confectus_,’ #Lcd#.

wyrmrēad (u^1) _purple, scarlet_, Æ.

wyrms nm. _virus, corrupt matter_, Æ.

±wyrmsan _to fester_, CP.

+wyrmsed _purulent_.

wyrmsele m. _hall of serpents, hell_, #Jud# 119.

wyrmshrǣcing f. _spitting up of matter_, WW 113^8?

wyrmsig (u) _purulent_, WW.

wyrmslite m. _snake-bite_, W 188^1.

wyrmsūtspīung f. _spitting up of matter_, WW 113^8?

wyrmwyrt f. _worm-wort_, #Lcd#.

wyrn = wearn

wyrnan = wiernan

wyrp m. _a throw, cast_, Lk 22^41.

wyrpan = wierpan

wyrpe (= ie) m. _revolution, change, recovery, relief, improvement_. [weorpan]

+wyrpe n. _heap_? KC 5·78^29; Mdf.

wyrpel m. _jess (in falconry)_, #Wy# 87 (v. ES 37·195).

-wyrplic v. scort-w.

wyrpst, wyrpð pres. 2 and 3 sg. of weorpan and wyrpan.

wyrrest = wierrest

wyrs == wiers

wyrshrǣcung = wyrmshrǣcing

wyrsman = wyrmsan

wyrst = (1) wrist; (2) wierrest

wyrt (e, i) f. _herb, vegetable, plant, spice_, AO, CP: _crop_: _root_. [‘_wort_’]

wyrtbedd m. _bed of herbs_, #Lcd#.

+wyrtbox f. _herb or perfume box_.

wyrtbrǣð m. _fragrance_, Æ.

wyrtcynn n. _species of plant_.

wyrtcynren n. _the vegetable world_, #LPs# 146^8.

wyrtdrenc m. _herbal drink, medicine_.

wyrteceddrenc m. _herbal acid drink_, #Lcd# 63b.

wyrtfæt n. _scent-bottle_, OEG.

wyrtforbor n. _restraint from action by the operation of herbs_ (BT), #Lcd# 111b.

wyrtgælstre f. _witch who works with herbs_, #Lcd# 3·186^11.

wyrtgeard m. _(kitchen) garden_, #CPs# 143^13.

wyrt-gemang (Æ) n., -gemengnes f. _mixture of herbs, spices, perfume_.

wyrtgyrd = wyrtgeard

±wyrtian _to season, spice, perfume_.

wyrtig _garden-like_? _full of herbs_? ÆL 30^312.

wyrtmete m. _dish of herbs, pottage_, WW.

wyrt-rum, wyrt-(t)ruma m., -rume f. _root, root-stock_, CP: _origin, beginning, stock_. [v. CC 68]

wyrtrumian _to take root_: (+) _root out_, DR.

wyrttūn, ±wyrtūn (Æ) m. _garden_.

wyrttūnhege f. _garden enclosure_, GD 67^18.

wyrtung f. a preparation of herbs, #Lcd# 1·342^25.

wyrtwala (i, eo, u^1; æ, e^2) m. _root, stock, base_.

wyrtwalian (æ^2) _to set, plant, root_: _root up_, #ÆGr#.

wyrtwalu f. = wyrtwala

wyrtweard m. _gardener_, GD 23; Jn 20^15.

wyrtwela = wyrtwala

wyrð == weorð

wyrðan _to irrigate with manure_, A 36·77.

+wyrðan I. (= ie) _to value, appraise_. II. = +weorðan

wyrðe = weorð

+wyrðe (= ie) n. _bulk, contents, amount_, #Lcd#.

wyrðeland = yrðland

wyrðig I. _fitting, deserved_, AO 256^11. II. = worðig

wyrðing m. _fallow land_? _cultivated land_? WW 495^20.

wyruld- = woruld-

wys- = wis(s)-

wȳscan (ī) (w. d. pers. and g. thing) _to ‘wish,’_ Æ, AO, CP: _adopt_.

+wȳscednes f. _adoption_, RBL 11^14.

+wȳscendlic _desirable_, CM 109: _optative (mood)_, #ÆGr#. adv. -līce.

+wȳscing (ī) f. _adoption_, RB 10^2.

wȳsdōm (Æ) = wīsdōm

wyt = wit pron.

wyt- = wit-

wȳt- = wīt-

wytt = wit pron.

wytuma m. _paranymph_, A 13·30^82. [= witumbora? (BT)]

wyð- = wið-

wyxð pres. 3 sg. of weaxan.

=Y=

ybilberende (OEG 53^16) = yfelberende

ȳcan, ȳcean = īecan

yce f. _‘parruca,’ a kind of bird_, WW 468^22 (v. ANS 119·434).

ȳce (ī) fm. _toad, frog_.

ȳcte pret. 3 sg. of ȳcan.

ȳdæges = īdæges

ȳddisc n? _household stuff, furniture, possessions_, Æ. [ēad]

ȳde = ēode

ȳdel == īdel

ydes = ides

ȳdisc = ȳddisc

ȳdl- = īdl-

yfæsdrype = yfesdrype

yfel I. adj. gsm. yfel(e)s _bad, ill_, _Bl, Lcd, Mt_: _‘evil,’ wicked, wretched_, _Bl, CP, Mt_. comp. wiersa, wyrsa _worse_. superl. wierrest(a), wiersta, weorsta, wyr(re)sta _worst_, Æ, AO. II. n. _‘evil,’ ill, wickedness, misery_, _B, Bl, CP, G, VPs_.

yfelādl f. _‘cachexia,’ consumption_, WW 113^13.

yfelberende (ybil-) _bringer of evil tidings_, OEG 53^16 (v. ANS 85·310).

yfelcund _evil, malignant_, #LPs#.

yfelcwedolian (ð) _to speak evil_, #ERPs# 36^22.

yfel-cweðende, -cweðelgiende (#EPs#) _evil-speaking_, #SPs# 36^23.

yfeldǣd f. _ill deed, injury_, Æ.

yfeldǣda m. _evildoer_, Æ.

yfeldǣde _evil-doing_.

yfeldēma m. _wicked judge_, NC 335.

yfeldōnd m. _evildoer_, JnL 18^30.

yfeldōnde _evil-doing_, LL (424^20).

yfeldysig ‘_stultomalus_,’ WW 165^18.

yfele = yfle

yfelful _malicious, wicked_, A 11·116^13.

yfelgiornes f. _malice, wickedness_, DR.

±yfelian _to inflict evil, hurt, wrong, injure_, _Ps_: _become bad, grow worse, suffer_, _W_. [‘_evil_’]

yfelic, yfellic _evil, bad, foul, ugly_. adv. -līce.

yfellærrende _persuading to evil_, GPH 390.

yfelnes f. _wickedness, depravity_, _Æ_; CP. [‘_evilness_’]

yfelsacend m. _blasphemer_ (eoful-).

±yfelsacian _to blaspheme_, #Bl# 189; GD 289.

yfelsacung f. _calumny, blasphemy_.

yfelsæc (eoful-) n? _blasphemy_, #El# 524.

±yfelsian (ebol-) _to blaspheme_.

yfel-sprǣce, -sprecende _evil-speaking_.

yfelsung (ebol-) f. _blasphemy_.

yfeltihtend m. _inciter to evil_, Æ.

yfeltihtende _inciting to evil_, Æ.

yfelwillende _vicious_, Æ, CP.

yfelwillendnes f. _malice_, #LPs#.

yfelwilnian _to desire evil_, #LPs#.

yfelwoerc n. _evil deed_, DR 103^1.

yfelwyrcende _evil-doing_, Æ.

yfelwyrde _evil-speaking_, ES 39·354.

yfemest superl. adj. _highest, uppermost_, CP. [ufan]

yfera = yferra

yferdrype = yfesdrype

yferra comp. adj. _after, subsequent_: _higher_. [ufan]

yfes f. = efes

yfesdrype (æ^2) m. ‘_eaves-drop_,’ _EC_ 141^16.

ȳfig = īfig

yfle adv. (comp. wirs) _evilly, badly, ill, wrongly, miserably_, _G, Ps_. [‘_evil_’]

±yflian = yfelian

yflung f. _injury_, GD 197^12.

yfmest = yfemest

ygett = iggað

ȳgland = īgland

ȳgðelīce = īeðelīce

ȳhte = īhte

ȳl = īl

ylca (Æ) = ilca

ylcian = elcian

yld == ield

yle = ile

ylf = ælf

ylfe = ielfe

ylfet, ylfetu, ylfette (Æ) = ilfetu

ylful (#HGl# 529) = ieldful

ylp m. _elephant_, WW; Æ. [‘_elp_’]

ylpen (i) _of an elephant_.

ylpen- = elpen(d)-

ylpesbān = elpendbān

yltsta = ieldesta wk. masc. superl. of eald.

yltwist f? _catching of birds_, WW 351^6.

ym- = ymb-, ymbe-

ymb = ymbe

ymbærnan _to travel round_, BH 28^8.

ymbbegang = ymbgang

ymbbeorgan^3 _to shield, defend_.

ymbberan^4 _to surround_.

ymbbīgnes (bebīg-) f. _bending round, bend, circuit, sweep (of a river)_, BH 424^10. [bīegan]

ymbbindan^3 _to bind round_, MkL 9^42.

ymbbūgan^2 _to bend round_.

ymbcæfian _to embroider round, bedeck_.

ymbceorfan^3 _to circumcise_, NG.

ymbceorfnes f. _circumcision_, JnR 7^23 (-cernes).

ymbcerr (= ie) m. _turning about, going, migration_, NG: _tergiversation, trickery_, DR.

ymbcerran = ymbcyrran

ymbclyccan _to enclose_, #RPs# 16^10 (v. ES 38·25).

ymbclyppan (i) _to embrace, clasp_, Æ.

ymbclypping f. _embracing_, OEG 4529 (emc-).

ymbcyme m. _assembly, convention_, LL 12 (ymc-).

ymbcyrran (e^2) _to turn round, go round, make the circuit of_: _overturn, change_, NG.

ymbdringend = ymbhringend

ymbe I. prep. w. a. d. and adv. (of place) _around, about, at, upon, near, along_, †_Chr_: (of time) _about, at, after, before_. ymb utan _about, by, around_: (causal, etc.) _about, in regard to, concerning, on account of, owing to_. ðæs y. lītel _soon after_. y. bēon _to set about a thing_. [‘_embe_’] II. n. _swarm of bees_, #Lcd# 1·384^17; Mdf.

ymbe- = ymb-

ymbeaht mp. ‘_collatio_,’ WW; OEG 53^22 (v. ES 11·492).

ymbeardian _to dwell round_, #VPs# 30^14.

ymbebǣtan _to curb, restrain_, #Met# 24^37.

ymbebēgnes = ymbbīgnes

ymbeornan = ymbiernan

ymbesprǣc f. _conversation, comment, remark, criticism_, Æ.

ymbe-ðanc, -ðonc, -ðanca m. _thought, reflection_, CP.

ymbeðencan = ymbðencan

ymbeðridian _to deliberate, think about_, NC 335.

ymb-fær (embef-) n., -færeld (Æ) nm. _journey round, circuit_.

ymbfæstnes f. _enclosure_, DR.

ymbfæstnung f. _monument, tomb_, JnL 19^41.

ymbfæðmian _to embrace_.

ymbfaran^6 _to surround_, AO 80^26: _travel round_, GD 490^3.

ymbfeng I. m. _envelope, cover_, OEG 468. II. pres. 3 sg. of ymbfōn.

ymbfēran _to go about, journey round_, A 4·156; GPH 396.

ymbflēogan^2 _to fly around_.

ymbfōn^7 _to surround, encompass, embrace, grasp, seize_, AO.

ymbfrætewian _to decorate, surround with adornment_.

ymb-gan anv., -gangan^7 _to go round, surround_.

ymbgang (eo^2) m. _going about, circuit, circumference, surrounding belt_, AO.

ymbgearwian _to clothe, dress_, NG.

ymbgedelf n. _digging round_, ÆH 2·408^11.

ymb-gefrætwian, -gefretwian (#VPs#) = ymbfrætewian

ymbgeong (N) = ymbgang

ymbgeoting? f. _pouring round_, OEG (in-, yn-).

ymbgerēnian _to adorn or deck round_, #BlPs# 143^15.

ymb-gesett, -geseten _neighbouring_, BH 2·362.

ymbgesettan = ymbsettan

ymbgirdan = ymbgyrdan

ymbgong == ymbgang

ymbgyrdan (i) _to gird about, encircle, surround_, Æ.

ymbhabban _to surround_, AO: _include, contain_.

ymbhaga m. _enclosure for bees_, #Lcd# 1·395^4. [ymbe II.]

ymbhaldan = ymbhealdan

ymbhammen _surrounded, covered_, WW 340^14.

ymbhangen pp. of ymbhōn.

ymbhealdan^7 _to encompass_, #Sat# 7.

ymbhēapian _to heap round, crowd about_, WW.

ymbhēdig = ymbhȳdig

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