#Vochen saf#, _pres. pl._ guarantee (_sc._ me), VIII _b_ 51. [OFr.
_vo(u)cher sauf_.]
#Voundit#. _See_ Woundit.
#Vousour#, _n._ vaulting, II 363. [OFr. _vousure_.]
#Vp#, #Vpp(e)#, _adv._ up, I 200, II 96, V 11, XVI 113, &c.; open, X
185; (open) wide, XVI 122, 194; _vp wiþ_, up with, lift up, hold high,
XIV _c_ 99. [OE. _ūp_, _upp(e)_.]
#Vpcaste#, _pa. t._ lifted up, XII _a_ 106. [OE. _up(p)_ + ON. _kasta_.]
_See_ Cast(e).
#Vpdrawe#, _pp._ drawn up, XII _b_ 64. [OE. _up(p)_ + _dragan_.]
#Vplondysch#, #Oplondysch#, _adj._ rustic, XIII _b_ 23, 50. [Cf. OE.
_ūp-lendisc_.]
#Vp(p)on#; #Vpo#, XV _g_ 4; #Opan#, II 506; #Opon#, II 72, &c.; #Apon#,
IV _a_ 86, X 123, &c.; _prep._ (i) (up)on, V 134, VIII _a_ 135, IX 33, X
183, XII _a_ 126 (_see_ Stonde), XIII _a_ 12, &c.; (postponed) II 500,
506; (of _time_) I 29, &c.; immediately after, XII _b_ 147; (commenting)
on, XI _b_ 20; _upon this matiere_, on this business, XII _a_ 45. (ii)
in, VI 185, X 66, XII _introd._, _a_ 175; (believe) in, XV _g_ 9; into,
VII 6, 140; (iii) to, V 184 (_see_ Stiȝtel); (iv) (think) of, V 329,
VI 10. _See_ Grounde, Half, Out(e), Þer(e), &c. [OE. _up(p)-on_.]
#Vpon#, _adv._ on; _dede upon_, put on, XII _a_ 53. [As prec.]
#Vpperight#, _adv._ (straight) up, XVI 394. [OE. _ūp-rihte_.]
#Vprise#, _v._ to rise up, XVI 31 (_see_ prec.). [OE. _up(p)
ā-rīsan_.]
#Vpward#, _adv._ in the upper part, IX 246. [OE. _ūp-weard_.]
#Vr(e)#; #Vrn#; #Vrþe#. _See_ We; Eorne; Erþe.
#Vs#. _See_ He, We.
#Vsage#, _n._ usage, XIII _b_ 17. [OFr. _usage_.]
#Vse#, #Vss(e)#, _n._ use, XIII _a_ 1; usage, ritual, XI _b_ 189, 196,
&c. (_see_ note, XI _b_ 183). [OFr. _us_, L. _ūsus_.]
#Vse#, _v._ to use, practise, have dealings with, V 38, 358, XIII _b_
14, XIV _a_ 30; #Y-vsed#, _pp._ XIII _b_ 26. [OFr. _user_.]
#Vtmast#, _adj._ outermost, II 357. [OE. _ūt(e)mest_.]
#Vttiremeste#, _adj._ extreme, furthest, XVI 232 (_see_ Ende). [Formed
on ME. _utter(e)_, OE. _ū̆ttra_, on anal. of prec.]
#Vus#. _See_ We.
#Wa(a)#. _See_ Wo.
#Wack(e)net#, _pa. t._ and _pp._ awoke, (was) aroused, VII 105, 110.
[OE. _wæcn(i)an_.] _See_ Wake.
#Wage#, _v._ to undertake, guarantee, pay (hire), &c.; _intr._ or
_absol._ ? (used for) securely continue, _or_ ? bring reward, VI 56.
[ONFr. _wager_.]
#Wagh(e)#, #Wawe#, #Wawgh(e)#, _n._ wave, water (of the sea), VII 140,
XII _a_ 157, XIV _c_ 33, XVII 426, &c. [ON. _vág-r_.]
#Wai#, #Way#, _interj._ woe! II 234, 546; _wai es him_, unhappy is one
(who), XV _a_ 9. [ON. _vei_.] _See_ We, _interj._; Wo.
#Way(e)#, #Wey(e)#, #Weie#, #We# (X), _n._ way, course, manner,
distance, &c., II 476, VII 144, VIII _a_ 6, IX 220, X 85, XII _a_ 16,
XVI 74, &c.; _all way_, _all weys_, continually, XVII 500; always, IX
212, 277; _by þe way of_, _see_ Right, _n._; _in þe waye_, on (by) the
way, IV _b_ 41; _in ich ways_, in every way, II 158 (_see_ note); _adv._
away, in _do way_, have done, enough, II 226. [OE. _weg_.] _See_ Alway,
Awai, Heigh.
#Waik#, _adj._ weak, VIII _b_ 23. [ON. _veik-r_.]
#Waille#, _v._ to bewail, VIII _a_ 308. [ON. _*veila_ (cf. ON.
_vǽla_, Swed. _veila_).]
#Wayte#, _v._ to look, V 95, 221. [ONFr. _wait(i)er_.]
#Wake#, _v._ to lie awake, keep vigil, IV _b_ 49, XV _c_ 21; _trans._ to
arouse, kindle, XVII 89. [OE. _wacian_, intr.] _See_ A-, Forwake.
#Wal#, #Wall#, _n._ wall, II 357, XI _b_ 40, XIII _a_ 24, XVII 515
(_see_ Ston), &c.; #Vall#, X 131. [OE. _wall_.]
#Wald(e)#. _See_ Wille, _v._
#Wale#, _v._ to choose; _to wale_ (to be chosen), conspicuous,
excellent, VII 8. [ON. _val_, n.; _velja_ (pa. t. _valdi_), v.]
#Walk(e)#, _v._ to walk, wander, V 110, VI 39, XII _b_ 21, XVI 53, 333;
_walkes wide_, is spread abroad, XIV _b_ 29 (_see_ Word); #Ywalked#,
_pp._ XIII _a_ 16. [OE. _walc(i)an_, roll, go to and fro.]
#Wallande#, _pres. p._ welling, bubbling, VI 5. [OE. _wallan_.]
#Walschmen#, _n. pl._ Welshmen, XIII _b_ 3. [OE. _wē̆lisc_,
_wǣ̆lisc_ + _mann_.]
#Walt#, _v._ to roll; _trans. pa. t._ rolled, VII 140 (_rel._ to
_blastes_ omitted); _intr. infin._ totter (and fall), VII 138; _pa. t._
was tossed, VII 144 (_rel._ to _nauy_ omitted). [OE. (Nth.) _wælta_.]
#Wan#. _See_ Wanne, Wynne(n).
#Wan(e)#, _v._ to decrease, subside, XVII 450, 458, 493. [OE. _wanian_.]
#Wane#, _n._ expectation (of success), in _I ne wate na better wane_, I
know no better alternative, IV _a_ 55; _cf._ Rede, _n._ [ON. _ván_,
expectation.] _See_ Wones.
#Wandren#, _v._ to wander, VIII _a_ 297. [OE. _wandrian_.]
#Wandreth#, _n._ trouble, distress, IV _a_ 19, XVII 40. [ON.
_vandrǽði_.]
#Waning#, _n._ curtailment, VI 198 (_see_ Ȝete, _v._). [OE.
_wanung_.]
#Wan(ne)#, #Won# (XV), _adj._ gloomy, VII 140; sickly, wan, II 108, IV
_a_ 10, XV _c_ 22. [OE. _wann_, _wonn_, dark.]
#Wanne#. _See_ Whan, Wynne(n).
#Want#, _n._ lack (_esp._ of food), XVII 194. [ON. _vant_, neut. adj.]
_See_ Wonte.
#Wap#, _n._ a blow, V 181. [Cf. ME. _wappen_, w(h)op, beat; echoic.]
#Wapin#. _See_ Weppen.
#War# (_with_), _v. imper._ guard (against), beware (of), XIV _a_ 6.
[OE. _warian_, refl.]
#War(e)#, _adj._ in _be war (of)_, be on one's guard (against), beware
(of), take care, V 320, XI _b_ 217, 311, XIV _d_ 4; _be war or ye be
wo_, look before you leap, XIV _d_ 11 (_see_ Wo). [OE. _wær_.] _See_
Vnwar.
#War(e)#. _See_ Was.
#Ward(e)#, _n._ custody, XVI 222; post (in the defence), X 35. [OE.
_weard_.]
#Warda(i)ne#, _n._ warden, commander of the garrison, X 146, 169, XIV
_b_ 83. [ONFr. _wardein_.]
#Ware#, _adj._ XVI 154; _see_ Werre, and note.
#Ware#, _v._ to lay out, spend, VII 19; #Waret#, _pp._ given (in
exchange), dealt, V 276. [OE. _warian_ (recorded once as 'treat with')
rel. to _waru_, wares.]
#Wary#, _v._ to curse, XVII 208; #Wery#, XIV _a_ 23. [OE. _wærgan_,
_wergan_.]
#Wark#, _v._ to feel pain, ache, XVII 269. [OE. _wærcan_; cf. ON.
_verkja_.]
#Wark(e)#; #Warld#. _See_ Werk(e); World(e).
#Warn(e)#, _v._ to warn, inform, VIII _a_ 125, 158, 316, 321, XVII 124;
forewarn, XVII 110. [OE. _war(e)nian_.]
#Warnist#, _pp._ furnished, manned, X 121. [ONFr. _warnir_, _warniss-_.]
#Warp#, _v._ to cast; offer, V 185. [OE. _weorpan_; ON. _varpa_.]
#Wars#; #Warth#. _See_ Wors; Worþe, _v._
#Was#, _pa. t. sg._ was, I 28, &c.; have been, VIII _a_ 160; _2 sg._
XVII 120; #Ves#, X 15, 32; #Watȝ#, V 1, VI 4, &c.; _2 sg._ V 326, VI
12, &c.; #Wes#, III 16, X 2, XV _g_ 1, &c.; _subj._ was, were, might
(would, &c.) be, #Var#, X 38; #War(e)#, IV _a_ 19, 23, &c.; #Weor#, XIV
_c_ 89;#Wer(e)#, I 92, II 108, IV _a_ 75, XV _g_ 8, XVI 199, &c. _Pl.
ind._ and _subj._ #War(e)#, X 10, XIV _b_ 93, &c.; #Weir#, X 137;
#Wer(e)#, #Weren#, #Weryn#, #Wern(e)#, I 41, II 18, III 58, V 354, VI
18, 225, &c.; #Wore#, I 114, VI 214, *XVI 17 (note). [OE. _wæs_ (_wes_),
_wǣron_, &c.; ON. pl. _várum_, &c.] _See_ Nas.
#Wasche#, _v. intr._ to wash, XIII _a_ 25. [OE. _wascan_.]
#Waste#, _n._ wild, uninhabited place, V 30. [ONFr. _wast_; OE.
_wē̆ste_.] _See_ Wysty.
#Waste(n)#, _v. trans._ to waste, VIII _a_ 127, 155; _intr._ XIV _c_ 2.
[ONFr. _waster_.]
#Wastour(e)#, _n._ waster, despoiler, rogue, VIII _a_ 29, 124, 146, &c.
[ONFr. _wastur_.]
#Wat#; #Wate#; #Watȝ#. _See_ What(e); Wite(n); Was.
#Watches#, _n. pl._ watches; watchmen, XVI 140. [OE. _wæcce_.]
#Waþe#, _n._^1 peril, V 287; #Woþe#, VI 15; #Woth#, XVII 416. [ON.
_váði_.]
#Wathe#, _n._^2 (something gained in) hunting, XVII 486; _cf._ Fee,
_n._^2 [ON. _veið-r_.]
#Watter#; #Watur#, #-er#; _n._ water (sea, lake, flood), V 163, VII 119,
VIII _a_ 318, &c.; #Watres#, _pl._ IX 12, 243. [OE. _wæter_.]
#Wattered#, _pa. t. intr._ watered, VIII _a_ 168. [OE. _wæterian_,
trans.]
#Wawe#, #Wawghes#. _See_ Wagh(e).
#Waxe(n)#, #Wax#, _v._ to increase, grow, become, XV _b_ 15, 32, _c_ 22,
XVII 60, 179; #Wexe(n)#, #Wex#, II 62, IX 22, 95, XVI 344, &c.; #Wax#,
_pa. t._ I 237; #Wex#, VI 178. [OE. _we(a)xan_.]
#We#, _interj._ (of grief, consternation, surprise, &c.) alas, ah, &c.;
II 176, V 117, XVI 139, 149, 301, XVII 217, 238; _we loo_, V 140. [OE.
_wǣ (lā)_.] _See_ Wai, Wo.
#We#, _pron. pl._ we, I 64, &c. _Acc._ and _dat._ (to, for) us, #Hus#,
XVII 46; #Ous#, II 167, 604, VIII _b_ 92, &c.; #Vs#, IV _a_ 7, VII 32,
&c.; _vs must_, _see_ Mot(e); #Vus#, V 174, VI 94, &c.; _vus þynk vus
oȝe_, _see_ Owe, Þinke; #Vs self#, _refl._ ourselves, XI _b_ 157;
#Our(e)#, #Owr(e)#, _poss. adj._ our, I 203, III 29, IV _a_ 16, 55, XV
_g_ 26, &c.; #Vr(e)#, XIV _c_ 15, 84, XV _g_ 1, 24; _oure one_, alone by
ourselves, V 177 (_see_ note); #Oure#, _pron._ ours, XI _b_ *128, 129;
#Ouris#, X 88. [OE. _wē_, _ūs_, _ūre_.]
#We#. _See_ Way(e).
#Wecht#, _n._ weight, X 101. [ON. _vétt-r_, earlier _*weht-_.]
#Wedde#, _n._ pledge, in _leide to wedde_, pledged, assigned as
security, mortgaged, VIII _b_ 77. [OE. _wedd_; _lecgan to wedde_.]
#Wede#, _n._ garment, article of attire, II 146, V 290; _wight in wede_,
valiant (in arms), XIV _b_ 5. [OE. _wǣd_, _ge-wǣde_.]
#Weder#, #-ir#, #-ur#, _n._ weather, II 269, XVII 470; foul weather,
storm, VII 114, VIII _a_ 320, XIV _c_ 35, XVII 451. [OE. _weder_.]
#Wedes#, _n. pl._ weeds (plants), VIII _a_ 105. [OE. _wēod_.]
#Wedmen#, _n. pl._ wedded folk, XVII 400. [OE. _wedd_ + _mann_.] _See_
Wedde, Yweddede.
#Wedows#; #Wees#, #Wegh(es)#; #Weete#; #Weie#, #Wey(e)#; #Weyn#; #Weir#.
_See_ Wodewe; Wyȝe; Wete; Way(e); Wene(n); Was.
#Wel(e)#, #Well(e)#, #Weyl# (I), #Weill# (X), _adv._ well, I 110, II
136, X 12, XIV _d_ 2, &c.; very, II 309, 345, XIII _a_ 26, XIV _c_ 39,
&c.; _wel riȝt_, _wel sone_, &c. at once, II 71, 270, X 70; fully,
quite, I 254, II 553, &c.; (_esp._ with numbers) II 183, IX 199, XIV _b_
42, &c.; (with _compar._) a good deal, much, II 464, X 10, XVI 334;
without disadvantage, IV _b_ 31; easily, VIII _a_ 47, XVII 5, &c.;
_predic._ good, XV _e_ 7, &c.; prosperous, VIII _a_ 271; _well were he_,
happy were he who, XVII 339; _well is vs_, happy are we, XVII 459; _wel
worth þe_, may it go well with thee, V 59; _wele wurth þe while_, happy
the occasion, XIV _a_ 5, &c.; _cf._ Wo. [OE. _wē̆l_.] _See_
Welneȝ.
#Wela#, _adv._ very, in _wela wylle_ (_see_ Wylle), V 16. [OE. _wel_ +
_lā_ (intensive).]
#Welcom#, #Welcum#, #Wolcome#, _adj._ welcome, II 433, V 172, VIII _b_
52; as _interj._ VI 39. [OE. _wil-cuma_ infl. by _wel(-cwēme)_; cf.
ON. _vel-kominn_.]
#Welde#, _v._ to possess, IV _a_ 20. [OE. _(ge-)wéldan_.]
#Wele#, #Weole#, _n._ (usually allit. with Wo, _q.v._) happiness,
prosperity, wealth, II 5, IV _a_ 2, _b_ 74, V 66, VI 34; _worldes wele_,
good things of this world, wealth, IV _a_ 28, XIV _b_ 16; _wunne
we(o)le_, wealth of joy, XV _b_ *11 (MS. wynter), 35. [OE. _we(o)la_.]
#Weleful#, _adj._ prosperous, XIV _b_ 17. [Prec. + OE. _-full_.]
#Wel-fare#, _n._ welfare, easy life, VIII _b_ 8. [Wel + Fare, _n._]
#Welkyn#, _n._ sky, VII 138. [OE. _wolcen_, _weolcn_.]
#Well(e)#, _n._ spring, fount, VI 5, IX 5, XIII _a_ 1, &c.; _fig._ XIV
_c_ 108. [OE. _well(a)_.]
#Welle-spring#, _n._ spring, XV _e_ 16. [Cf. OE. _well(e)-spryng_.]
#Well-wirkand#, _adj._ righteous in deeds, XVII 120. [Cf. OE.
_wel-wyrcende_.] _See_ Werche.
#Welneȝ#, #Welnyȝ#, #Welnygh#, _adv._ almost, VI 168, XIII _b_ 4;
_welnygh now_, but a moment ago, VI 221. [OE. _wel-nē(a)h_.] _See_
Wel(e), _adv._; Nyȝ.
#Welth(e)#, _n._ happiness, IV _a_ 32, XVI 324. [Extended from Wele with
abstract _-þ_.]
#Wen#, _n._ blemish, diseased growth; _fig._ III _introd._ [OE. _wenn_,
tumour.]
#Wende#, _v. trans._ to turn, V 84; _intr._ to turn (and toss), XV _c_
21; to return, I 199; go, come, I 94, II 427, VIII _a_ 6; depart, VIII
_a_ 67, 79, 271; _refl._ go, II 475, 501; #Went(e)#, _pa. t._ I 113;
#Wende#, I *189 (_see_ note), II 65, 185, &c.; #Went(e)#, _pp._ gone,
departed, I 93, VIII _a_ 198, &c.; _is went_, went, X 178; #Ywent#, come
about, III _introd._ [OE. _wéndan_.]
#Wene(n)#, to think, imagine, expect, IV _a_ 35, V 336, VIII _a_ 242, XI
_b_ 72, &c.; #Weyn#, XVII 444, 535; #Wende#, _pa. t._ I 110, 127, XII
_b_ 66. [OE. _wēnan_.] _See_ Awenden.
#Wenges#; #Wenne#. _See_ Wyng; Whan(ne).
#Wente#, _n._ turn(ing), XII _b_ 6. [From Wende, _v._]
#Weole#; #Weor#. _See_ Wele; Was.
#Wepe#, _n._ weeping, in _w. and wo_, II 195, 234. [OE. _wōp_,
assimilated to stem of next.]
#Wepe#, #Weepe#, _v._ to weep, II 118, XII _a_ 32, XIV _b_ 60, XV _f_ 6;
#Wepte#, _pa. t. sg._ I 174; #Wepe#, _pl._ II 591; #Wepeing#,
#Wepyng(e)#, _n._ II 219, IV _a_ 32, XI _b_ 155, &c. [OE. _wēpan_;
pa. t. _wēop_ (ONth. _wǣpde_).]
#Weppen#, _n._ weapon, V 154; #Wapin#, XIV _b_ 15; #Vapnys#, _pl._ X
190. [OE. _wēpn_; ON. _vápn_.]
#Wer(e)#, _n._ war, VII 8, 88, XIV _b_ 15; #Werre#, IX 81, XIV _c_ 76.
[ONFr. _werre_.]
#Wer(e)#, #Weryn#, &c. _See_ Was.
#Werby#. _See_ Wher(e), _adv._
#Werche#, _v._ to work, labour; make; bring about, cause; act, do; I 90,
218, VIII _a_ 297; #Werke#, XVI 334; #Wirk(e)#, XIV _b_ 20, XVI 265,
XVII 116; #Wyrk(e)#, VI 176, XVII 262; #Worch(e)#, V 28, VI 151, VIII
_a_ 8, _b_ 25, &c.; #Werkis#, _2 sg._ XVI 264; #Wroȝt(e)#, #Wroght#,
_pa. t._ I 65, 168, V 293, VI 165, XVII 4 (_2 sg._), &c.; #Wrouȝte#,
VIII _a_ 103, 243 (_subj._), &c.; #Wrouhte#, VIII _b_ 87 (_subj._);
Wroȝt, #Wroght#, _pp._ V 276, VII 58, &c.; #Wrouȝt#, II 374, VIII
_a_ 308; #Wraght#, *XVII 98 (MS. wroght; _see_ Vnsoght); _let God
worche_, let God do as He wills (? read _worthe_; _see_ Worþe, Yworth),
V 140. [OE. _wyrcan_; pa. t. _worhte_ (_warhte_, _wrohte_); with _er_
forms _cf._ Scherte, Werse, and see App. p. 280.]
#Were#, _v._^1 to ward (off), I 167. [OE. _werian_.^1]
#Were#, _v._^2 to wear (clothes), V 290; #Ywerd#, _pp._ II 241. [OE.
_werian_.^2]
#Were#, _v._^3 to wear (out), decay, XIV _c_ 2; _til hit be wered out_,
until the present state has passed away, VIII _b_ 85. [A
sense-development of the prec. (cf. OE. _for-wered_, worn out); but the
infl. of forms of quite distinct origin, such as OE. _for-weren_,
_-woren_, worn out, decayed, _(for)weornian_, decay, was perh.
ultimately responsible.]
#Wery#. _See_ Wary, _v._
#Wery#, _adj._ weary, XI _b_ 135, XIII _a_ 48, XV _c_ 30. [OE.
_wērig_.]
#Werynes#, _n._ wearyness, I 156, XIII _a_ 49. [OE. _wērig-nes_.]
#Werk(e)#, #Wark(e)#, _n._ work; labour, VI 239, VIII _a_ 191, &c.;
fabric, II 374; _werkis_, works, fortress, XVI 191; action, deed, IV _a_
65, 84, VII 58, XI _b_ 106, &c.; task, VIII _b_ 56, XVII 130, 244, 255,
&c.; written work, VII 4, 55; in _sg._ deeds, doings, dealings, &c., II
317, V 299, XVI 17, 200. [OE. _we(o)rc_.]
#Werke#. _See_ Werche.
#Werkman#, #Workeman#, labourer, craftsman, VIII _a_ 308, _b_ 25;
#Werk(e)men#, _pl._ VI 147, VIII _a_ 53, IX 119, &c.; _my werkemen_,
doers of my will, XVI 17. [OE _we(o)rc-mann_.]
#Werldes#; #Wern(e)#. _See_ World; Was.
#Wernyng#, _n._ refusal, V 185. [From OE. _wérnan_.]
#Werre#, _adj._ and _adv. compar._ in worse plight, worse, XVI *154 (MS.
ware; _see_ note), 334. [ON. _verri_; adv. _verr_.] _See_ Wors(e).
#Werre#; #Werse# (#Werst#); #Wes#. _See_ Wer(e); Wors(e); Was.
#West(e)#, _adv._ and _n._ west, VII 105, XVI 333. [OE. _west_, adv.]
#Wete#, _adj._ and _n._ wet, II 80, VII 110, XIV _c_ 30. [OE. _wǣt_;
_wǣta_, _n._]
#Wete#, #Weete#, _v._ to wet, IX 62, XIII _a_ 34. [OE. _wǣtan_.]
#Weþer#. See Wheþer, _conj._^1
#Weue(n)#, _v._ to weave; _pp._ #Wouen#, woven, V 290. [OE. _wefan_, pp.
_wefen_; cf. ON. pp. _(v)ofinn_.]
#Weued#, _pa. t._ presented, V 291 (_see_ note). [OE. _wǣfan_.]
#Wexe(n)#. _See_ Waxe(n).
#Wha(m)#. _See_ Who.
#Whan(ne)#, _adv. interrog._ and _rel._ when, I 104, 161, V 163, IX 19,
XI _a_ 8, &c.; _whan that_, when, IX 22, XII _a_ 28, 155, &c. (_see_
Þat); #Huanne#, III 27, 31; #Quen#, V 206, 247, VI 18; #Quhen#, X 40,
171; #Wanne#, VIII _b_ 1, 52, &c.; #Wenne#, VIII _b_ 7; #When#, I 221,
&c.; #Whon#, XIV _c_ 110. [OE. _hwonne_, _hwanne_, _hwænne_.]
#Whar(e)#, #Hwar#, _adv. interrog._ and _rel._ where, XIV _a_ 7, XV _a_
6, XVI 294; (with _subj._) wherever, II 170; #Quhar#, to the place
where, X 18; _quhar at_, _quhar that_, where, X 38 (_see_ At _rel._),
149. As _neut. pron._ in: #Whar(e)fore#, for what (which) reason, IV _b_
33, XIII _a_ 13. [OE. _hwǣr_, _hwāra_, and prob. unacc. _hwær_,
_hwara_.] _See_ Nowhar(e); Wher(e), _adv._; cf. Þar(e).
#Wharred#, _pa. t._ whirred, V 135. [Echoic.]
#What(e)#, #Wat#, #Quat# (V, VI), _pron. interrog._ what, II 102, XI _b_
195, XV _e_ 8, XVII 163, &c.; _indir._ I 56, IV _b_ 65, V 111, VIII _b_
38, &c.; _indef._ (with _subj._) whatever, II 339, 450, 467; approaching
_rel._ XII _b_ 142 (_cf._ VIII _a_ 242), XVI 174 (_see_ note and App. p.
289); _exclam._ what!, XVI 101; lo! V 133-6; _quat so_, whatsoever, VI
206; _what with ... and_ (as Mn.E. idiom), XVII 214. _Adj. interrog._
what, VI 115, &c.; _indir._ VI 32, VII 83, &c.; _indef._ (with _subj._)
whatever, VI 163; _exclam._ what!, II 234; _loke what_, _see_ Loke;
_what man_ (_þing_), who, what, II 421, 116, &c.; _what ... þat_, what,
VII 92; whatever, XII _a_ 115, XIII _a_ 58 (with _subj._). [OE. _hwæt_.]
#Wheder#; #Whedir#. _See_ Wheþer; Whider.
#Whelp#, _n._ whelp, pup, XIV _b_ 78. [OE. _hwelp_.]
#Wher(e)#, #Quere# (VI), _adv. interrog._ and _rel._ where, whither, II
194, VI 16, XVI 272, 377; wherever (with _subj._), XVI 402; _wher(e)
þat_, (to the place) where, IX 184, XII _a_ 59, 153,&c.; in a case
where, when, XII _b_ 139; wherever, IX 177. As _neut. pron._ in:
#Werby#, #Wherby#, on account of which, VIII _b_ 35; by which, XII _b_
55; #Wherfore#, wherefore; why, IX 176, &c.; and so, V 210, IX 135, 202,
&c.; #Wher(e)of#, #Huerof#, (out) of which, III 2, 8, IX 153, 238, XII
_b_ 120, &c.; on account of which, XII _a_ 10, 38, 71, 190, _b_ 159,
&c.; concerning which, II 16, XII _b_ 212, &c.; _wherof that_, whereby,
wherefore, XII _a_ 116, 140, _b_ 222; #Whereon#, in which, II 267. [OE.
_hwǣr_, _hwēr_.] _See_ Whar(e).
#Wher(e)#, _conj., interrog._ (introd. a direct question), XI _b_ 64,
171, 197, 266, 274; (indir.) whether, XI _a_ 51, _b_ 207. [Reduction of
Wheþer^1, _q.v._]
#Whestones#, _n. pl._ whetstones, XIII _a_ 45. [OE. _hwet-stān_.]
#Whete#, _n._ wheat, VIII _a_ 9, 33, 299; _adj._ wheaten, VIII _a_ 131.
[OE. _hwǣte_; adj. _hwǣten_.]
#Wheþer#, #Whethire#, #Wheder# (XVII), #Weþer# (VI), _conj._^1
_interrog._ with _ind._ or _subj._; (introd. a direct question) V 118,
VI 205; (indir.) whether, XVII 363; (alternative condition) _whethire
... or_, whether ... or, IV _b_ 76; #Queþersoeuer#, (with _subj._)
whether, VI 246. [OE. _hwæþer_.] _See_ Wher(e), _conj._
#Wheþer#, _conj._^2 however, (and) yet, VI 221. [OE. _hwæþere_.]
#Whette#, _pa. t._ ground; made a grinding noise, V 135; #Quettyng#,
_n._ sharpening, grinding, V 152 (note). [OE. _hwettan_.]
#Whi#, #Why#, #Hwi#, _adv. interrog._ why, I 64, II 332, XV _a_ 17, XVII
294, &c.; _for whi_, XVII 14, 518; #Quy#, VI 201; #Wi#, XV _g_ 25; #Wy#,
VI 173, 204; _indirect_ in _þe cause why_, the reason why, XIII _b_ 66;
_exclam._ why then, V 232. [OE. _hwī_.]
#Which(e)#, #Wiche#, _interrog. adj._ which, what, II 494, &c.; _pron._
which, who, VIII _a_ 126, &c.; _rel. adj._ in _the whiche_, which, IX 2;
_pron._ who, which, XII _a_ 52, 61, 111, &c.; _the which(e)_ (_wiche_),
which, whom, VIII _b_ 31, IX 276, 298, XII _a_ 35, &c.; _the whiche
þat_, who(m), IX 190, 337; _of the whiche ... offe_, of which, IX 24;
_as he which_, &c., _see_ note XII _a_ 23. _See_ App., p. 289. [OE.
_hwilc_.] _See_ Whilke.
#Whider#, #Whedir# (XVII), _adv. interrog._ whither, II 128, 288, 296,
XIV _a_ 21, XVII 313; _indef._ whithersoever, II 129, 130; #Whider so#,
(with _subj._) whithersoever, II 340. [OE. _hwider_.]
#Whyyt#, _adj._ white, XIII _a_ 31; #Whyte#, #White#, II 105, XVI 89,
&c.; #Quyte#, #Quite#, V 20, 296; #Whittore#, _compar._ XV _c_ 27. [OE.
_hwīt_; compar. _hwī̆ttra_.]
#Whil(e)#, #Whyl(e)#, #Wyl#, #Quhill# (X), _conj._ while, I 8, VII 56,
XIV _c_ 29, 36, &c.; until, VI 168, X 32, 67, 197; _quhill þat_, until,
*X 63. [OE. _þā hwīle þe_; see next.]
#While#, #Whyle#, #Wyle#, _n._ time, while, V 301, XIV _a_ 5 (_see_
Wel), 23, &c.; _by whyle_, from time to time, II 8; _eny wyle_, for any
length of time, VIII _b_ 25; _þat ilke while ... þerwhile_, while
(_conj._), VIII _a_ 155-6; _þe while_, while (_conj._), VIII _a_ 58,
283. [OE. _hwīl_.] See Hondqwile, Oþerwhile, Þerewhiles, &c.
#Whyle#, _adv._ for a while, XV _c_ 33. [OE. _hwīle_, _hwīlum_.]
#Whiles#; #Whils#, #Whyls#; #Qwiles# (VII); _conj._ while, VII 39, VIII
_a_ 314, XVI 55, XVII 397. [Extended from While, _conj._, with adv.
_-es_.]
#Whilke#, #Wylke#, _rel. pron._ which, XVI 14; _þe wylke_, which, IV _b_
30. [OE. _hwilc_.] _See_ Which(e).
#Whilom#, #Whilum#, _adv._ once, formerly, XII _a_ 179, _b_ 2, XIV _b_
5. [OE. _hwīlum_.]
#Whyne#, _v._ to scream, XVII 229. [OE. _hwīnan_.]
#Whyp#, _n._ whip, XVII 378. [Obscure.]
#Whyrlande#, _pres. p._ whirling, V 154. [OE. _hwyrf(t)lian_; ON.
_hvirfla_.]
#White#, #Whittore#. _See_ Whyyt.
#Who#, #Wha# (IV), #Quo# (VI), _pron. interrog._ who, II 263, IV _a_ 14,
VI 67, &c.; _who is_, who is it, XVII 295; _indir._ I 50, &c.; _indef._
in _who that_, whoever, if any one, XII _b_ 24. _Obl. case_: #Wham#,
_interrog._ whom, II 128; #Quom#, #Whom(e)#, _rel._ VI 93, IX 77, XVI
82, &c.; #Whos#, _gen. sg. rel._ whose, I 91, XII _b_ 79; _the whos_,
whose, XII _a_ 113. #Whasa#, #Whoso (euer)#, _indef._ whoever, I 2, IV
_a_ 71, VIII _a_ 67, &c.; _but whoso_, unless one, VIII _a_ 1. [OE.
_hwā_, dat. _hwā̆m_.]
#Whon#. _See_ Whan(ne).
#Wi#, #Wy#. _See_ Whi.
#Wycche#, _n._ wizard, IX 85. [OE. _wicca_.]
#Wiche#; #Wicht#. _See_ Which(e); Wight, _adj._
#Wid#. _See_ With.
#Widder#, _v._ to wither, XVII 63. [OE. _*widr(i)an_, expose, be
exposed, to the weather.]
#Wyde#, #Wide#, _adj_. wide, spacious, II 365, XVII 541; _adv._ wide
open, X 185; far and wide, XIV _b_ 29. [OE. _wīd_; adv. _wīd(e)_.]
#Wydwes#. _See_ Wodewe.
#Wif(e)#, #Wyf#, #Wiif# (II), _n._ wife, II 178, V 283, XII _a_ 3, XVII
106, &c.; #Wyue#, _dat. sg._ III 52; #Wiues#, #Wyues#, #Wifis#, _pl._ II
399, VIII _a_ 13, XVII 144, &c. [OE. _wīf_.]
#Wyfman#, _n._ woman, III 30, 31, 36; #Wymman#, III 23; #Wimon#, XV _g_
7; #Wom(m)an#, II 211, XI _b_ 61, &c.; #Wymmen(e)#, _pl._ IV _b_ 54, V
347, XV _b_ 32, _c_ 11, &c.; #Wommen#, I 53, VIII _a_ 8, &c.;
#Women(e)#, IV _b_ 42, XVII 208. [OE. _wī̆f-mann_, _wimman_.]
#Wight#, #Wyht#, #Wicht# (X), _adj._ valiant, X 122, 148, XIV _b_ 5
(_see_ Wede); ? _adv._ quickly, straightway, XV _b_ 36. [ON. _víg-r_,
neut. _víg-t_.]
#Wight#, #Wyght#, _n._ creature, person, VIII _a_ 243, XVII 47, &c.;
#Wyȝte#, VI 134; #Wiht#, XII _b_ 77; #Wytes#, _pl._ XV _i_ 19. [OE.
_wiht_.]
#Wyȝe#, #Wegh#, _n._ knight, man, V 6, 30, VII 19, &c.; _vocative_,
Sir (knight), &c., V 23, 59, 172; #Wyȝeȝ#, #Weghes#, #Wees#, _pl._
VI 219, VII 23, 55. [OE. _wiga_, warrior.]
#Wiȝtliche#, _adv._ vigorously, VIII _a_ 21. [From Wight, _adj._]
#Wiif#. _See_ Wif.
#Wyke#, _n._ week, VIII _a_ 253. [OE. _wice_.] _See_ Woke.
#Wikid#, #Wikked#, #Wykked#, #Wicked#, _adj._ bad, evil, wicked, IV _a_
65, VIII _a_ 1, 29, IX 85, XVI 234, &c. [Extended from (obscure) ME.
_wikke_, bad; _cf._ Wrecched.]
#Wil#, #Wyl(e)#. _See_ Whil(e); Wille, _n._ and _v._
#Wild#. _See_ Wille, _v._
#Wild(e)#, #Wylde#, _adj._ wild, II 214, 257, V 95, &c.; unruly,
self-willed, in _þof he wer neuer sa wylde_, however sinful were his
life, IV _a_ 75. [OE. _wílde_.] _See_ Wylle, _adj._
#Wildernes#, #-nisse#, _n._ wilderness, II 212, 560. [OE. _wildeornes_
(in Sweet).]
#Wiles#, #Wyles#, _n. pl._ wiles, V 347, 352, XIV _b_ 55. [OE. _wig(e)l_
coalescing with ONFr. _*wile_ (OFr. _guile_); _see_ Napier, _O.E.
Glosses_, p. 159 (note).] _See_ Gile, Biwyled.
#Wylyde#, _adj._ ? guileful, V 299.[From prec.]
#Wylke#. _See_ Whilke.
#Will(e)#, #Wyll(e)#, #Wil#, #Wyl#, _n._ pleasure, desire, will, intent,
purpose, I 49, II 224, 345, 568, IV _a_ 29, V 90, X 47, XI _b_ 7, XV _b_
34, _c_ 3, &c.; good will, favour, V 319; _at his owhen w._, at his
pleasure, II 271; _at my (his) wille_, subject to my (his) will, VIII
_a_ 200, XIV _b_ 56; _wiþ wille_, joyously, XV _b_ 15; _with my wille_,
with my consent, XVI 297; _lightnes of w._, levity, VII 15; _swete w._,
good pleasure, II 384. [OE. _ge-will_, _willa_.]
#Wylle#, _adj._ bewildering, wandering (path), V 16. [ON. _vill-r_.]
_See_ Wild(e).