Wed, _sb._ == pledge. Pol. S. 151. Wright’s L. P. p. 110. RG. 393. AS. wed
Wed, _v. a._ == marry. RG. 295, 439; said of the priest who marries two
persons. Pol. S. 159. AS. weddian, wed
Wedbreak, _sb._ == adulterer. Ps. xlix. 18
Wedding, _sb._ St Lucy, 88. Manuel des Pecches, 1712
Wede, _vb._ == wade, go. See Wade
Wedlock, _sb._ Marg. 11
Wednesday. RG. 509
Wee. See Woe
Weed, _sb._ == garment. RG. 560. AS. wǽd
Weed, _sb._ == herb. Alys. 796. AS. weód
Week, _sb._ RG. 113; pl. ‘wouke.’ RG. 387. AS. weoc
Weeles. See Well, _sb._
Ween, _v. n._ == think. RG. 369. O. and N. 237. 2 s. pres. ‘wanst.’ O. and
N. 1642. AS. wénan
---- _v. a._ == impute. Ps. xxxi. 2
Weep, _v. n._ RG. 420; [wyppen]. O. and N. 1064
Weeping, _sb._ RG. 405. Wright’s L. P. p. 30; [wyping]. Ibid. p. 85
Wef, _sb._ == whiff or scent. Body and Soul, 56. AS. wiffan
Weight, _sb._ == a measure, weight. Ps. lxi. 10. AS. wæg
Weir, _sb._ Ps. cxiii. 8; [wore]. Wright’s L. P. p. 28. AS. wǽr
Welaway, _interj._ 1179 B.
Welcome, _adj._ RG. 508
---- _v. a._ 473 B.
Welde. See Wield
Welk, _v. n._ == fade, become pale. Ps. lxxxix. 6. See Weolewe
Welkin, _sb._ == the sky. Wright’s L. P. p. 114; [walken]. Alys. 5799. Ps.
cl. 1; dat. s. ‘weoluce.’ O. and N. 1680. AS. welcn, wolcen
Well, _adj._ == good. 89 B.
---- _adv._ RG. 375. O. and N. 31
---- == rightly. Rel. S. i. 20
Well, _sb._ (of water). RG. 1. Wright’s L. P. p. 94; pl. ‘weeles.’ Ps.
xvii. 5. AS. well, wyl
Well, _v. n._ == boil, well up. Wright’s L. P. p. 40; [walle]. RG. 28;
pret. ‘wal.’ Body and Soul, 218; part. ‘wallyng.’ Alys. 1622. AS. weallan
---- _v. a._ == boil. Marg. 60
Wellnigh, _adv._ == almost. O. and N. 44
Wellquemand, _part._ == pleasing. Ps. xci. 15
Wellqueme, _sb._ == pleasure. Ps. lxxxviii. 18; cv. 4
Wellquemeness, _sb._ == pleasingness. Ps. cxl. 5
Wellset, _v. a._ Ps. civ. 9; cxi. 5
Wellsetting, _sb._ Ps. cxviii. 91
Welly, _adv._ == kindly. Ps. l. 20
Wem, _sb._ == a spot or scar. RG. 336. St Kath. 151. AS. wem, womm
Wem, _v. a._ == to defile, corrupt. Ps. lxxxviii. 35; [wemmy]. RG. 206;
part. ‘wemmed.’ Ps. xv. 10. AS. wemman
Wemed, _adj._ ‘prout wemod’ == with a proud stomach. Fr. Sci. 285. ‘Wem’
is still used for ‘womb’ in the North of England. AS. wamb
Wemless, _adj._ == spotless. Creed of St Athan. 6. Ps. xiv. 2
Wemmand, _sb._ == sinner. Ps. cxviii. 158
Wemmedness, _sb._ Ps. c. 3
Wemming, _sb._ RG. 336
Wemmy, _v. a._ == defile. See Wem, _vb._
Wench, _sb._ Cok. 139. Ps. lxvii. 26. AS. wencle. See Gloss. to Orm. _s.
v._ wenchell
Wend, _v. n._ == go. RG. 8. AS. wendan
---- == turn (as in bed). Wright’s L. P. p. 28
---- _v. a._ == turn. HD. 2138; change. Wright’s L. P. p. 91
Wending, _sb._ == departure. Alys. 920
Wene, _adj._ == frequent, rife? Pol. S. 150. AS. wune, custom. Dut. wennen
Weole, _sb._ == wealth. Pol. S. 156. AS. weola
---- == happiness? Wright’s L. P. p. 44
Weolewe, _v. n._ == fade, become pale. Wright’s L. P. p. 50. AS. wealwian
Wepmon, _sb._ == man. Pol. S. 153. O. and N. 1377. AS. wæpman
Were. See Be
Were, _v. a._ == defend. HD. 2298. Alys. 5836; [werye]. Alys. 3533. AS.
werian. Germ. wehren
Were, _sb._ == man, husband. O. and N. 1339. AS. wer
Werewed, _part._ == worried, killed? HD. 1915
Werien, _v. a._ == curse. O. and N. 1172; [werre]. Manuel des Pecches,
1291; [warye]. Id. 1292. AS. werigan
Werth, == throweth. See Warp
Weryying, _sb._ == protection. Wright’s L. P. p. 75. Ps. xxi. 20;
[weryng]. Alys. 2798. AS. werian
West. RG. 544
West, _vb._ == shows? Alys. 238. AS. wísian
Westerness, _sb._ == the West country. K. Horn, 949
Westward, _adv._ RG. 20
Wet, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 136. AS. wæt
---- _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 31; pret. ‘watte.’ RG. 322; part. ‘wet.’
Wright’s L. P. p. 30
---- _v. n._ == become wet. Wright’s L. P. p. 36
---- _adj._ [wete]. Wright’s L. P. p. 85
Wete, _v. n._ == weep. Wright’s L. P. p. 84
Wether, _sb._ Ps. lxiv. 14. RG. 52. AS. weðer
Weve, _v. a._ == make to go, cut off; part. ‘weved,’ ‘yweved.’ Alys. 3839,
3807
Weve, _v. n._ == go, move. RG. 64. Another form of ‘wawe,’ ‘wave,’ ‘wag’
Weved, _sb._ == altar. RG. 369, 419, 433. AS. weofod
Weye, _sb._ == woe, _q. v._
Weȝe, _v. a._ == carry, O. and N. 1020. AS. wegan
Whale, _sb._ [hwal]. HD. 755; [qual]. HD. 753. AS. hwæl
Whalebone, _sb._ [whalles bone]. Wright’s L. P. p. 38
What, _interr. pron._ O. and N. 1438
---- _rel. pron._ O. and N. 1439
---- _interj._ O. and N. 1296
What--what, == some--some. RG. 402
Whate, _adv._ == quickly. Alys. 2639. AS. hwæt
Whatkin, _adj._ == what kind of. Ps. lv. 10
Whatloker, _adj._ == much rather. RG. 429, 357. 1249 B. (?) AS. hwætlíc,
comp. hwætlicor
Wheat, _sb._ Alys. 5193. AS. hwǽte
Wheel, _sb._ RG. 408. AS. hweol
Whelp, _sb._ Ps. ciii. 21. AS. hwelp
When, _adv._ [wanne]. RG. 367, 378; [hwenne]. Rel. S. iv. 1; [hwanne]. O.
and N. 1416; [hwan]. O. and N. 1468; [whan]. 290 β; [wane]. O. and N. 521;
[wone]. O. and N. 324
Whence, _adv._ gen. of ‘when;’ [whonene]. O. and N. 138; [wanene]. O. and
N. 1298; [whannes]. 288 β; [whethen]. Ps. cxx. 1
Where, _adv._ [war]. RG. 40. O. and N. 526; [whar]. 1078 B.
Whereby, _adv._ [warbi]. RG. 101
Wherefore, _adv._ 126 B.
Whereof, _adv._ RG. 405
Wheresoever, _adv._ 1389 B.
Wherethrough, _adv._ [war þoru]. RG. 432
Whereto, _adv._ 447 B. O. and N. 464
Whet, _v. a._ == sharpen; part. ‘y-whet.’ Alys. 6607. AS. hwettan
Whethen, == whence, _q. v._
Whether, _adv._ RG. 16; [whar]. 67 B; ‘whether--the’ == whether--or. O.
and N. 1358, 1360
---- _adj._ RG. 408
Whey, _sb._ [wei]. O. and N. 1007. AS. wæg
Which, _rel. pron._ RG. 472; [hwucche]. O. and N. 934; [wuch]. O. and N.
1376
---- == what. 974 B. RG. 454
While, _sb._ == time. O. and N. 1589
---- with the def. art. == whilst [þe wule]. RG. 377
Whilom, _adv._ == formerly (dat. pl. of while). Wright’s L. P. p. 87
Whine, _v. n._ [wonie]. O. and N. 973. AS. wánian. Dut. weynen
Whining, _sb._ [wonyng]. O. and N. 311
Whistle, _v. n._ Alys. 5348, 5263. AS. hwistlian
White, _adj._ RG. 2, 228; [with]. HD. 48
---- _sb._ == white of an egg. HD. 240
Whiten, _v. a._ Ps. l. 9
Whither, _adv._ 693 B.
Whitherward, _adv._ 59 B.
Who, _rel. pron._ [hoo]. RG. 40; [hwo]. O. and N. 1193
gen. ‘was.’ RG. 475
dat. and acc. ‘whom.’ RG. 10; ‘wham.’ 116 B.; ‘hwam.’ Rel. S. ii. 2;
‘hwan.’ O. and N. 1508
Who, == one, ‘as who seith’ == as one saith. RG. 328; ‘alle ho’ == every
one. O. and N. 66
Whole, _adj._ == sound. RG. 377. 676 β
Whore, _sb._ RG. 279
Whoredom, _sb._ RG. 241, 479
Whoreling, _sb._ Rel. S. vii. 29
Whoreson, _sb._ Alys. 880
Whoso, _pron._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26; [whose]. Ibid. p. 114
Why, _interr._ [wu]. RG. 307; [hwi]. O. and N. 1256; [wi]. O. and N. 1232
---- _rel. adv._ O. and N. 474; [whi]. 1573 B.
Wick, _adj._ == wicked. RG. 208. From AS. wǽc, weak
---- == bad, wretched; ‘wikke clothes.’ HD. 2458
Wicke, _adj._ ‘wicke tune,’ O. and N. 730, means probably
‘establishments.’ From the AS. wíc-tunas
Wicked, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. pp. 24, 30; ‘a wicked weed’ == a wretched
garment. Serm. 40
Wickedness, _sb._ Pol. S. 230
Wickehede, _sb._ == wickedness. Body and Soul, 43
Wicket, _sb._ K. Horn, 1106. Fr. guichet
Wiclik, _adv._ == wickedly. Ps. xliii. 18
Wide, _adj._ RG. 410.
Widow, _sb._ HD. 79. AS. wuduwe
Wield, _v. a._ == govern, rule. 816 B.; [wolde]. RG. 147
Wife, _sb._ RG. 26, 380
Wigeling, _sb._ == an out-of-the-way place? Ps. cvi. 40. AS. wicelian, to
stagger, to go out of the direct road
Wight, _sb._ == a man. RG. 533. 470 β. AS. wiht
Wight, _adj._ == active. HD. 9; [with]. HD. 1756; comp. ‘wyghtyore.’ Alys.
2396. Swed. vig
---- _adv._ == immediately, quickly. Wright’s L. P. p. 44
Wighth, _sb._ == a space of time. Alys. 5362; a space. Ps. viii. 6. AS.
wuht, wiht
Wightness, _sb._ == valour, activity. Alys. 5001
Wike, _sb._ == dwelling. O. and N. 604. AS. wic
Wike, _sb._ == office, duty. O. and N. 603; station. Alys. 4608. See Gl.
to Orm. _s. v._ Wikenn
Wike, _v. n._ == be weary. Wright’s L. P. p. 87. AS. wícan
Wikness, _sb._ == wickedness. Ps. v. 5
Wil, _adj._ == wild, uncertain. HD. 1042
Wild, _adj._ == fierce. RG. 374, 510; ‘wild beasts.’ RG. 375
Wilderness, _sb._ == a desolate place. RG. 15
Wildfire, _sb._ RG. 410
Wile, _sb._ == trick, deceit. Ritson’s AS. viii. 180. AS. wile
Wilful, _adj._ RG. 359; [willesful]. RG. 77
---- == voluntary. Ps. lxvii. 10
Wilfully, _adv._ == without a cause. Ps. xxxiv. 7; lxviii. 5
Will, _sb._ RG. 367
---- _v. n._ == wish. RG. 384; pret. ‘wolde.’ RG. 550
Will, _v. aux._ pres. 1 s. ‘wole.’ 39 B.; 2 s. ‘wolt.’ 40 B.; ‘wlt.’ O.
and N. 499; 3 s. ‘wule.’ O. and N. 1360; ‘wile.’ O. and N. 1358; pret. 3
s. ‘wolde.’ 17 β; 2 s. ‘woldest.’ 35 B. ‘Will’ is constantly used with the
infin. of the verb to form an imperative, as ‘nil þou niþe’ == strive not.
Ps. xxxvi. 8, and cf. Ps. lxxiv. 5, 6
Willesful, == wilful, _q. v._
Willing, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. 212
Wilne, _v. n._ == wish. RG. 217. AS. wilnian
---- _v. a._ == covet, desire. RG. 46; part. ‘y-wilned.’ RG. 309
Wimple, _sb._ Marg. 47. AS. winpel
Win, _v. a._ == subdue, get possession of [i-winne]. RG. 519; recover,
obtain. RG. 523, 549; pret. ‘wonne.’ RG. 384; ‘wonde.’ RG. 258; ‘wan.’
Alys. 5561. AS. winnan
Wind, _sb._ RG. 367
Wind, _v. a._ == twist. pret. ‘wond.’ Pilate, 126. AS. windan
Windmill, _sb._ RG. 547
Window, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 91
Wine, _sb._ RG. 6, 542. AS. wín
Wine, _sb._ == a friend. M. Ode, 111. AS. wine
Wineyard, _sb._ == vineyard. Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. wín-geard
Wing, _sb._ RG. 28
Winli, _adj._ == winsome. Ps. xxiii. 3. AS. wynlíc
Winne, _sb._ == joy. Pol. S. 195. AS. wyn
Winne, _sb._ == labour. O. and N. 670. AS. win
Winsome, _adj._ == lovely, delightful. Ps. lxxviii. 9. AS. wynsum
---- _v. n._ == be propitious. Ps. cii. 3
Winter, _sb._ RG. 371, 539
Wipe, _v. a._ RG. 435. AS. wípian
Wippen, _v. n._ == weep? O. and N. 1064
Wire, _sb._ [wyred]. Alys. 208. AS. wír
Wirwed, _part._ == strangled. HD. 1921. Dut. wurghen
Wisdom, _sb._ RG. 384
Wise, _sb._ == manner, ‘in no wise.’ 1212 B.; [wes]. O. and N. 748
Wise, _adj._ RG. 468, 506; sup. ‘wisest.’ RG. 266
Wisely, _adv._ RG. 550
Wisse, _v. a._ == direct. HD. 104. 1057 B. O. and N. 971. AS. wísian
Wissing, _sb._ == advice. HD. 2902. AS. wissung
Wit, _sb._ == knowledge, sense. RG. 457, 526; [i-wit]. O. and N. 772
Witch, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 38. AS. wicca, a wizard
---- _v. n._ == sing charms. Ps. lvii. 6
Witchcraft, _sb._ Body and Soul, 27
Witching, _sb._ == witchcraft. St Lucy, 122
Wite, _v. a._ == know. RG. 374; [y-wyte]. RG. 10; [iwite]. RG. 487; [wot].
1625 B.; [wat]. O. and N. 1200; [wod]. Ib. 1188; 2 s. pres. ‘wost.’ O. and
N. 717; pret. ‘wuste.’ RG. 374; ‘wiste.’ 208 B.; ‘west.’ Alys. 5834; part.
‘iwiste.’ 137 B.
Wite, _v. n._ == think, or expect. 2 s. pres. ‘west.’ O. and N. 47; pret.
‘wiste.’ RG. 93
Wite, _v. a._ == defend. RG. 487; pret. ‘wuste.’ RG. 549; S. S. witen. See
Gloss. to Laȝ.
Wite, _v. n._ == go forth. Ps. lxxxix. 6; part. ‘wited.’ Ps. ix. 22;
‘witand.’ Ps. cxviii. 118. AS. wítan
Wite, _v. a._ == blame. O. and N. 1354; accuse. Wright’s L. P. p. 39. AS.
witian
Witerlike, _adv._ == certainly. HD. 671. Ps. ii. 6
Witermon, _sb._ == a wise man. Wright’s L. P. p. 28
With, _prep._ == together with. 279 B.; [we]. RG. 457
---- == by means of. RG. 41
---- == against. O. and N. 62
---- == from. O. and N. 610. AS. wíð
With, _adj._ == white, _q. v._
With, _adj._ for ‘wight,’ _q. v._
With, _adj._ == pleasant? Wright’s L. P. p. 45. AS. wéðe
Withal, _adv._ RG. 28
Withclepe, _v. a._ == oppose. Alys. 1301
Withdraw, _v. a._ RG. 447
---- _v. n._ Ps. cxviii. 115; ‘withdraw of’ == withdraw from. RG. 497
Wither, _adj._ == hostile. Rel. S. i. 12; S. S. wiðer. See Gloss. to Laȝ.
Withering, _sb._ == adversary. K. Horn, 154
Witherthreat, _v. a._ Ps. xxxiv. 19; lxxiii. 10
Witherwendand, _part._ == opposing. Ps. iii. 8
Witherwine, _sb._ == adversary. RG. 325. AS. wiðer-winna, from winnan, to
strive
Witherword, _sb._ == a hostile word. Ps. xc. 3
Withhold, _v. a._ == to hold with, or make to accompany. HD. 2356, 2362
---- == restrain. Alys. 2302
Within, _adv._ RG. 375, 549
Without, _adv._ RG. 549. 267 B.; [widh wute]. O. and N. 1593
---- _prep._ RG. 369; [witute]. O. and N. 183; [withouten]. 33 B.
Withsay, _v. a._ RG. 369, 374
Withseek, _v. a._ == seek out. part. ‘wuthsoht.’ Rel. S. v. 54
Withsitten, _v. a._ == oppose. HD. 1683
Withstand, _v. n._ == oppose. 725 B.
Withy, _sb._ == halter of withy. Alys. 4714. AS. wíðie
Witless, _adj._ == mad. RG. 216; at a loss. Pilate, 242
Witness, _sb._ RG. 29
Witterli, _adv._ == certainly. Ps. cxix. 1. ON. víturlega
Witty, _adj._ == clever. RG. 189; full of knowledge. O. and N. 1187. F.
and P. 31
Witword, _sb._ == testimony. Ps. xxiv. 10. AS. wit-word
Wive, _v. n._ == marry. RG. 35
---- _v. a._ part. ‘iwived.’ RG. 529
Wiving, _sb._ == marriage. RG. 294
Wlak, _adj._ == lukewarm. Fr. Sci. 290 AS. wlæc
Wlate, _v. a._ == loathe. Ps. v. 7. AS. wlættian
---- _v. n._ == feel disgust for. O. and N. 354
---- _sb._ == disgust. O. and N. 1504. AS. wlætte
Wlatful, _adj._ == loathsome, abominable. Ps. lii. 2
Wlating, _sb._ == loathing, disgust. Ps lxxxvii. 9. AS. wlætung
Wlite, _v. n._ == look. Wright’s L. P. p. 43. AS. wlítan
---- _sb._ == countenance. O. and N. 439; Ps. xliv. 5. AS. wlíte
Wlonk, _adj._ == fair, proud. Pol. S. 156. AS. wlanc
Wluine, _sb._ == she wolf? HD. 573. Probably a metathesis of the ON.
ulfinna,
thus ulvin }
vluin }
Wo, _sb._ RG. 172, 485; [wai]. O. and N. 120; [wee]. Pol. S. 152; [weye].
Alys. 3449; [wa]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 152. AS. wá
Wo worth, i. e. woe be to, &c. Body and Soul, 7
Wobegone, _adj._ Body and Soul, 220
Wode, == went. See Go
Woderove, _sb._ == the woodruff; the asterula odorata of botanists.
Wright’s L. P. p. 43. In Wright’s Vocab. p. 140, ‘wuderove’ is given as
the transl. of ‘hastula regia’ or ‘muge de bois’
Wodewale, _sb._ == woodpecker. Wright’s L. P. p. 26
---- == wild thyme? Alys. 6793. AS. wudufille. Palsgrave has ‘wodewale, a
herbe’
Woht, _sb._ == sin. See Woȝ
Wolc, _sb._ == some bird. Wright’s L. P. p. 26
Wold, _sb._ == power, governance. Alys. 6716
Woldeneyed, == wall-eyed. Alys. 5274. Probably from the ON. vagl i augum
== festuca, pterygion. ‘En hinde, som trækker sig over öiet.’ B.
Haldorson.
Wole, _adj._ == evil. O. and N. 8; [wle]. O. and N. 35. AS. wól
Wolf, _sb._ RG. 369
Wolfling, _sb._ Alys. 6272
Wollen, _sb._ == wollen garment. Fr. on Seven Sins, 16
Woman, _sb._ RG. 380; [wimman]. RG. 535. pl. ‘wymmen.’ Wright’s L. P. p.
33
Womanly, _adj._ RG. 457
Womb, _sb._ RG. 369. AS. wamb
Wombed, _adj._ RG. 377; [wemod]. Fr. Sci. 286
Wombeling, _sb._ == womb. Alys. 5674
Won, _sb._ == hope. RG. 419; [iwon]. 1022, 1712, B.; [wunne]. Pol. S. 153
---- == opinion. HD. 1972. AS. wén. ON. von
Won, _sb._ == plenty. RG. 2, 265; [iwon]. Rel. S. v. 76
---- == riches. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. Alys. 5658; [wane]. Ritson’s AS.
viii. 50; SS. winne, wunnen
Won, _sb._ == dwelling. Wright’s L. P. pp. 46, 51. AS. wunian
Won. See Wan
Wonde, _v. n._ == fear, hesitate. K. Horn, 345. AS. wandian
Wonde, _v. n._ == cease. Wright’s L. P. p. 29. AS. wendan
Wonde, _v. n._ == wound? Alys. 6525
Wonde, _adj._ == wicked. Rel. S. v. 112. ON. vondr. AS. wonn
Wonder, _sb._ RG. 376
---- == a wonderful thing. RG. 7, 417
---- _v. n._ O. and N. 228
---- _adj._ == wonderful. RG. 416
Wonderful, _adj._ RG. 414
Wondering, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 40
Wonderliche, _adv._ == wonderfully. RG. 489
Wondred, == sorrow. See Wandreth
Wone. See When
Wone, _sb._ == want. See Wane, _sb._
Wone, _sb._ == opinion. HD. 1711. AS. wénan
Wone, _adj._ == wont. HD. 2297; [i-wune]. O. and N. 1318; [y-woned]. RG.
377
---- _sb._ == custom. RG. 392. AS. wune
Wong, _sb._ == cheek. Wright’s L. P. pp. 28, 30, 31. AS. wang
Wong, _sb._ == field, plain. HD. 397, 1444. AS. wang
Wonie, == whine, _q. v._
Woning, _sb._ == a dwelling. RG. 275; [wonyghing]. Alys. 5930
Woningstede, _sb._ Ps. lxxxvi. 7. Ritson’s AS. viii. 53, 200
Wonne, _v. n._ == dwell. RG. 41. AS. wunian
Wonying, == whining, _q. v._
Woo, _v. a._ [woȝe]. K. Horn, 558; [wowe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 44. AS. wógan
Wood, _sb._ RG. 374, 565. AS. wudu
Wood, _adj._ == mad. RG. 496. AS. wód
Woodward, _sb._ == the keeper of the wood. Pol. S. 149
Wooing, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 28
Wool, _sb._ RG. 2
Woolmonger, _sb._ RG. 539
Woolpack, _sb._ RG. 539
Wop, _sb._ == weeping. RG. 476
Word, _sb._ RG. 377, 501
---- == tidings. RG. 153
Woren, _v. a._ == trouble, disturb. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. AS. worian
Worewed, _part._ == worried. See Worry
Wori, _adj._ == troubled (of water). 255, 274 β
Work, _sb._ RG. 448
---- _v. a._ == cause. Wright’s L. P. p. 42, make, fashion; part
‘ywroȝte.’ RG. 447, ‘ywort.’ RG. 174
---- _v. n._ == do work. 186 B. Wright’s L. P. p. 60; pret. ‘wraht.’ Ibid.
p. 42, ‘wroȝte.’ RG. 287
Workman, _sb._ St Swithin, 55
World, _sb._ KG. 367
Worldly, _adj._ Fragm. on Seven Sins, 16
Worly, _adj._ == excellent, beautiful. Wright’s L. P. pp. 39, 45;
[wurhliche]. Ibid. p. 51. AS. wurðlic
Worm, _sb._ RG. 490
Worry, _v. a._ 1598 B.; part. ‘worewed.’ HD. 1915. AS. wérian
Worse, _adj._ RG. 374, 501
Worship, _sb._ [wurthsipe]. O. and N. 1097, 1342
Worshipful, _adj._ Ps. lxxi. 14
Worst, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 99
Worst. See Worthe
Wort, _sb._ == a root. RG. 341. AS. wyrt
Worth, _sb._ == value. RG. 373
---- _adj._ == worthy of, ‘what hii were wurth.’ RG. 374
Worth, _adv._ = forth. RG. 457
Worthe, _v. n._ == be, become. [iworthe]. 947 B. 2 s. pres. ‘worst.’ 1812;
3 s. pres. ‘worth.’ RG. 512; 1 pl. ‘wortheth.’ RG. 454; 3 s. imper. (in
the phrase ‘wo worth.’) Body and Soul, 7; part. ‘iworthe.’ O. and N. 660.
AS. weorðan
Worthful, _adj._ O. and N. 1479
Worthing, _sb._ == glory, honour. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p.
22. AS. weorðung
Worthship, _sb._ == worship, _q. v._
Worthy, _adj._ == excellent. 412 B.
---- == powerful. Ps. xlix. 3
Wot, == know. See Wite
Wote ? RG. 361
Wou, See Woȝ
Would, _sb._ See Will
Wound, _sb._ RG. 49. Wright’s L. P. pp. 85, 84
---- _v. a._ part, ‘ywonded.’ RG. 49
Wow, See Woȝ
Wowe, _sb._ == wall. HD. 1963. K. Horn, 1000. AS. wáh
Wowe, _v. n._ == to woo, _q. v._
Woȝ, _sb._ == wrong. O. and N. 164. RG. 39; [wou]. RG. 375, 550; [wow].
RG. 379; [woht]. Rel. S. ii. 16. AS. wóh
Wrake, _sb._ == evil, destruction. O. and N. 1192. AS. wræc
Wrakeful, _adj._ == wicked. Wright’s L. P. p. 23. AS. wræcfull
Wrath, _sb._ 451 B. AS. wráð
---- _v. n._ == be angry. Ps. iv. 5
---- _v. a._ == make angry. RG. 376, 253
Wrathless, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 42
Wray, _v. a._ == betray. 1226 B; [wrye]. Alys. 442. AS. wreian
Wrayli, _v. n._ == chatter, rail, abuse. St Swithin, 70. Dut. rallen.
Swed. ralla
Wreche, _sb._ == vengeance. RG. 380, 419. AS. wræc
Wreche, == misery. RG. 252. But we should probably read ‘wrechede’
Wreier, _sb._ == betrayer, spoiler. HD. 39
Wreke, _v. a._ == avenge. HD. 1363. AS. wræccan
Wreker, _sb._ == avenger. Ps. viii. 3
Wren, _sb._ O. and N. 564. AS. wrenna
Wrench, _sb._ == trick. RG. 570, 535. AS. wrence
Wreon, _v. a._ == cover. Alys. 1606; 3 s. pres. ‘wrieth.’ Alys. 1992;
part. ‘ywrye.’ RG. 56, 92. AS. wreon, wríhan
Wrestle, _v. n._ RG. 22, 361. Alys. 1046. AS. wræstlian
Wrestling, _sb._ O. and N. 793. Alys. 1046
Wretch, _sb._ 524 β AS. wræcca
---- _adj._ == wretched. 449 B.
Wretched, _adj._ comp. ‘wretcheder.’ 2432 B.
Wretchede, _sb._ == wretchedness. RG. 386, 511
Wretchedly, _adv._ RG. 446
Wrethen--writhen, _part._ == twisted. Alys. 5723
Wrey, _v. a._ == accuse. Pol. S. 198, 199; part. ‘wreynt.’ Pol. S. 157.
AS. wrégan
Wrie, _v. n._ == move away. Wright’s L. P. p. 48. AS. wrigan, whence our
‘wriggle’
Wrieth, == covereth. See Wreon
Wrikke, _v. n._ == wriggle. St Dunstan, 82; ‘wrikkend’ == walking, going.
Rel. Ant. ii. p. 216. AS. wrigan
Wring, _v. a._ (one’s hands). Body and Soul, 174; (clothes). HD. 1233
---- == keep tight hold of. Sermon, 20
---- == twist; part. ‘wrong.’ Alys. 6447
---- == press down, overcome; pret. ‘wrong.’ Marg. 47. AS. wringan
Wringer, _sb._ Sermon, 21
Writ, _sb._ HD. 136
---- == Scripture. Wright’s L. P. p. 101
---- == letter. Alys. 4502
Write, _v. a._ pret. ‘wrot.’ 164 B.; part. ‘iwrite.’ 1425 B.
Writeling, _sb._ == trills in a song? O. and N. 48, 912. From AS. wriðan
== to writhe or twist
Writhe, _v. n._ == bend easily. Body and Soul, 116. AS. wríðan
Wro, _sb._ == hole or corner. HD. 68. Su. Goth. wra. Dan. vraa
Wronehede. Probably a mistake for ‘wronghede’ == wickedness. O. and N.
1398
Wrong, _adj._ == mistaken. Wright’s L. P. p. 31. ON. rángr. AS. wringan
Wrong, _sb._ == injustice, oppression. Wright’s L. P. p. 68. 1616 B.
---- _adv._ == badly. O. and N. 196
Wrong, _part._ == twisted. See Wring
Wrongwis, _adj._ == wicked. Ritson’s AS. viii. 177; [wrancwise]. Moral
Ode, 129
Wrot, _sb._ == snout. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. AS. wrót
Wroten, _v. n._ == to root. Earth, st. 3. AS. wrót
Wroth, _adj._ == angry. RG. 31; timid. Alys. 544. AS. wráð
---- == poor, base. Wright’s L. P. p. 38
---- _sb._ == evil, unkindness. RG. 31
Wrotherhele, _sb._ [wrothe hele] == injury, destruction. RG. 143, 164.
Body and Soul, 225. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝamon, iii. 444
Wrought. See Work, _vb._
Wrying, _sb._ == treachery. Alys. 3514
Wune, _sb._ == custom. O. and N. 272. AS. wune
Wunne, _adj._ == accustomed? Wright’s L. P. p. 46
Wunne, _sb._ == joy. Wright’s L. P. p. 47. AS. wyn
---- == hope. See Won
Wyred, == wire, _q. v._
Wyt, _sb._ == calamity, blame. Body and Soul, 62. AS. wíte
Y.
Y, == in. Pol. S. 151
Yard, _sb._ == rod. RG. 22; [ȝurd]. 2385 B.
---- == staff or sceptre. Ps. xliv. 7. AS. gyrd
Yard, _sb._ == courtyard. HD. 702. AS. geard
Yare, _adj._ == ready. RG. 396; [ȝarte]. O. and N. 1220. AS. gearo
---- _v. a._ == make ready. HD. 1350
Yare, _adv._ == of yore. 1512 B. AS. geara
Yate, _v. a._ == tell. Ritson’s AS. viii. 80. ON. géta
Yawn, _v. n._ [ȝonie]. O. and N. 292; [yene]. Body and Soul, 202. Alys.
485. AS. ganian
Ybrad. See Braid
Ycholle, == I shall. RG. 405
Ycoled, _part._ == helmeted, armed. Alys. 2686. AS. col, a helmet
Ydle. See Isle
Ydought. See Dow
Yea. 36 B.; [ya]. Alys. 3571
Year, _sb._ RG. 373. AS. gear
Yearn, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 43; [eorne]. O. and N. 1202
---- _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 63. AS. geornian
Yearning, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 72
Yell, _v. n._ [ȝulle]. 498 β; 2 s. pres. ‘ȝollest.’ O. and N. 223; pret.
‘ȝal.’ 502 β. AS. geallian
Yelling, _sb._ [ȝullinge]. 487 β. O. and N. 1641
Yellowman, _sb._ [ȝeolumon], Pol. S. 158
Yelp, _v. n._ == speak. Alys. 1065. AS. gilpan
---- == boast [ȝulpe], O. and N. 1650; part. ‘y-yolpe.’ Alys. 3368
Yelping [ȝulping], _sb._ == boasting. RG. 209, 210
Yeme, Yheme, Yheming. See ȝeme
Yene, _sb._ == yawn, _q. v._
Yepe, _adj._ == ready. Alys. 1193. See ȝep
Yering, _sb._ == yearning, desire. Ritson’s AS. viii. 79
Yesterday. Ps. lxxxix. 4
Yet, _adv._ [ȝut]. RG. 372; [ȝot]. O. and N. 1695
Yfere, _sb._ == companions. Alys. 6906. AS. ge-fera
Yhaht. See Hatch
Yhatered, _part._ == clothed. Alys. 5922. See Hattren
Yhete, _v. a._ == cast, pour out. Ps. lxviii. 25; pret. ‘yhet.’ Ps. xli.
5; pl. ‘yhotten.’ Ps. lxxviii. 3; part. ‘yotten.’ Ps. lxxiii. 21. AS.
geotan. See ‘ȝete’
Yhoten, _sb._ == giant, Ps. xviii. 7. AS. eóten
Yield, _v. a._ == give up. Alys. 3176; pret. ‘yolde.’ RG. 387; part.
‘y-yolde.’ RG. 449; ‘iȝulde.’ 612 B. AS. geldan
---- == repay. Alys. 132
---- _v. n._ == turn out. K. Horn, 495
Ylef, _vb._ == believe thou. RG. 265
Ylome, == frequently. See Ilome
Ylong, _adv._ == belonging to, proper to. Wright’s L. P. pp. 61, 74. AS.
gelang
Ymette, _adj._ == moderate? Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. gemet
Ymone, _adv._ == together, in concert. 380 β AS. gemana
Ympne. See Hymn
Ynele, == I ne will--I will not. RG. 314
Ynote, _part._ == noted, known. Alys. 59
Yoke, _sb._ RG. 453. AS. geoc
---- _v. a._ part. ‘y-yoked.’ Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Yolk, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 240. AS. geolca
Yond, _adv._ [ȝund] == yonder. 1 β. AS. geond
Yond, _adj._ == farther, as the ‘yond half,’ or farther side. Ritson’s AS.
viii. 200. 713 β
Yornandlike, _adj._ == desirable. Ps. xviii. 11
Young, _adj._ RG. 377; comp. ‘younger.’ RG. 423; sup. ‘youngest.’ RG. 381.
AS. geong
Younghede, _sb._ [ȝonghede] == youth. Legend of St Cuthbert, in Warton, H.
E. P. vol. i. p. 15, _n._
Younglike, _adj._ Ps. cxviii. 141
Youngling, _sb._ Alys. 2366
Your, _adj._ RG. 455; [ower]. RG. 500; [or]. Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Youth, _sb._ Body and Soul, 111; [ȝeuȝede]. Moral Ode, st. 178. AS. geogoð
Youthhede, _sb._ Ps. xlii. 4
Yox, _v. n._ == sob. 1570 B. AS. geocsa
Yoxing, _sb._ == hiccuping. RG. 34
Ypotanos. See Hippopotamus
Yraȝte, _vb._ == procreated? O. and N. 106
Yse, _sb._ == iron. Alys. 5149. AS. ísen. Germ. eisen
Ysome, _adv._ == together. RG. 3, 83. AS. gesome
Ysteot, _part._ == fastened. Alys. 2768
Yswerred, _adj._ == having necks. Alys. 6264. AS. sweora
Yswowe, _part._ == in a swoon. Alys. 2262. See Swoon
Ythe, _adv._ == easily. K. Horn, 61. AS. eáðe