wesand = wesend
wesc = wæsc
wesend (eo) m. bison, Gl.
wesendhorn m. bison’s horn, TC 5361.
wesendlīce ‘essentialiter,’ GD 336; 337.
wesing f. ‘confectio,’ ‘debilitatio,’ v. OEG 1857.
wesle, weosule (Gl) f. ‘weasel.’
+wesnes f. dissension, BH 2745.
wesp = wæps
west adv. westwards, ‘west,’ in a westerly direction, AO.
westan, westane adv. from the west, AO. be westan (prep. w. d.) west of.
±wēstan to lay waste, ravage, devastate, AO. [Ger. wüsten]
westanhealf f. west side.
westannorðan northwest (wind), OEG.
westansūðan southwest, AO.
westansūðanwind m. southwest wind, CVPs 7726.
westanwind m. west wind, AO 1715.
West-Centingas mp. people of West Kent, Chr 999.
westdǣl m. west quarter, western part, Æ, AO.
West-Dene mp. West Danes, B.
wēste waste, barren, desolate, deserted, uninhabited, empty, Æ, AO.
westema v. westerne.
wēsten I. nmf. waste, wilderness, desert, Æ, AO, CP.
II. adj. waste, desolate, Æ.
westende m. west end, AO.
wēstengryre m. terror of the desert, Ex 117.
wēstensetla m. hermit, anchorite, Æ.
wēstenstaðol m. waste place, Ruin 28.
westenwind = westanwind
wēstern = wēsten
westerne western, westerly; wester(r)a more westerly; westema, westmest (AO) most westerly.
westeweard = westweard
westhealf f. west side, Æ.
wēstig (oe) waste, deserted, desert, NG.
westlang adv. extending westwards, KC.
westmearc f. western boundary, OET 484.
westmest v. westerne.
wēstnes f. desolation: desert place, EPs 7719.
westnorðlang adv. extending north-westwards, AO 2217.
westnorðwind m. north-west wind, WW.
westra = westerra; v. westerne.
westrīce n. western kingdom, AO.
westrihte (y2) adv. due west, westwards, AO.
westrodor m. western (= evening) sky.
west-Sǣ f. western sea.
West-Seaxe, -Seaxan mp. West Saxons: Wessex.
westsūðende m. south-western extremity, AO 823.
westsūðwind m. south-west wind, WW.
westu = wes ðu 2 pers. imperat. of wesan.
West-Wēalas mp. Cornishmen, Chr.
west-weard, -werd adv. westwards, towards the west, Æ.
westweg m. western way, PPs 746.
westwind m. west wind, BH 45817.
wesule = wesle
wet- = wæt-
wēt- = wǣt-
wetēdre = wæterǣdre
+wetfæstan = +wedfæstan
wetma = weotoma
weðan to assuage, make calm, PPs 10628.
wēðe sweet, mild, pleasant (A).
weðel swathe, bandage, WW 2214.
weðer I. m. wether sheep, ram, Æ.
weðercynn n. the wether or male kind.
weðerwynde = wiðewinde
±wēðnes f. suavity, mildness.
wexe = weax
wēxon = wēoxon pret. pl. of weaxan.
wh- = hw-
wiaht (K) = wiht
wibba m. crawling thing, beetle, WW 12125.
wiber = wifer
wībora = wīgbora
wīc nf. dwelling-place, lodging, habitation, house, mansion, CP: village, town: in pl. entrenchments, camp, castle, fortress: street, lane: bay, creek. [‘wick’; v. Mdf]
wic- = wuc-
±wīcan1 to yield, give way, fall down.
wīcbora = wīgbora
wicca I. m. wizard, magician, soothsayer, astrologer, Æ.
wicce (y) f. ‘witch,’ Æ.
wiccecræft m. witchcraft, magic, Æ.
wiccedōm m. witchcraft, Bk 20; HL 11123.
wiccian to use witchcraft, LL.
wiccliende ptc. tottering, Gl.
wiccræft (Cra 70) = wiccecræft? or wicgcræft (skill with horses)? (BT).
wiccung f. enchantment.
wiccung-cræft, -dōm m. witchcraft.
wicdæg = wucdæg
wice I. mf. ‘wych’-elm.
wīce f. office, Æ: officer, Chr 1120.
wīceard m. dwelling-place, Gu 907.
wīceng = wīcing
wicfreoðu f. protection of a dwelling, GnE 129.
wicg (y) n. horse, steed (very rare in prose).
wicga m. insect, beetle.
wīcgefēra (Chr 897a) = wīcgerēfa
wīcgerēfa m. bailiff, reeve of a ‘wīc’ or vill, Chr 897bcd: ‘publicanus,’ tax-gatherer.
wicgung = wiccung
wīcherpað m. a public road to a ‘wīc’ (BT), KC 3·41826.
±wīcian to dwell, lodge, rest in, Æ, AO: encamp, bivouac, CP: harbour, anchor, AO. [wīc]
wīcing m. pirate, viking, AO.
wīcingsceaðe? f. piracy, Gl.
wīcnera, wīcnere (Æ) m. steward, bailiff.
wīcnian to attend upon, Æ, RB 1273.
wīcscēawere m. provider of a home, Bl 16312.
wīcsteall m. camping-place, Ex 92.
wīcstede † m. dwelling.
wīcstōw f. dwelling-place, residence: camp, encampment, Æ, AO.
wīctūn m. vestibule, court, PPs.
wid = wið
wīd ‘wide,’ vast, broad, long, Æ, AO, CP. w. and sīd far and wide. tō wīdan ealdre, tō wīdan fēore, wīdan fyrhð for ever.
wīdan adv. from far (v. also wīd).
wīdbrād wide-spreading, Gen 643.
wīdcūð adj. widely known, celebrated, Æ.
wīde adv. widely, afar, far and wide, Æ, AO, CP. sīde and w. far and wide.
wīdefeorlic (wīder-) eternal, WW 11721.
wīde-ferhð †, -fyrhð I. mn. (long life), long duration, long time.
II. adv. always.
wider- = wiðer-
+wi-der pl. -dru n. weather (good or bad), storm, tempest, AO. [weder]
+widerian (impers.) to be fine weather, LL 454[12].
widewe = wuduwe
wīdfæðme † ample, extensive.
wīdfarend m. wanderer, CP 3154.
wīdfeorh = wīdeferhð
wīdfērende † coming from afar.
wīdferhð = wīdeferhð
wīdfloga † m. wide-flier (of a dragon).
wīdfolc † n. great nation.
wīdgangol wandering, roving, CP.
wīdgenge wandering (monk), OEG 5810.
wīd-gil, -gill (e, ie) wide-spread, broad, extensive, Æ, CP: wandering, GD.
wīdgilnes f. amplitude, spaciousness, Æ.
wīdgongel = wīdgangol
wīdgyl = wīdgil
wīdhergan to extol, CP 43934.
wīdian to become wider, GD 315.
wīdl mn.? impurity, filth, defilement.
wīdland † n. extensive country.
wīdlāst † I. far-wandering.
II. m. long wandering, long way or road.
±wīdlian to defile, pollute, profane.
wīdmǣre far-famed, celebrated, well-known, AO, CP.
±wīdmǣrsian (tr., intr.) to spread abroad, divulge, Æ: celebrate.
wīdmǣrsung f. proclamation, publication? Sc 9611.
wīdmērsian = wīdmǣrsian
widor = weder
widor- = wider-
wīdrynig far-flowing, An 1509.
wīdsǣ mf. open sea, ocean, Æ, AO.
wīdsceop adj. far extended, widely distributed, Pa 8.
wīdscofen scattered far and wide, B 936.
wīdscrīðol erratic.
wīðsīð † m. long journey: traveller in many countries.
widuw-, widw- = wuduw-
wīdwegas † mp. distant regions.
wīebed = wēofod
wiebel = wifel
wiece = wuce
Wieht = Wiht
wīel = wealh
wielde powerful, victorious, AO 15622.
+wieldend (y) subduer, GPH 391.
wielede pret. 3 sg. of wielwan.
wīelen (ī, ȳ) f. foreign woman, female slave, AO.
wīelincel n. little servant, slave, GPH 401.
wīelisc (ǣ, ē, ēa, ī, ȳ) foreign: ‘Welsh’: not free, servile. [wealh]
wiell, wiella m., wielle (AO) f. (e, i, y) ‘well,’ fountain, spring, Mdf. [weallan]
wielle = wille pres. 3 sg. of willan.
wielm (a, æ, e, eo, i, y) m. boiling, swelling, surf, billow, current, stream: burning, flame, inflammation: fervour, ardour, zeal, CP. [weallan]
wielmfȳr (æ) n. blazing fire, Cr 932.
wielmhāt (y) burning hot, Gen 2584.
wieln- = wiln-
wielt I. pres. 3 sg. of wealdan.
wielwan (y) to roll.
wien- = win-
wieoldon = weoldon pret. pl. of wealdan.
±wierdan (e, i, y) to spoil, injure, destroy.
wiergan (æ, e, i, iri, yri, y) to abuse, outlaw, condemn, curse, proscribe, CP: do evil. [For compounds v. wyrg-, wyrig-] [wearg]
wiergen f. (gs. wiergenne) she-wolf.
wiernan (e, i, y) (w. g. of thing and d. of pers.) to withhold, be sparing of, deny, refuse, reject, decline, AO, CP: forbid, prevent from. [wearn]
wiernung (æ) f. refusal, LL 152[3].
wierp m. cast, throw, shot, blow, AO.
±wierpan (æ, y) to recover from illness, get better, CP.
wierpð pres. 3 sg. of weorpan.
wierrest (superl. of yfel) ‘worst,’ CP.
wiers (y) adv. ‘worse,’ CP.
wiersa m., wierse fn. (comp. of yfel) ‘worse,’ CP. [For comps. v. wyrs-]
wiersian (y) to get worse, Æ.
wierslic (y) bad, vile, mean.
wierst = wierrest
wiet- = wit-
wīet- = wīt-
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wiet-, wīet- = wit-, wīt-
wīf n. woman, female, Æ, AO, CP: ‘wife,’ lady, Æ, AO, CP.
+wif I. n. fate, fortune. [wefan]
II. n. a disease of the eye, Lcd 3·2922.
wīfcild n. female child, BH 769.
wīfcynn n. womankind, female sex.
wīfcȳððu f. company of a woman? intercourse with a woman? Chr 755a.
+wife = +wif
wifel I. m. ‘weevil,’ beetle.
wifer missile, arrow, dart, v. OEG 1103.
wīffæst bound to a wife, married, LL 348[54].
wīffex n. woman’s hair, WW. [feax]
wīffrēond m. female friend.
wīfgāl licentious, unchaste, CP 45330.
wīfgehrine m. contact with women.
wīfgemædla m. woman’s talk, Lcd 122b.
wīfgemāna m. intercourse with a woman, Lcd 1·336.
wīfgeornes f. adultery, MtL 1519.
wīfgifta fp. dowry, outfit? marriage? Jul 38.
wīfhād m. womanhood, Æ: female sex, Æ.
wīfhand f. female inheritor, female side, Ct.
wīfhealf f. woman’s (i.e. mother’s) side.
wīfhearpe f. timbrel, CPs 1504.
wīfhīred n. nunnery, GD 278.
±wīfian to take a wife, marry (of the man), Æ. [‘wive’; ‘i-wive’]
wīflāc n. cohabitation, fornication, LL.
wīflēas unmarried, LL (1903).
wiflēast f. lack of women, ÆL 10216.
wīflic womanly, feminine, female, Æ. adv. -līce.
wīflufu † f. love for a woman.
wīfmann (o2) m. ‘woman,’ Æ, AO, CP: female servant.
wīfmyne m. love for a woman, Gen 1861.
-wifre v. gange-w.
+wifsǣlig fortunate, WW 4968.
wīfscrūd n. woman’s clothing, ÆP 142; TC 530.
wift = weft
wīfðegn m. procurer, WW.
wīfðing n. marriage, cohabitation.
wīfung f. (+) marrying (of the man), wedlock, Æ: (pl.) wives.
wīg I. n. strife, contest, war, battle, Æ, AO, CP: valour: military force, army, Æ.
II. (wīh, wēoh) † n. idol, image.
wiga m. warrior, fighter: man.
wīgan1 to fight, make war, Æ.
wīgār m. spear, lance. [wīg, gār]
wīgbǣre warlike, WW 19318.
wīgbealu n. war-bale, B 2046.
wīgbill n. sword, B 1607.
wīgblāc bravely caparisoned, Ex 204.
wīgblēd? m. luck in war, Rim 26 (wilbec).
wīgbora m. fighter, ÆGr 2716.
wīgbord † n. shield.
wīgcræft m. war-power, art of war, AO.
wīgcræftig strong in battle, B 1811.
wīgcyng = wīcing
wīgcyrm m. noise of battle, Gen 1990.
wīgelung = wīglung
wīgend † m. warrior, fighter.
wīgende fighting, Æ.
wīgfreca † m. warrior.
wīgfruma † m. war-chief.
wigga = wicga
wīggebed = wēofod
wiggend = wīgend
wīggetāwe fp. war-gear, B 368. [wīg, geatwe]
wīggild (wīh-) n. idol.
wīggryre m. war-terror, B 1284.
wīghaga † m. war-hedge, phalanx.
wīgheafola m. helmet, B 2661.
wīghēap m. troop of warriors, B 477.
wīgheard brave in battle.
wīghete m. hostility, B 2121.
wīghryre m. slaughter, defeat, B 1619.
wīghūs n. battlement, tower, AO, CP: turret (on an elephant’s back), ÆL 25560.
wīghyrst f. war-gear, accoutrements, Ruin 35.
wīgian to fight, LL 132[6,5].
wigle n. divination, OEG.
wīglēoð n. war-cry, battle-signal, Ex 221.
wiglere m. soothsayer, wizard, Æ.
wiglian to take auspices, divine, Æ.
wīglic warlike. adv. -līce.
±wiglung f. soothsaying, augury, witchcraft, sorcery, Æ.
wīgmann m. warrior, LL, W.
wīgnoð m. warfare, war, WW 4421?
wigol divining, foreboding, WW 1332.
wīgplega † m. war-play, battle.
wīgrād (ō) f. war-path, Gen 2084.
wīgrǣden f. state of war, battle, Wald 122.
wīgsigor † m. victory in battle.
wīgsīð m. military expedition, Gen 2094.
wīgsmið I. m. maker of idols, PPs 11312.
II. † m. warrior.
wīgspēd † f. success in war.
wīgspere n. war-spear, dart, WW 14314.
wīgsteall n. rampart, entrenchment.
wīgstrang mighty in war, WW 36036.
wīgtrod n. path of an army, Ex 491.
wīgðracu † f. onslaught in battle, attack.
wīgðrīst bold in battle, Jul 432.
wīgur = wīgār
wīgwægn m. war chariot, AO.
wīgwǣpen n. weapon of war, W 1708.
wīgweorðung † (ēoh1) f. idol-worship, idolatry.
wīh = wīg
wīhaga = wīghaga
wiht I. (u, y) fn. ‘wight,’ person, creature, being: ‘whit,’ thing, something, anything.
II. adv. at all. ne w., nǣnig w. not at all. nān w. no whit.
III. n. ‘weight.’
Wiht f. Isle of Wight, Chr [L. Vectis]
wihte adv. (d. instr. of wiht) at all.
+wihte n. ‘weight.’
wihtga = wītega
Wihtland n. Isle of Wight, Æ.
wihtmearc f. plumb-line, OEG 3005.
Wiht-sǣtan, -sǣte mp. inhabitants of the Isle of Wight.
Wihtware mp. inhabitants of the Isle of Wight.
wīhūs = wīghūs
wil = wiell
wīl n. ‘wile,’ trick, Chr 1128.
wil- = will-
wila (y) ‘catenarum,’ v. OEG 3560n and 7257.
wīlamcel? (wīluncel? GPH 401) = wīelincel
wīlbec m. stream of tears, lamentations? Rim 26. [or? wīgblēd]
+wilbod n. commandment, WW 19122.
wilboda m. messenger of joy, angel, Gu 1220.
+wilcð n. rolling, tossing, JPs 8810. [wealcan]
wilcuma I. m. welcome guest.
wilcume interj. welcome!
±wilcumian to welcome, greet, Æ.
wild? wild, OEG 4706n.
wildæg m. day of joy, Cr 459.
±wildan to control, tame, subdue, conquer, seize: (+) compel, LL 265[15]: (+) temper.
wilddēor = wildēor
wilddēoren pertaining to wild beasts, fierce, Sc 997.
wilddēornes f. abode of wild beasts, desert, wilderness.
wilde I. ‘wild,’ untamed, uncontrolled, Æ, AO: uncultivated, desert, AO.
II. adv.
+wilde (y) in the power of, under the control of, Æ.
wildēar (N) = wildēor
wildefȳr n. lightning, Chr: erysipelas, WW.
wildēor n. (occl. dp. wildrum) wild beast, Æ, AO: deer, reindeer.
wildēorlic animal-like, savage, CP. adv. -līce.
wildeswīn m. wild boar, ANS 129·44.
wildgōs f. wild goose, WW 3641.
-wildian v. ā-w.
+wile = +will
wileg = wilig
wilege = wilige
wīlen = wīelen
wilewīse = wiligwīse
wilfægen fain, glad, Æ.
wilfǣmne f. beloved woman.
wilfullīce adv. willingly, OEG.
wilgæst m. welcome guest, Mod 7 (e2).
wilgedryht † f. willing band.
wilgehlēða † m. intimate companion. [hlōð]
wilgeofa = wilgiefa
wilgesīð † m. willing companion.
wilgest = wilgæst
wilgestealla = willgestealla
wilgiefa † (eo, i) m. gracious giver, king.
wilhrēmig rejoicing in satisfied desire, WW 37626.
wilhrēðig exultant, El 1117.
wilia = wiliga
wilian (Æ) = wielwan
±wilian (y) to connect, bind, Sc 118; W.
wilie = wilige
wiliga m., wilige (Æ) f. basket.
wiligwīse (wile-) basket-wise, Bl 12521.
wiliht (y) full of willows, Ct.
wīlisc = wīelisc
will I. n. = willa m.
II. (e, y) m. fountain, spring, CP.
+will n. will, wish, desire, AO.
will- = wyll-
willa m. I. mind, will, determination, purpose, Æ, CP. sylfes willum of one’s own accord: desire, wish, request: joy, delight, pleasure: desirable thing, valuable.
II. (æ, e, y) fountain, spring.
willan (y) anv. pres. 1, 3 sg. ind. and subj. wile, wille, wielle, pret. wolde to ‘will,’ be willing, wish, desire, AO, CP: (denoting habit, repetition), to be used to: to be about to: (sign of the future tense) shall, will, AO, CP.
willcuma = wilcuma
wille (e, y) fm. fountain, spring. [weallan]
willeburne (y) † f. spring.
willecærse f. watercress.
willen = wyllen
-willen v. dol-w.
wīllendlic (BH) = hwīlwendlic
willendlīce adv. willingly, WW.
willes adv. willingly, voluntarily, Æ.
willestrēam (y) † m. stream.
willewæter (y) n. spring water, Lcd.
willfægen = wilfægen
willflōd † m. flood.
willgebrōðor mp. brothers, Gen 971.
willgesīð = wilgesīð
willgespryg = wilspring
willge-steald, -steall n. riches, wealth, Gen 2146?
willgestealla m. willing companion, Gen 2146?
willgesweostor fp. sisters, Gen 2607.
willgeðofta ‡ m. pleasant companion.
±willian to wish, desire.
willic (y) from a fountain, WW.
willīce (y) adv. willingly, voluntarily.
willnung = wilnung
willsele m. pleasant dwelling, Ph 213.
willsīð = wilsīð
willspell † n. good tidings, El.
willung = wilnung
willwong m. pleasant plain, Ph 89.
wilm = wielm
wīln = wīelen
+wilnes f. desire, wish, LPs 203.
±wilnian (w. g. or a.) to wish, long for, desire, will, Æ, AO, CP: beg for, supplicate, entreat, petition for: tend towards, CP.
±wilniendlic desirable: capable of desire, ÆL 197.
±wilnung f. desire, longing, AO, CP.
wiloc = weoloc
Wil-sǣte, -sǣtan mp. people of Wilts: Wiltshire.
wīlsc = wīelisc
wilsīð m. desired journey.
wil-spring, -sprynge (e1, y1) m. spring.
wil-sum, -sumlic desirable, delightful: ready, willing, voluntarily, spontaneous: devoted. adv. -līce.
wilsumnes f. willingness, devotion: vow.