walc- = wealc-
wal-crigge, -cyrge = wælcyrige
walcspinl (o1) f. curling-iron, crisping-pin, WW 1981; OEG 2670.
waldmora = wēalmora
Wāle (= ēa) f. Welshwoman, female slave, Rd.
waler (DR) = weler
wālic woful, lamentable, Sat 100.
wallað (ÐR) = pres. pl. of wællan = willan
walm (N) = wielm
walu I. f. ridge, bank, Ct: rib, comb (of helmet), B 1031.
II. f? m? weal, mark of a blow, OEG.
wālwyrt = wēalwyrt
wam = wamm
wamb (o) f. belly, stomach, Æ, CP, VPs: ‘womb’: hollow? KC 3·52.
wambādl f. stomach-ache, Lcd 81a.
wambhord n. contents of the belly, Rd 1810.
wambscyldig? gluttonous? v. NC 331.
wambsēoc having pain in the stomach, Lcd.
wamcwide (o) † shameful speech, curse, blasphemy.
wamdǣd (o) † f. deed of shame, crime.
wamfreht (o) n. sinful divination, WW.
wamful † impure, shameful, sinful, bad.
wamlust m. allurement, enticement, A 13·28; OEG 737.
wamm (o) I. mn. stain, spot, disgrace, defect, defilement, sin, evil, crime: injury, loss, hurt, misfortune.
II. adj. shameful, bad.
wamsceaða (o) † m. sin-stained, foe, devil.
wamscyldig sinful, criminal, Gen 949 (o).
wamwlite (o) m. wound in the face, LL.
wamwyrcende (o) worker of sin, Cr 1093.
wan I. (once +; o) (usu. indecl. and used predicatively) wanting, deficient, lacking, absent, CP. ānes wan ðe ðritig or ānes wana ðrittigum twenty-nine.
±wana m. lack, want, deficiency, Æ. w. bēon to lack, fail.
wanǣht (o) f. want, poverty, †Hy 4102.
wananbēam m. spindle-tree, Gl.
wancol (e) unstable, unsteady, tottering, vacillating, weak. Bo.
wand I. pret. 3 sg. of windan.
II. f? mole (animal), Gl.
+wand n. shamefastness, RB 688: hesitation, scruple. [windan]
wandeweorpe f. mole (animal), Æ(u3).
wandian (o) to hesitate, flinch, desist from, omit, neglect, Æ, CP: fear, stand in awe, Æ: have regard to, care for. [windan]
wandlung f. changeableness, Bo 1527.
-wandodlīce v. unfor-w.
wandrian to ‘wander,’ roam, fly round, hover, CP: change: stray, err.
wandung f. feeling of respect, NC 332.
wand-wurp, -wyrp = wandeweorpe
wanfāh (o) dark-hued, Rd 536.
wanfeax (o) dark haired, Rd 138.
wanfōta m. pelican, WW 28710.
wanfȳr (o) n. lurid flame, Cr 966.
wang I. (o) n. plain, mead, field, place: world.
wangbeard m. whisker, Lcd 73a.
wange (e, o) n. jaw, cheek. [Ger. wange]
wangere m. pillow, bolster.
wangstede m. place, locality.
wangtōð m. molar, grinder.
wangturf f. meadow-turf, Lcd 1·4007.
wanhæf- = wanhaf-
+wanhǣlan to weaken, Æ.
wanhǣlð f. weakness, sickness, Sc 5419.
wanhǣw (o) bluish, WW 37623.
wanhafa m. poor man, SPs 851.
wanhafol needy, Æ.
wan-hafolnes, -haf(e)nes (æ) f. want, hunger.
wanhāl unsound, weak, ill, sick, maimed, Æ, CP.
+wanhālian to make weak, HL 1251.
wanhālnes f. weakness, ill-health.
wanhlȳte having no share in, free from, WW 39833
wanhoga m. thoughtless one, fool.
wan-hygd, -hȳd † f. carelessness, recklessness, daring.
wanhygdig (hȳdig) † careless, rash.
±wanian to diminish (tr.), lessen, curtail, injure, impair, take from, Æ, AO: infringe, annul: diminish (intr.), dwindle, decline, fade, decay, Æ, CP: ‘wane’ (moon).
wānian to complain, bewail, lament, bemoan, AO. [Ger. weinen]
wan-iendlic, -gendlic diminutive, ÆGr.
wann I. (o) dark, dusky, lurid. [‘wan’]
wannhāl = wanhāl
wannian to become dark-coloured, turn black, NC 332: become discoloured? ÆP 17811.
wanniht wan, pale, livid, WW 43121.
wansǣlig † unhappy.
wansceaft † f. misery, misfortune.
wansceaf-ta m. (or -te f.) a disease, Lcd.
wanscrȳd poorly clad, ÆH 50017.
wansēoc ‘commitialis’? v. OEG 4937.
wansian to diminish, Chr 656e.
wanspēd f. poverty, want, AO.
wanspēdig poor, indigent, Æ.
wanung (o) f. waning, decrease, deprivation, diminution, loss, injury, weakening, Æ.
wānung f. howling, lamentation, Æ.
wanwegende waning (moon), Lcd.
wāpe napkin, towel? IM 12223.
wapelian, wapolian to bubble, froth, exhale, emit, pour forth.
wapul m? bubble, froth, WW.
war = wearr
wār I. n. sea-weed, Gl: sand.
wara, gs. of waru.
-waran v. burg-, ceaster-, eorð-w.
waras (N) = weras nap. of wer I.
warað = waroð
ward = (1) weard; (2) wearð (weorðan)
-ware v. burg-, eorð-, ceaster-w.
waren- = warn-
warht = worht
warian to beware: (±) guard, protect, defend: warn, CP: (†) hold, possess, attend: (†) inhabit. [wær]
wārig weedy, dirty, GnE 99.
wāriht full of sea-weed, Gl.
waritrēo = weargtrēow
warnian (ea, are) (±) to ‘warn,’ caution, Æ: (±) take warning, take heed, guard oneself against, Æ, CP: deny (oneself, etc.). [wearn]
warnung (ea) f. ‘warning’: foresight, caution. [Ger. warnung]
waroð (a1, ea1, e1, a2, e2, u2) n. shore, strand, beach.
wāroð n. alga, sea-weed, Rd 4149.
waroðfaruð m. surf, An 197.
waroðgewinn (u2) n. surf, An 439.
warp = wearp I.
warr = wearr
warscipe = wærscipe
II. (N) = wearð pret. 3 sg. of weorðan.
waru I. f. ‘ware,’ article of merchandise, Æ. II. f. shelter, protection, care, custody, guard, defence, vindication, Æ, AO.
-waru v. burg-, ciric-, eorð-w.
waruð = waroð
wāruð = wāroð
was = wæs
-wāsa v. wudu-w.
wascan6 (æ; acs, a(c)x) to ‘wash,’ bathe, lave: envelop, B 3115 (or ?= weaxan).
wase (v. OEG 1818) f. mire, marsh.
Entry in first edition:
wāse f. ooze, mud, dirt, filth, mire, marsh, moor, water
meadow, foreshore. [Ger. wiese]
wāsend (ǣ) m. ‘weasand,’ windpipe, gullet.
wasescite f. cuttlefish, WW 1817. [wase, scēotan]
watel (o2, u2) m. ‘wattle,’ hurdle, covering: (pl.) thatching.
water = wæter
watol = watel
watr- = wætr-, wæter-
watul = watel
wāð † f. wandering, journey: pursuit, hunt, hunting, chase.
waðema = waðuma
wāðol wandering? or m. full moon? Fin 8?
wað-um, -uma † m. wave, flood, stream, sea.
wāwa = wēa
wāwan7 to blow (of wind), Rd 4181.
waxan = (1) wascan; (2) weaxan
waxgeorn = weaxgeorn
we (ē) pron. (1st pers. plur.) g. ūser, d. ūs, acc. ūs(ic) ‘we.’
wēa m. misfortune, evil, harm, trouble: grief, woe, misery: sin, wickedness.
weacen = wæcen
wēacwānian to lament, Sat 320.
wēadǣd † f. evil deed.
wēadhōc (Ep 887) = wēodhōc
weadu (K) = wudu
wēafod = wēofod
weag = weg
wēagesīð m. companion in trouble.
weagian = wagian
weahxan = weaxan
weal- = weall-, wel-
wēalāf † f. wretched remnant.
wēaland = wēalland
Wēalas (pl. of wealh) the Welsh: Wales. West Wē(a)las West-Welsh, Cornish.
+wealc n. rolling, tossing motion: attack, Chr 1100.
wealca (a) m. †billow, rolling wave: light floating garment.
wealcan7 (±) to move round, revolve, roll, toss, CP: fluctuate: revolve in one’s mind, discuss, scheme, reflect, Æ, CP: wrap round, twist, curl; OEG: (+) traverse. [‘walk’]
wealcere m. fuller, WW 40729.
±wealcian (a) to curl, roll up, OEG.
wealcol mobile, not firmly fixed, GPH 399441.
wealcspinl (a, o) f. crisping-pin, OEG, WW.
Wēalcynn n. the Welsh kin, EC 14624.
weald I. (a) m. weald, forest, wood, grove, AO: bushes, foliage, Gen 846. [‘wold’]
II. m. power, AO (usu. +).
III. powerful, RB 1175.
IV. conj. perhaps, possibly, haply, lest, Æ.
+weald n. might, power: control, command, dominion. his gewealdes of his own accord, intentionally: protection: subjection: groin: muscles of the neck? LL 88[77].
±wealdan7 (a) w. g. d. (instr.) and a. to rule, control, determine, direct, command, govern, possess, AO, CP: wield (a weapon), exercise: cause, bring about, CP.
wealdbǣre n. place affording mast for swine, EC 6023.
+wealden I. adj. subject (to), easily controlled: inconsiderable, small.
II. adv. moderately.
wealdend (a) I. m. leader, controller, ruler, lord, king (often of God).
II. f. female ruler.
±wealdende ruling, powerful.
Wealdendfæder m. Heavenly Father.
+wealdendlīce powerfully, PPs 13516.
wealdendras late nap. of wealdend.
+wealdenmōd self-controlled, Cra 70.
wealdes (usu. +) of one’s own accord, CP 19822.
wealdgenga m. robber, thief, Æ.
±wealdleðer n. rein, bridle, Æ.
wealdmoru = wēalmoru
wealdnes (a) f. rule, VPs 14413.
wealdswaðu f. forest-track, B 1403 (a1).
wealdung f. government, rule.
weale = wale
wēales v. wealh.
wealfæsten = weallfæsten
wealg nauseous, CP 44718.
wealgat = weallgeat
wealh (a) m. (gs. wēales) foreigner, stranger, slave: Briton, Welshman.
wealhāt boiling hot, red-hot, Lcd 96a.
wealhbaso f. foreign red, vermilion, Gl.
Wealhcynn n. men of Wales, Britons.
wealhen = wīelen
wealhfæreld (a) n. a force which patrolled the Welsh border? KC 2·6027.
wealh-gefēra, -gerēfa m. commander of the ‘wealhfæreld,’ Chr 897a.
wealhhāfoc m. foreign hawk, falcon.
wealhhnutu (a) f. (foreign nut), ‘walnut,’ WW 45234.
wealhisc = wīelisc
wealh-moru, -more (a1) f., -mora m. carrot, parsnip.
wealhstōd m. interpreter, translator, Æ, CP: mediator, CP.
Wealhðēod f. Welsh nation, LL.
wealhwyrt = wēalwyrt
wealian to be defiant? ÆL 1248.
wēalic woeful, sorrowful, Wy 12.
weall I. (a, æ) m. ‘wall,’ dike, earthwork, gart, dam, Æ, AO, CP; Mdf: (†) rocky shore, cliff. [L. vallum]
weallan7 (±) to be agitated, rage, toss, well, bubble, seethe, foam, be hot, boil, Æ, AO, CP: swarm: flow, Æ. ūp w. to rise (of a river), AO. [Ger. wallen]
wēalland n. foreign country, Gen 2706 (weal-): Normandy, Chr 1040e. [wealh]
Wēallas = Wēalas
weallclif n. sea-cliff, B 3132.
wealldīc f. a walled ditch? KC 5·34619.
wealldor n. door in a wall, Cr 328.
wealle f. star-wort.
+wealled = +weallod
weallende boiling, fervid, ardent, energetic, fiery.
weallfæsten n. walled place, rampart, fortification, fortress.
weallgeat † n. rampart-gate, postern.
weallgebrec n. wall-breaking, act of making a breach, AO 13430.
weallgeweorc n. building of a wall, Æ destruction of walls, ÆGr 125.
weallian to go abroad, travel, wander: go as pilgrim.
weallīm m. cement, mortar, Æ (Gen 113).
wēallisc = wīelisc
+weallod walled, Æ.
weallstān † m. stone used in building.
weallsteall m. wall-place, foundation? Wa 88.
weallstēap † steep as a wall, Gen.
weallstilling (y2) m. repair of walls.
weallstōw = wælstōw
weallðrǣd (a1) m. plumb-line, WW 52227.
weallung (a, y) f. agitation, fervour, zeal.
weallwala † m. part of a house-wall? foundation? Ruin 21.
weallweg (a1) m. walled road? Ct.
weallwyrhta m. mason, Gl.
weallwyrt = wealwyrt
wealowian = wealwian
wealsāda m. cord (for binding slaves)? PPs 1395. [wealh]
wealstilling (y2) = weallstilling
wealstōd = wealhstōd
wealt I. shaky, unsteady.
II. = wielt pres. 3 sg. of wealdan.
wealtan ? to turn about, roll, reel, stagger.
Entry supplied from first edition.
wealweorc n. masonry, Æ.
wealwian (a, y) to roll (intr.), ‘wallow,’ CP: roll (tr.): dry up, shrivel, wither, decay.
wealwyrt (a, æ) f. dwarf elder, endive. [wealh]
wēamēt, wēamētto f. passion, anger, Æ.
wēamōd ill-humoured, angry, CP.
wēamōdnes f. anger, passion, impatience, Æ, CP.
weaps = wæps
wear- = wær-
wearc = wærc
weard I. fm. watching, ‘ward,’ protection, guardianship, AO, CP: advance post, AO: waiting for, lurking, ambuscade.
II. m. keeper, watchman, guard, guardian, protector, AO: (†) lord, king: (†) possessor.
III. adv. towards, to. wið...weard towards.
V. ‘sandix,’ v. A 30·249.
weardian to watch, guard, keep, protect, preserve: hold, possess, occupy, inhabit. lāst w. keep the track of, follow closely. swaðe w. remain behind. leger w. keep one’s bed.
weardmann m. watchman, guard, patrol, Æ.
weardseld, weardsetl (Æ) n. guardhouse, watch-tower.
weardsteall m. watch-tower, WW.
weardwīte n. penalty for not keeping guard, TC 41131.
wearf I. (EC 202) = wearp pret. 3 sg. of weorpan.
wearg (e) I. m. (wolf), accursed one, outlaw, felon, criminal, Æ.
II. (-erig, -yrig) adj. wicked, cursed, wretched. [ON. vargr]
weargberende villainous, WW 40727.
weargbrǣde (-geb-) f. a warty eruption, impetigo, stye in the eye, tetter, ringworm, mole, freckle. [wearr]
weargnes (æ, e, y) f. evil, malice, cunning.
weargrōd f. scaffold, gallows, Gl.
weargtreafu (rht) np. home of the damned, hell, El 927.
weargtrēow (ari-) n. gallows, Ct.
weargung (e) f. misery, EPs 8719.
wēariht = wearriht
wearm ‘warm,’ Æ, CP. adv. -e.
wearmelle = wurmille
±wearmian (eo, y) to become warm, Æ, CP.
wearmlic warm, Da 350.
wearmnes f. warmth, ÆL 11160.
wearn I. f. reluctance, repugnance, refusal, denial, CP: resistance: reproaches, abuse. [waru]
wearn- = warn-, wearrn-
wearnmǣlum (ē) adv. in troops, WW 251. [worn]
wearnwīslīce av. obstinately, WW.
wearp I. (a) m. ‘warp,’ threads stretched lengthwise in a loom: twig, osier. [weorpan]
wearpfæt n. basket, WW.
wearr (a, æ, eo) m. wart, callosity, Æ.
wearrig (Æ), wearriht warty, knotty.
wearrihtnes f. knottiness, roughness (of skin), Gl.
wearrnes (wearn-) f. knottiness.
weart, wearte (a, e) f. ‘wart.’
weartere (æ) m. occupier, dweller, Chr 565. [weard]
wearð- = weorð-
wēas adv. by chance, accidentally, CP. mid w. by chance.
weasc- = wæsc-
wēasgelimp n. a chance occurrence, WW 41010.
wēaspell n. evil tidings, B 1315.
weastm = wæstm
wēatācen † n. sign of grief.
wēaðearf f. woful need, Wif 10.
weax (e) n. ‘wax,’ AO.
weaxæppel m. ball of wax.
±weaxan (e) I. sv7 to ‘wax,’ grow, be fruitful, increase, become powerful, Æ, AO, CP.
weaxberende m. candle-bearer, acolyte, DR 1958 (io2).
weaxbred (e) n. writing-tablet, Æ: diagram, list, A 8·332.
weaxcandel (e1, o2) f. wax candle.
weaxgeorn (a) desirous of increase, very greedy, WW 10213.
weaxgesceot n. payment made in wax, W 1711.
weaxhlāf m. wax tablet, Lcd.
weaxhlāfsealf f. wax salve, Lcd 92b.
±weaxnes f. increase, growth.
weaxscot = weaxgesceot
weaxsealf (e) f. wax salve.
weaxung f. growth, increase.
web, webb n. ‘web,’ weft: woven work, tapestry, Æ. [wefan]
webba m. weaver, EC, WW.
webbēam m. weaver’s beam, WW.
webbestre f. female weaver, WW 18811.
webbgeweorc n. weaving, HL, MH.
webbian to weave, contrive.
webbung (hw) f. plotting, conspiracy, OEG 2975: ‘scena’ (= wāfung? v. OEG 2920).
webgerēðru np. weaver’s implement? WW 29416.
webgerod n. weaver’s implement, Cp 1988.
webhōc m. weaver’s comb, reed? WW.
weblic pertaining to a weaver, Gl.
websceaft m. weaver’s beam, WW 29339.
webtǣg (æ) f. weaving-thread, OET 615. [tēag]
webtāwa m. thread, line, WW 4338.
webwyrhta m. fuller.
wecca = weoca
weccan (±) to awaken, arouse, CP: call up, bring forth, produce: recall: exhort, encourage: move, set in motion: kindle. [wacan]
weccend m. instigator, GPH 393.
wēce = wāc I.
wecedrenc m. emetic, Lcd.
wecg m. ‘wedge’: mass of metal, lump, Æ: piece of money, Æ.
wecgan to move, agitate, drive hither and thither: be moved.
wecnian = wæcnian
wed = wedd
+wēd I. n. fury, rage, madness. [wōd]
II. ‘obliquus, distortus,’ ZDA 31·9168. [wōh]
±wēdan (ǣ) to be mad, rage, Æ, AO, CP. [wōd]
wēd-beorge, -berge = wēdeberge
wedbrice = wedbryce
wedbrōðor m. pledged brother (in a brotherhood of compact, not of blood), Chr. [wedd]
wedbryce m. breach of agreement, treachery.
wedd n. pledge, agreement, covenant, security, Æ, AO, CP: dowry, WW.
±weddian engage, pledge oneself, covenant, promise, vow: give to wife, betroth: ‘wed,’ marry.
weddung f. pledging, betrothal, Nic 47433.
+wēde n. fury, rage, madness, Æ. [wōd]
wēdeberge f. hellebore.
wēdehund m. mad dog, Lcd, Met.
wēden (MF 178) = wǣden
wēdendsēoc mad, GD 135n; 223.
wēdenheort I. mad, insane, WW.
II. n. madness.
wēdenheortnes f. madness, frenzy, CP.
weder I. n. ‘weather,’ air, AO: sky, firmament: breeze, storm, tempest.
+weder = +wider
wederblāc bleached by the weather, A 8·449.
wederburg f. exposed town, An 1699.
wedercandel f. sun, Ph 187.
wederdæg m. day of fine weather, Az 96.
wederfest weather-bound, Chr 1046e.
wederian to exhibit a change of weather.
wedertācen n. sun, Gu 1267.
+wederu np. weather. [OHG. giwitiri]
wederung (æ) f. (bad) weather, Chr 1085.
wederwolcen n. cloud, Ex 75.
wedewe = wuduwe
+wedfæstan (wet-) to betroth, Cp 635s.
wēding f. madness, GD 16427; WW 40938.
wēdl- = wǣdl-
wedlāc n. pledge, plighted troth, ‘wedlock’.
wedloga m. violator of agreement, traitor. [lēogan]
+wef n. woof, web.
wēf- = wāf-, wǣf-, wēof-
wefan5 (eo) (±) to ‘weave,’ Æ: devise, contrive, arrange.
wefl I. f. woof, warp, Gl: an implement for weaving.
weft, wefta m. weft, WW.
weg I. (æ) m. ‘way,’ direction, Æ, AO: path, road, highway, Mdf: journey, Æ: course of action. ealne w. (ealneg) adv. always. on w. (aweg) adv. away. be...wege on the way (to) [Ger. weg]