&c., and as auxil. of _fut. 1_ and _3 sg. pres._ #Wil#, #Wyl#, I 10, V
89, 147, VIII _a_ 24, 39, IX 252, &c.; #Will(e)#, #Wyll#, III 2, IV _a_
31, 52, &c.; #Wol(e)#, II 24, IX 279, XI _a_ 48, &c.; #Woll(e)#, VIII
_b_ 40, XV _c_ 17, XVI 7, &c.; _2 sg._ #Wil#, #Wyl(l)#, IV _a_ 4, 17,
88, VIII _a_ 222, &c.; #Wylt#, V 73. #Wolt#, VIII _a_ 271, XII _b_ 42,
XV _g_ 33; (with suffixed pron.) #Wiltou#, #-ow#, II 128, XIV _a_ 21,
&c.; (further reduced) #Wolte#, XV _g_ 19, 22; _pl._ #Wyl#, #Wil(l)#, I
259, IV _b_ 2, IX 118, &c.; #Wol#, #Wole(n)#, VIII _b_ 85, IX 64, XI _b_
64, 161, XIII _b_ 23, &c.; #Wolle#, XVI 240 (rime--_fille_); _wiltow or
neltow_, whether you are willing or not, VIII _a_ 149 (_cf._ II 154);
(without expressed infin.) will go (come), V 64, XVII 504; _wilt thou
so_, you'll do that, will you? XVII 226. _Pa. t._ desired, wished, was
willing; was likely, used; intended, would; _subj._ would (be willing),
would (should) like, could wish, &c.; as auxil. of _condit._ or _pa. t.
subj._ would, should, &c.: #Vald#, X 79; #Wald(e)#, IV _a_ 39, X 21, XIV
_b_ 12, &c.; #Wild#, I _introd._ (? ON. _vilda_); #Wold(e)#, I 185 (rime
_colde_), II 188, 279, III 37, IV _b_ 25, V 28, VI 30, VIII _a_ 204, XI
_a_ 51, XIV _c_ 20, XVI 253, XVII 47, &c.; #Wulde#, I 47, 90, 171; _2
sg._ #Wold(e)#, #Woldeȝ#, #-est#, II 454, V 59, VI 50, XVI 362, XVII
172, &c.; _wold awede_, was like to go mad (_or_ was going mad) II 87;
_wold ich nold ich_, whether I would or no, II 154 (_cf._ VIII _a_ 149);
(without expressed infin.) _wold vp_ (_in_), desired to rise (enter), II
96, 378; _whider þai wold_, where they were going to, II 296; _walde
away_, would depart, IV _a_ 75. [OE. _willan_, _wyllan_; pa. t. _wólde_,
_wálde_.] _See_ Ichil, Ichulle.
#Wilnest#, _2 sg. pres._ desirest, VIII _a_ 256. [OE. _wilnian_.]
#Wymman#, #Wimon#, &c. _See_ Wyfman.
#Wind(e)#, #Wynd(e)#, #Wynt#, _n._ wind, breath, IV _b_ 5, VII 116, XIII
_a_ 8, XIV _a_ 33, _c_ 35, &c.; #Wynd blast#, blast of wind, XVII 355.
[OE. _wínd_.]
#Wyndo(w)#, _n._ window, XVII 136, 280. [ON. _vind-auga_.]
#Wyne#, _n._ wine, IV _a_ 51 (footnote). [OE. _wīn_.]
#Wyng#, #Weng#, _n._ wing, IV _b_ 6, 48, IX 257, XII _a_ 176, &c. [ON.
_vǽng-r_.]
#Wynke#, _n._ a wink (of sleep), I 159. [From OE. _wincian_, v.]
#Wynne#, #Wyn#, _n._ gain, profit, V 352; _hym to mekill wyn_, to his
great profit, XVII 109. [OE. _(ge-)winn_.]
#Wynne(n)#, #Winne#, #Wyn#, _v._ to win; #Wan(ne)#, _pa. t. sg._ VIII
_a_ 90, XVI 9, &c.; _pl._ VII 174; #Wonne(n)#, _pp._ V 23, VI 157, &c.;
#Wonen#, V 347, VII 169; #Won#, IV _a_ 40, &c.; #Ywon#, II 561: _trans._
to procure (with toil), VIII _a_ 21, 127; to win (in contest, &c.), win
over, IV _a_ 8, 20, XIV _b_ 16, 56, XVI 9, &c.; to earn, VI 219, VIII
_a_ 90, XVI 230, &c.; to gain, get, XVI 132, XVII 363, &c.; to (manage
to) bring, get, IV _a_ 40, V 23, 347, VII 174; _wynne (away)_, rescue,
II 561, XVI 18, 171, 266, 406; _intr._ to labour profitably, earn
(something), VIII _a_ 155, 316, XII _b_ 37; to win one's way, get (to),
V 163; get (away, from), escape, XVII 24, 549, &c.; _(were) wonen of_,
had escaped, VII 169; _wyn to end_, succeed in completing, XVII 130; to
go, come, V 147, VI 157. [OE. _ge-winnan_ and ON. _vinna_.]
#Wynnynge#, _n._ gain, profit, VIII _b_ 102. [From prec.; ON.
_vinning-r_.]
#Wynt#. _See_ Wind(e).
#Wynter#, #Wintur#, #-er#, _n._ winter, II 259, VII 100; as _adj._ XV
_b_ 8, 11 (_see_ note); #Winter-schours#, #-tyde#, winter storms, winter
time, II 59, XIV _b_ 26. [OE. _winter_; _winter-scūr_, _-tīd_.]
#Wypped#, _pa. t._ sent flying, V 181. [Cf. Fris., Du., LG. _wippen_.]
#Wyrde#, _n._ fate, V 66, 350 (_cf._ 217); _wyrdes_, chances, VIII _b_
102. [OE. _wýrd_.]
#Wyre#, _v._ to turn; throw, X 112. [OFr. _virer_.]
#Wirk(e)#, #Wyrk(e)#, &c. _See_ Werche.
#Wis(e)#, #Wys(e)#, _adj._ wise, IV _a_ 2, VII 31, XI _b_ 250, XII _b_
222, &c. [OE. _wīs_.]
#Wys(e)dome#, #Wisdome#, _n._ wisdom, IV _b_ 56, 68, VIII _a_ 53; piece
of wisdom, VIII _a_ 206. [OE. _wīs-dōm_.]
#Wyse#, #Wise#, _n._ manner, fashion, guise. *II 158 (note), V 124, VII
65, 77, VIII _a_ 59, XVI 25; _in many wise_, in many ways, XII _a_ 39;
_in no(ne) wise_, at all, VIII _a_ 300, IX 283; _in the wise as_, just
as, XII _a_ 101; _other wise many fold_, in many another fashion, XVII
54. [OE. _wīse_.]
#Wish#, _n._ desire, will, XVII 4. [Stem of OE. _wȳ̆scan_, v.]
#Wysli#, #Wysely#, _adv._ thoughtfully, carefully, XIV _c_ 14, XVII 435.
[OE. _wīs-līce_.]
#Wisse#, #Wysshe#, _v._ to guide, direct, VII 4 (note); _wissed hym
bettere_, directed him (to do) better, VIII _a_ 158. [OE. _wissian_.]
#Wist(e)#, &c. _See_ Wite(n), _v._^1
#Wysty#, _adj._ lonely, deserted, V 121. [OE. _wē̆stig_; for vowel
_cf._ Ryste, and see Morsbach, _M.E. Gram._, § 109.]
#Wit#, #Witt(e)#, #Wyt#, #Wytt(e)#, _n. sg._ mind, senses, wits, II 82,
III 46 (_dat._), XII _b_ 137, XVI 344, &c.; wisdom, XI _a_ 10;
intelligence, discernment, understanding, I 11, VII 4, VIII _a_ 53, XI
_a_ 12, 32 (? interpretation), 52, XII _b_ 198, &c.; sense, meaning, XI
_a_ 6, 47, 53, &c.; _pl._ intelligence, II 38, XI _b_ 113; senses, wits,
XII _a_ 158; _fyue wytteȝ_, five senses, V 125. _Bi my wytte_
(_wit_), as I think, V 28, XVII 452; _do ... his wit_, apply his mind,
XI _b_ 6; _gode wytt_, sound mind, IX 83; _Kynde Witt_, (natural) good
sense, VIII _a_ 243. [OE. _witt_.]
#Wit#, #Wyt#. _See_ With.
#Wite(n)#, #Wyte#, #Witte#, _v._^1 to know, learn, be aware, I 38, VIII
_a_ 204, XI _b_ 82, XII _a_ 43, &c.; #Wate#, _1_ and _3 sg. pres._ IV
_a_ 16, VI 142, XVII 444, &c.; #Woot#, XI _a_ 43, 50; #Wote#, I 38, VIII
_a_ 124, XVII 313, &c.; _see_ Ichot, Not; #Wost#, _2 sg._ VI 51; #Wote#,
XVI 222; #Wate#, _pl._ I _introd._; #Wyte#, I 250; #Wotte#, XVI 171.
#Wist(e)#, #Wyst(e)#, _pa. t._ I 160, II 194, III 27, 45, VII 23, XV _g_
11 (_subj._), &c.; would know (_subj._), IX 184; _see_ Nist. _Don to
wyte_, inform, II 2; _We wille ȝe witte_, we intend that you should
know (_i.e._ have full warning of the rescue of the souls), XVI 176;
_witte þou wele_, be assured, XVI 305. [OE. _witan_; _wāt_ pret.
pres.; _wiste_, &c.] _See_ Ywyte.
#Wite#, _v._^2 to guard, keep, II 206, XV _f_ 13. [OE. _witian_, but in
ME. the senses and forms due to OE. _wītan_ (str.), _witan_ (pret.
pres.), and _witian_ (wk.) were confused.]
#Wyte#, _v._^3 fade, vanish, IV _a_ 34. [OE. _ge-wītan_.]
#Wyter#, _adj._ wise, XV _c_ 25. [Late OE. _witter_, from ON. _vitr_.]
#Wyterliche#, _adv._ clearly, VIII _b_ 38. [From prec. in ME. sense
'plain'.]
#Wytes#. _See_ Wight, _n._
#With#, #Wyþ#, #Wid# (XV _g_), #Wit# (VIII _b_ 6), #Wyt# (XV _d_ 6),
&c., _prep._ with, against, XIV _b_ 36, XVII 138, &c.; (meet) with, II
510, VIII _b_ 6, XV _g_ 7; (together) with, among, I 54, 133 (_see_ Wo),
II 84, IV _a_ 4 (_see_ Beste), 5, XV _g_ 30, &c.; _es noghte with_, does
not associate with,IV _b_ 2; at, XII _a_ 142; _with þat_, thereupon,
VIII _a_ 239; with (_instr._) II 106, IV _b_ 62, XV _g_ 8, 29, &c.; by
(means, reason of), II 404, VII 142, XVI 160, 297, &c.; by (_agent_), V
348, 351, 358, VII 53, &c. _With al_, entirely, VIII _a_ 76 (OE. _mid
alle_); _with all this_, meanwhile, X 114; _wyth lyttel_, with little
result, VI 215; _what with ... and with_, what with ... and, XVII 214.
_Bowes ... to schote with arwes_ (to shoot arrows with) is normal ME.
order, IX 258; _cf._ VIII _a_ 259, 290, &c. [OE. _wiþ_ blended with
_mid_ (_miþ_).] _See_ Þar(e), Þer(e).
#Withal#, #Vithall#, _adv._ withal, X 9; _forth withal_, straightway,
XII _b_ 82, 129. [OE. _mid alle_; _see_ prec.]
#Withdrawe#, _v._ to withdraw; _intr._ retire, VIII _a_ 324; _pp._ reft
(from her), XII _a_ 158. [OE. _wiþ_ + _dragan_.] _See_ Draw(e).
#Wythhalde#, _v._ to hold back, V 200; #Withhelde#, #Wythhylde#, _pa.
t._ V 100, 223, &c. [OE. _wiþ_ + _háldan_.] _See_ Holde(n).
#Within(ne)#, #Wiþynne#, #Vithin# (X), &c., _adv._ inside, IX 141, X 13,
70, XIII _a_ 16, XV _i_ 2, &c.; in (his) heart, V 302; _prep. within,
in, VI 80, &c.; (freq. postponed) IV _a_ 38, 40, XVI 282, &c.; (of
_time_) XII _a_ 29. [OE. _wiþ-innan_.]
#Withoute(n)#, #-outten#, #-owte(n)#, #-out#, &c., _adv._ outside, X 68,
XV _i_ 2, XVII 127, &c.; _prep._ without, II 460, IV _a_ 96, VI 30, XVI
300, XVII 149, &c.; _see_ Ende, Lees, Nay, No, &c. [OE. _wiþ-ūtan_.]
#Withtakand#, _pres. p._ reprehending, IV _b_ 9. [OE. _wiþ-_ + ON.
_taka_.] _See_ Take(n).
#Witnesse#, _v._ to testify, VIII _b_ 91. [From Wittenesse.]
#Wit-sunday#, _n._ Whitsunday (with pun on _Wit_), XI _a_ 12. [OE. _se
hwīta sunnan-dæg_.]
#Witt(e)#, &c. _See_ Wit, Wite(n).
#Wittenesse#, _n._ witness, testimony, XVI 279; _see_ Drawe. [OE.
_ge-wit(t)nes_.]
#Wyues#, #Wiues#. _See_ Wif.
#Wlaffyng#, _n._ stammering, indistinct utterance, XIII _b_ 14. OE.
_wlaffian_.]
#Wlyteþ#, _pres. pl._ pipe, warble, XV _b_ 11. [Imit. of sound, or
corrupt for ? _wrytleþ_; cf. OE. _writian_, warble, ME. _writelinge_,
n.]
#Wo#, _n._ woe, grief, pain, sorrow, &c., I 168, II 5, XV _b_ 8, XVII
40, &c.; #Woo(e)#, XVI 18, 300, &c.; #Wa(a)#, IV _a_ 23, XVI 406, &c.;
_wo was wyth (hym)_, (he) was grieved, I 132; _me is wo_, woe is me,
unhappy am I, II 331, 542; (with _nom. pron._) _or ye be wo_, ere you
are in trouble, XIV _d_ 11 (_see_ Ware, _adj._); _with (mochel) wo_,
(very) painfully, VII 169, XII _a_ 105; _wepe and wo_, II 195, 234; _for
wele ne wa(a)_, on no account, IV _a_ 2, _b_ 74; _worþe hit wele oþer
wo_, whatever happens, V 66 (_see_ Worþe, _v._). [OE. _wā_.]
#Wod(e)#, _n._ wood(land), I 62, II 237, V 16, 84, &c.; trees, XV _b_
14; wood, fuel, XII _b_ 113, 123, &c.; _to wode_, into the woods, XII
_b_ 5. [OE. _wudu_.]
#Wode#, #Woode# (XVI), _adj._ mad, furious, II 394, V 221, XII _a_ 138,
XV _g_ 17, XVI 344, XVII 426. [OE. _wōd_.] _See_ Awede.
#Wodehed#, _n._ madness, recklessness, I 31. [OE. _wōd_ +
_*-hǣdu_.]
#Wodenes#, _n._ fury, VII 138. [OE. _wōd-nes_.]
#Woderoue#, _n._ woodruff, XV _b_ 9. [OE. _wudu-rofe_.]
#Wodewe#, _n._ widow, III 23; #Wydwes#, _pl._ VIII _a_ 13; #Wedows#,
XVII 389. [OE. _wuduwe_, _wid(e)we_.]
#Wogh#, _n._ evil, misery, XVII 533. [OE. _wōh_.]
#Woke#, _n._ week, XIII _a_ 28. [OE. _wucu_.] _See_ Wyke.
#Wol(e)#, #Wold(e)#, #Woll(e)#. _See_ Wille, _v._
#Wolcome#. _See_ Welcom.
#Wolle#, _n._ wool, VIII _a_ 13, IX 142, 238, 239. [OE. _wull(e)_.]
#Wolt(e)#. _See_ Wille, _v._
#Wolues#, _n. pl._ wolves, II 539; #Wolues-kynnes#, of wolf's kind,
wolvish, VIII _a_ 154. [OE. _wulf_; _wulfes_ (gen. sg.) + _cynnes_.]
_See_ Kyn.
#Wombe#, _n._ belly, VIII _a_ 168, _b_ 54; _distrib. sg._ (_see_ Herte)
VIII _a_ 209, 253; womb, XI _b_ 30. [OE. _wámb_, _wómb_.]
#Wom(m)an#, &c. _See_ Wyfman.
#Won#. _See_ Wan(ne), Wynne(n).
#Won(e)#, _v._ to dwell, abide, V 30, VI 44, XII _a_ 191, XIII _b_ 5, 7,
XIV _a_ 23, &c.; #Wonne#, XVI 15, 235, 379, &c.; #Wonyd#, _pp._ dwelt, V
46; #Wont#, accustomed, VIII _a_ 160, XII _a_ 179. [OE. _(ge)-wunian_,
dwell, be accustomed.] _See_ Ywon(ed); Wones, _n. pl._
#Wonder#, #-ur#; #Wounder# (XV _b_); #Wunder#, #-yr#; (i) _n._ wonder,
amazement, (a) marvel, IV _a_ 85, XIII _b_ 42, XVII 265, &c.; miraculous
deed, I 102; _mans wonder_, amazement of mankind, monster, XVII 408;
_spake of hem wunder_, spoke wonderingly of them, I 225; #Wondres#,
_pl._ marvels, XIII _a_ 6; (ii) _adj._ (orig. loose compound),
marvellous, XIII _a_ 31, XVII 496; (iii) _adv._ (_cf._ OE. _wundrum_),
marvellously, II 104, 356, V 132, XIII _a_ 10, XV _b_32, &c. [OE.
_wundor_, _wúndor_.] _See_ Wundred.
#Wonderfol#, #Wondirful(l)#, _adj._ wonderful, IX 144, 266, XIII _a_ 7.
[OE. _wundor-ful_.]
#Wonderli#, #Wonderlych#, _adv._ marvellously, XII _a_ 54, XIII _a_ 14.
[OE. _wundor-līce_.]
#Wondringe#, _n._ wonder, XII _b_ 213. [OE. _wundrung_.]
#Woned#, I 189: ? read _wende_, went; _see_ note.
#Wonen#. _See_ Wynne(n).
#Wones#, #Woneȝ#, _n. pl._ halls, II 365; (with _sg._ sense)
dwelling, V 130, 332. [? ON. _ván_, expectation, occas. used as 'place
where one may be expected to be' (cf. Norweg. _von_, expectation, haunts
of game); but the word was infl. by assoc. with Wone, dwell (_q.v._),
with which it was often joined in allit. ME. rimes all require _wǭn_
or _wān_.] _See_ Wane, _v._
#Wonges#, _n. pl._ cheeks, XV _c_ 22. [OE. _wáng_, _wóng_.]
#Wonne(n)#. _See_ Wynne(n), Won(e).
#Wonte#, _v._ to be lacking; _yow_ (dat.) _wonted_, you lacked, V 298;
_ȝef me shal wonte_, if I do not have, XV _b_ 34. [ON. _vanta_.]
#Woo(e)#; #Woode#; #Woot#. _See_ Wo; Wode, _adj._; Wite(n), _v._^1
#Worchinge#, #-yng#, _n._ working, operation, IX 56; _wondur w._,
miraculous property, XIII _a_ 32. [OE. _wyrcung_.] _See_ Werche.
#Worchip#. _See_ Worschipe.
#Word(e)#, #Woord#, #Wurde# (I), _n._ word, I 108, II 139, 222, V 305,
XI _a_ 10, XVII 380, &c.; plighted word, II 468; fame, in _þe word of
him walkes ful wide_, his fame is spread abroad, XIV _b_ 29; _worchip
and wordes_, obsequious words, VII 174. [OE. _wórd_.]
#Wore#, _n._ ? troubled pool, XV _c_ 30 (note). [OE. _wār_ (in
doubtful gloss), turbid, muddy water (see Napier, _O.E. Glosses_, p. 49
(note); but _cf._ OE. _wārig_; ME. _wōri_, muddy).]
#Wore#; #Workis#; #Workeman#. _See_ Was; Werche; Werkman.
#World(e)#, _n._ world, earth, men, I 225, II 41, IX 72, &c.; #Warld#,
II 403, XVII 70, 303; _warld so wide_, XVII 541; #Werld#, XIV _b_ 16;
_in world_, _of the w._, on earth, XV _c_ 25, IX 183; _werldes_,
_worldes_, (gen.) of the world, worldly, in _worldes reches_, IV _b_ 61;
_worldes wele_, _see_ Wele, _n._ [OE. _w(e)orold_.]
#Worldly#, _adj._ worldly, secular, temporal, XI _b_ 2, 55, 96, 140, &c.
[OE. _worold-lic_.]
#Worm#, _n._ snake, worm, II 252, IV _b_ 27, XII _b_ 195, XV _b_ 31.
[OE. _wyrm_.]
#Worschipe#, #Worschyp#, _n._ honour, VI 34, 119, IX 109, 333;
#Worchip#, VII 174; #Worshep#, VIII _b_ 79; #Wurschyp#, I 91. [OE.
_w(e)orþ-_, _wurþ-scipe_.]
#Worschip(e)#, _v._ to honour, worship, VIII _a_ 95, XI _b_ 168;
#Wurschyppeþ#, _imp. pl._ I 84. [From prec.]
#Wors(e)#, _adj. compar._ worse, XI _b_ 75, XIII _a_ 59, XVI 320, &c.;
#Wers(e)#, XVI 200; _neuer him nas wers_, never had he been more
unhappy, II 98; #Wars#, _adv._ in _the wars_, so much the worse that,
XVII 191 (_see_ Þe, _adv._). #Werst#, _adj. superl._ worst, meanest, II
367; #Worst#, V 30. [OE. _wyrsa_, _wyrsta_; with _er-_ forms _cf._
Werche, Scherte.] _See_ Werre.
#Worst#. _See_ Worþe, _v._
#Wortes#, _n._ vegetables, VIII _a_ 303. [OE. _wyrt_.]
#Worþe#, #Wrþe#, _adj._ worth, VI 91; worthy, in _þou were wrþe_, you
would be worthy, you deserve, XV _g_ 8 (_cf._ Worþy). [OE. _weorþe_,
_wyrþe_.]
#Worþe#, _v._ to come to pass, become, be, and _auxil._ of _passive_
(_esp._ with _fut._ sense); #Worst#, _2 sg. pres._ wilt be, II 170, 174;
#Worth#, _3 sg._ will be, VIII _a_ 48; will come to pass, VIII _a_ 156;
#Worþe#, #Worth#, #Wurth#, _subj. pres._ be, let there be, V 306, VI 2;
_worþe hit wele oþer wo_, come weal or woe, V 66 (_see_ Wo); _wel worth
þe_, may it go well with thee, V 59; _wele wurth þe while_, good luck to
the time, happy the occasion, XIV _a_ 5, &c. (_see_ Wel). #Warth#, _pa.
t. sg._ in _hym warth_, accrued to him, VIII _b_ 102; #Worþed#, _subj._
would fare, V 28; #Worþen#, _pp._ in _is w. to_, has turned to, is
become (one of), VI 34. [OE. _weorþan_, _wurþan_.] _See_ Yworth.
#Worþy#, #Worthi#, _adj._ merited, just, XVI 324; worthy, deserving
(constr. _to_ and _infin._), IV _b_ 10, IX 172, XVI 132; _w. to
reherse_, worth repeating, XI _a_ 4; _were w. (be)_, deserve (to be),
XVI 357, XVII 200 (_were_ is _subj._; _cf._ Worþe, _adj._); worthy (of
honour), worshipful, VI 134, IX 269, XI _a_ 25, XII _a_ 165, XVII 19;
_worthiest (of)_, most worshipful (in), XVII 489. #Worthier#, _compar.
adv._ more honourably, VIII _a_ 48; #Worþili#, _adv._ honourably, XIV
_c_ 67. [OE. _wyrþig_ merited.] _See_ Vnworthi.
#Wost#, #Wot(t)e#. _See_ Wite(n), _v._^1
#Woth#, #Woþe#. _See_ Waþe, _n._^1
#Wou#, _adv._ how (is it that), why, XV _g_ 25. [OE. _hū_, ? infl. by
_hwȳ_, &c.] _See_ Hou.
#Wouen#. _See_ Weue(n).
#Wounde#, _n. pl._ wounds, II 393; #Woundis#, X 51. [OE. _wúnd_.]
#Wounder#. _See_ Wonder.
#Woundit#, _pp._ wounded, X 141, 154; #Voundit#, X 63. [OE. _wúndian_.]
#Wowes#, #Woweþ#, _pres. pl._ woo, make love, XV _b_ 19, 31. [OE.
_wōgian_.]
#Wowyng#, _n._ love-making, love-suit, V 293, 299, XV _c_ 29. [From
prec.]
#Wrake#, _n._ injury, XVII 138. [OE. _wracu_.]
#Wrang(e)#, _adj._ and _adv._ wrong, unjust(ly), VI 128, XVI 264, 265,
305, XVII 188. [Late OE. _wráng_, from ON. _*wrang-_, OIcel. _rang-r_.]
#Wrappe#, _v._ to wrap, XV _f_ 10. [Obscure; ? cf. ME. _(w)lappen_,
wrap.]
#Wrastlynges#, _n. pl._ wrestling-matches, I 1. [OE. _wrǣ̆stlung_.]
#Wrath#, _v._ to anger; _to wrath hym_ (refl.), to become enraged, VIII
_a_ 146; #Wrathed#, _pp._ wronged, brought to grief, V 352. [From next.]
_See_ Wrethe.
#Wraþþe#, #Wrathþe#, _n._ anger, XI _b_ 94; offence, VI 2. [OE.
_wrǣ̆þþo_, anger, injury.] _See_ Wroþ, Wreth.
#Wrechched#, _adj._ afflicted, troubled, IX 317; #Wrechidnes#, _n._
misery, IV _b_ 29. [From next.]
#Wreche#, _n._ unhappy one, II *333 (MS. wroche), 544; #Wretche#, XIV
_a_ 21, 23. [OE. _wrecca_.]
#Wreke#, _n._ vengeance, XVI 191. [OE. _wracu_ or _wrǣc_, infl. by
next.]
#Wreke#, _pp._ revenged, XV _g_ 11; #Wroken#, #Wrokin#, (banished),
removed, VI 15; revenged, XIV _a_ 4, 5, XVI 199. [OE. _wrecan_, expel,
punish.] _See_ Awreke.
#Wreth#, _n._ anger, IV _a_ 75. [OE. _wrǣþo_, _wrǣ̆þþo_.] _See_
Wraþþe.
#Wrethe#, _v._ to anger, offend, IV _b_ 85. [Cf. OE. _ge-wrǣþan_,
refl., to be enraged.] _See_ Wrath.
#Wryȝt#, _n._ carpenter, I 176; #Write#, XVI 230. [OE. _wyrhta_,
_wryhta_.]
#Wrightry#, _n._ carpentry, XVII 250. [Prec. + OFr. _-(e)rie_.]
#Wryng(e)#, _v._ to wring; wring (the hands), IV _a_ 65, XVII 211;
#Wronge#, _pa. t. sg._ wrung, twisted and pinched, VIII _a_ 168. [OE.
_wríngan_.]
#Writ(e)#, #Writt(e)#, #Wryt#, _n._ writing, III 36 (_dat. sg._);
Scripture, I 12, IV _b_ 76, XI _a_ 10, _b_ 23, &c. [OE. _writ_.]
#Write#, #Wryte#, _v._ to write, VIII _a_ 79, _b_ 72, IX 122; #Wrote#,
_pa. t. sg._ I 247; _pl._ VII 58; #Writen#, _pa. t. pl._ XI _a_ 23;
#Write(n)#, #Wryte(n)#, _pp._ I 37, 40, IV _a_ 2, VII 31, IX 318 (_see_
Putte), XII _a_ 1, &c.; #Ywryte#, #Ywrite#, II 1, 13, III _introd._, 33;
#Writyng(e)#, _n._ VII 23, XI _b_ 305. [OE. _wrītan_.]
#Write#. _See_ Wryȝt.
#Wriþ#, _3 sg. pres._ covers, II 244. [OE. _wrēon_, 3 sg. _wrīþ_.]
#Wryþe(n)#, _v._ to twist; bind, VI 151; turn aside (from the just
course), VI 128. [OE. _wrīþan_.]
#Wro#, _n._ nook, corner, V 154. [ON. _*wrá_, OIcel. _rá_.]
#Wroȝt(e)#; #Wroken#; #Wronge#. _See_ Werche; Wreke; Wryng(e).
#Wrote#, _v._ to root in the earth, II 255. [OE. _wrōtan_.]
#Wroþ(e)#, #Wroth#, _adj._ angry, at variance, II 122, VI 19, XV _f_ 7,
XVII 36, &c.; _make hym_ (refl.) _wroth_, become angry, I 10. [OE.
_wrāþ_.] _See_ Wraþþe.
#Wroþely#, _adj._ fiercely, V 221; #Wroþeloker#, _compar._ more
severely, V 276. [OE. _wrāþ-līce_, _-lucor_.]
#Wrouȝte(n)#, #Wrouhte#. _See_ Werche.
#Wrþe#. _See_ Worþe, _adj._
#Wruxled#, _pp._ in _wr. in grene_, ? changed into, turned, green, V
123; but 'adorned' is usually assumed here and for _wruxeled_, Purity
1381. [OE. _wrixl(i)an_, (ex)change. A sense 'adorned' might be derived
from an (unrecorded) earlier sense, 'turn, wind round' (? rel. to
_wrēon_, _wrigels_), or perh. from OE. _wrixlan (blēom)_, change
colours, exhibit varied hues.]
#Wulde#. _See_ Wille, _v._
#Wundred#, _pa. t._ wondered, I 114. [OE. _wundrian_.] _See_ Wonder.
#Wunne#, _n._ joy; _gen. sg._ in _wunne wele_ (_weole_), wealth of joy,
XV _b_ *11 (MS. wynter), 35. [OE. _wynn_.]
#Wurde#; #Wurschyp-#; #Wurth#. _See_ Word(e); Worschip(e); Worþe, _v._
#Y-#; _see also_ Ȝ, I. For past participles in _y-_ not entered below
_see_ the verbs concerned.
#Yaf#. _See_ Ȝeue.
#Y-arched#, _pp._ in _y-arched of gold_, built of gold in the shape of
an arch, II 362. [OFr. _archer_, v.]
#Yarn#. _See_ Eorne.
#Ybilt#, _pp._ ? lodged, II 483 (MS.; _see_ note); _see_ Bilt. [See
_N.E.D._ s.vv. _Build_, _Built_.]
#Ybore#, #-born#; #Ybounde#. _See_ Ber(e); Bynde.
#Yclongen#. _See_ Clinge.
#Yclosed#, _pp._ enclosed, XIII _a_ 24, 40. [ME. _closen_, from Clos,
_q.v._]
#Ycore# (orig. _pp._ of Chese, _q.v._), chosen, excellent; as mere
intensive rime-tag, II 105, 148. [OE. _ge-coren_.]
#Ydel#, #Ydill# (IV), #Hydel# (VIII), _adj._ unemployed, idle, IV _b_ 1,
VI 154, 155, VIII _b_ 27, &c.; slothful, IV _b_ 9, XI _b_ 219. [OE.
_īdel_.]
#Ydelnesse#, #Ydyllnes# (IV), _n._ lack of (useful) employment,
idleness, IV _b_ 7, XI _b_ 64, 127, 197. [OE. _īdel-nes_.]
#Ydronke#. _See_ Drynke(n).
#Ye# (= ï̄e). _See_ Eiȝe.
#Yeaf#, #Yeaue#. _See_ Ȝeue.
#Yei#, _adv._ yes indeed, XVII 370, 458; oh yes (ironic), XVII 353. [?
Reduction of a reiteration _ȝē-ȝē_, or assimilated to ME.
_nei_, nay; see _N.E.D._ s.v. _Yea_.] _See_ Ȝa, Ȝe.
#Yelp#, _n._ boast(ing), XVII 321. [OE. _gelp_.]
#Yendles#; #Yer(e)#. _See_ Endles; Ȝeer.
#Yfere#, _adv._ in _al yfere_, all together, II 223. [Orig. _yfere(n)_,
OE. _ge-fēran_, pl., (as) companions.] _See_ Fere, _n._^2
#Yfet#; #Yfouȝte#; #Yfounde#; #Yȝe#; #Yȝyrned#. _See_ Fecche;
Fight; Fynde(n); Eiȝe; Ȝerne.
#Ygraced#, _pp._ thanked, VIII _a_ 118. [OFr. _gracier_.]
#Yhad#; #Yhe(n)#. _See_ Habbe(n); Eiȝe.
#Yhere#, _v._ to hear, II 420; #Yherd#, _pa. t._ II 528; #Yhyerde#, III
49. [OE. _ge-hēran_.] _See_ Here.
#Yhyȝt#, _pp._ (adorned), arranged, XIII _a_ 1. [ME. _hihten_, prob.
from OE. _hyht_, pleasure (_hyhtlic_, pleasant).]
#Yhis#, _adv._ yes, XVI 61 (MS.). [OE. _gise_.]
#Yhonged#; #Yiif#. _See_ Hange; Ȝef.
#Ylefde#, _pa. t._ believed, III 36. [OE. _ge-lēfan_.] _See_ Beleue;
Leue, _v._^3
#Yleft#; #Ylent#. _See_ Leue, _v._^1; Lende.
#Ylet#, _n._ hindrance; _ȝif þou makest ous ylet_, if you offer any
resistance to us, II 169. [Not recorded elsewhere; usual ME. form is
Lette, _q.v._ Other MSS. read _ony let_.]
#Ylokked#, _pp._ locked up, IX 174. [ME. _lok(k)en_, from _lok_, OE.
_loc_, n.; cf. ON. _loka_, v.] _See_ Loke, _pp._; Vnlokynne.
#Ylond#, _n._ island, XIII _a_ 20, _b_ 2, 44. [OE. _īg-lánd_.]
#Ylore#; #Ymad#. _See_ Lese, _v._^1; Maken.
#Ymaymed#, _pp._ maimed, VIII _b_ 35. [OFr. _m(ah)ainier_, &c. cf.
_meshaim_, _mayhem_, &c., n.]
#Ymake#, _adj._ becoming, comely, XV _c_ 16. [OE. _ge-mæc_.]
#Ymarked#, _pp._ marked out, appointed, II 548. [OE. _mearcian_.]
#Ympe#, #Impe#, _n._ sapling, scion, XIV _c_ 83, 89, 98. [OE. _impa_,
shoot, graft.]
#Ympe-tre#, _n._ orchard-tree, II 70, 166, 186, 407, 456. [Prec. +
_trēo_.]
#Ynence#, _prep._ towards, *IV _b_ 22 (MS. ynesche). [OE. _onef(e)n_,
_onemn_ + adv. _-es_.]
#Ynoȝ#: #Ynouh#, _adj._ enough, XII _b_ 123; #Ynowȝ#, XI _b_ 190,
192; #Ynowþȝ#, XI _b_ 149; #Inogh#, abundant, much, XV _a_ 15;
#Innoghe#, _pl._ many, in abundance, V 55; #Anouȝ#, _adv._ II 62,
#Enogh#, XVII 532, #Inoghe#, VI 252; #Ynouh#, XII _b_ 74; #Ynoȝ#
(_of_), abundance (of), III 8; #Ynoh#, very, XV _c_ 13. [OE.
_ge-nōg_, _ge-nōh_.] _See_ Ynow(e).
#Ynome#. _See_ Nyme.
#Ynow(e)#, _adj._ enough; as _sb._, IX 160, 282, XIV _d_ 13; #Ynowe#,
#Enew#, _pl._ in abundance, great numbers, XI _b_ 284, X 7; #Ynow#,
_adv._ enough, XIII _b_ 8; very, IX 4. [OE. _ge-nōg-_, oblique forms
of _ge-nōh_.] _See_ Ynoȝ.
#Yond#, _adj._; as _pron._ that (over there), XVII 453. [OE. _geond_,
thither; cf. Goth. _jaind_.]
#Yone#, _adj._ that (over there), XVI 340; #Ȝon#, V 76. [OE. (once)
_geon_, cf. Goth. _jain-s_. See _N.E.D._, s.v. _Yon_.]
#You(e)#, #Yow#. _See_ Ȝe, _pron._
#Ypocrisie#, _n._ hypocrisy, XI _b_ 12. [OFr. _ipocrisie_.]
#Ypocritis#, _n. pl._ hypocrites, XI _b_ 7, 44, 56, 72, &c. [OFr.
_ipocrite_.]
#Yre#, _n._^1 iron, XIII _a_ 44; #Yrne#, V 199; #Yrnes#, _pl._ irons
(supporting injured leg), VIII _a_ 130. [OE. _īren_.] _See_
Irnebandis.
#Yre#, #Ire#, _n._^2 anger, XVII 51; _in hor gret yre_, so as greatly to
anger them, VII 181. [OFr. _ire_.]
#Yrokked#, _pp._ rocked, XIII _b_ 22. [OE. (late) _roccian_.]
#Y-se#, _v._ to see, II 530; #Yzeȝ#, _pa. t. sg._ III 35, 41, 56;
#Yseiȝe#, _pa. t. pl._ II 328; for pp. _see_ Se(n). [OE.
_ge-sēon_.]
#Yseye#, #Yseiȝe#. _See_ Se(n), and prec.
#Ysene#, _adj._ visible, II 354. [OE. _ge-sēne_.] _See_ Se(n).
#Ysode#, _pp._ boiled, XIII _a_ 30. [OE. _sēoþan_, pp. _ge-soden_.]
#Yspent#; #Yspronge#; #Ytauȝt#. _See_ Spend(e); Springe; Teche(n).
#Ythes#, _n. pl._ waves, VII 106. [OE. _ȳþ_.]
#Ytold#. _See_ Telle.
#Ytuiȝt#, _pp._ snatched, II 192. [Cf. OE. _twiccian_.]