wracnian = wræcnian
wraco = wracu
wracu (e) f. (g. often wræce) revenge, vengeance, persecution, Æ, AO, CP. on ðā wrace in retaliation: punishment, penalty, AO, CP: cruelty, misery, distress, torture, pain, AO. [wrecan]
wræc I. (e) n(f?) misery, CP: vengeance, persecution: exile. [‘wreck’; wrecan]
II. what is driven, OET 3762.
wræca = wræcca
wræcan = wrecan
wræcca (e) m. ‘wretch,’ CP: fugitive, outcast, exile, AO: adventurer, stranger.
wræccan = wrecan
wræce v. wracu.
wræcend = wrecend
wræcfæc n. time of exile, banishment, misery, Rim 64.
wræcful wretched, miserable, Æ.
wrǣchwīl f. period of exile or of distress, Ph 527.
wræclāst † (e) m. path of exile.
wræclāstian to banish, WW.
wræclic adj. foreign: strange, unfamiliar, extraordinary: wretched, exiled. adv. -līce.
wræc-mæcg †, -mæcga ‡ m. exile, outcast, miserable man.
wræcmon m. fugitive, Ex 137.
wrǣcnan = wrǣcnian
wræcnes = wrecnes
wræcnian (e) to be banished, wander travel, Æ.
wræcscipe (e) m. exile.
wræcsetl n. place of exile, Gu 267.
wræcsīð m. journey of exile or peril, pilgrimage, Æ: exile, persecution, Æ, AO: misery.
wræcsīðian to wander, travel abroad, be in exile, Æ.
wræcstōw f. place of exile or punishment.
wræcwīte n. punishment, Bl.
wrǣcworuld f. miserable world, W 12.
wrǣd f. band, bandage, ‘wreath,’ CP: bundle: band, flock. [wrīðan]
wrǣdmǣlum adv. in companies, WW 41142.
-wrǣdnes v. sam-w.
wrǣg- = wrēg-
wrǣne (ē) unbridled, loose, lustful, AO.
wrænna (Æ) = wrenna
wrǣnnes f. luxury, lust, wantonness, AO, CP.
wrǣnsa m. wantonness, OEG 2347.
wrǣnscipe m. wantonness, OEG 5290 (ē).
wrǣnsian to be wanton, NC 335.
wrǣsnan to alter, change, modulate, Rd 251.
wrǣst (ā) firm, able, strong, excellent: delicate. adv. -e.
wrǣstan I. (±) to ‘wrest,’ bend, twist, twang.
II. to be or make elegant? WW.
wrǣstlere m. wrestler, WW 43126.
wrǣstlic I. pertaining to wrestling, WW.
II. (ā) delicate, elegant, WW.
wrǣstliend wrestler, WW 43125. [wrǣstan]
wrǣstlung f. wrestling, struggling, GD, OEG.
wræt m. = wrætte f.
wrǣt = wrǣtt
wrǣtlic artistic, ornamental: curious, wondrous, rare. adv. -līce. [wrǣtt]
wrǣtt † f. ornament, work of art, jewel.
wrætte f. rubea tinctoria? crosswort? hellebore? (A 30·248).
+wrǣðan to be enraged, Lcd 3·2124.
wræðian = wreðian
wrǣðo = wrǣððo
wrǣð-studu, -stuðu (e) f. column, pillar support.
wrǣððo, wrǣð(ð)u (ā) f. ‘wrath,’ anger, indignation, NG.
wrǣxlian = wrǣstlian
wrang I. n. ‘wrong,’ injustice. [ON. rangr]
wranga (pr-) hold of a ship, WW.
wrangwīs perverse, OEG 1770.
wrāsen (ǣ) f. band, tie, chain.
wrāð I. adj. ‘wroth,’ furious, angry, hostile, AO: terrible, horrible: grievous, harsh, bitter, malignant, evil, cruel. adv. -e.
II. f. cruelty: hardship. [wrīðan]
+wrāðian (refl.) to be angry, Chr 1070. [‘iwrathe’]
wrāðlic † grievous, severe, bitter. adv. -līce.
wrāðmōd † angry.
wrāðscræf n. wretched hole, pit of misery, hell, Rd 4141.
wrāððo = wrǣððu
wraðu f. prop, help, support, maintenance.
wrāðum adv. fiercely.
+wraxl? wrestling-place, gymnasium, OEG 18b68?
wraxlere m. wrestler, OEG.
wraxlian to wrestle, Æ.
wraxliende wrestling, contending, striving.
wraxlung f. wrestling, WW 1508.
wrecan5 (eo) to drive, impel, push: expel, persecute, CP: (±) ‘wreak,’ revenge, avenge, punish, AO: press forward, advance: fulfil, accomplish: utter, deliver, pronounce.
wreccan = (1) weccan; (2) wrecan
-wrecel v. spor-w.
wrecend m. avenger.
wrecnes (æ) f. vengeance, NG.
wrecscip (æ?) ‘actuaria’? ES 43·336.
±wrēgan I. † to excite, stir up.
II. to accuse, impeach, Æ. [wrōht]
wrēgend m. accuser.
wrēgendlic accusative, ÆGr 2220.
wrēgere m. accuser, informer, Æ.
wrēgistre (ǣ) f. female accuser, ÆL 2208.
wrēgung f. accusation, Æ.
wrehtend m. instigator, WW 42029.
wrēhtend m. accuser, KGl 7323.
wrēn- = wrǣn-
wrenc m. wile, stratagem, trick, deceit, AO: (†) modulation, melody, song. [‘wrench’]
wrencan to twist: spin intrigues, devise plots, Mod 33.
wrenna (æ) m., wrenne f. wren, WW.
wreocan = wrecan
wreogan (M) = wrigon pret. pl. of wrēon.
±wrēon1,2 to cover, clothe, envelop, conceal, hide: protect, defend.
wrēotan = rēotan
wreotian = writian
wrēoð = wrǣð
wreoðenhilt with twisted hilt, B 1699. [= *wriðenhilt]
wreoðian = wreðian
wrēoðian = wrīdian
wretbasu ‘rubeum’ (?= wrǣtt- or wrætte- v. A 30·248).
±wreðian to support, sustain, uphold, CP.
wreðstudu = wræðstudu
wrīanne (N) = wrēonne gerund of wrēon I.
wricð, wriceð pres. 3 sg. of wrecan.
wrid m. shoot, plant, bush, Lcd; Mdf.
+wrid n. thicket? Guth.
wrīdan1 to grow, thrive, flourish.
wriden pp. of (1) wrīdan; (2) wrīðan.
wrīdian grow, flourish, spring up. [wrīdan]
wriecð = wricð pres. 3 sg. of wrecan.
wrīgels mn. covering, veil.
wrigen pp., wrigon pret. pl. of wrēon.
wrigennes (gn-) f. a covering, EPs 605.
wrīgian † to go, turn, twist, bend: strive, struggle, press forward, endeavour, venture.
wrīhst pres. 2 sg., wrīhð pres. 3 sg. of wrēon.
+wrinclian to wind about, KC 4·349.
+wring n. liquor, drink, WW 12817.
wringan3 to ‘wring,’ twist: (±) squeeze, press out, Æ.
wringe f. (oil-)press, GD 25015.
wringhwǣg n? strained whey, LL 451[16].
+wrisc = +wrixl
wrislan = wrixlan
wrist f. wrist, LL 386[2].
±writ n. writing: (±) book, treatise: scripture, Æ: ‘writ’ (‘i-writ’) charter, document, deed, AO, Bl: ‘stilus,’ GPH 402.
±wrītan1 (ȳ) to incise, engrave, ‘write,’ draw, Æ, AO, CP: bestow by writing.
wrītbred n. writing tablet.
-wrīte v. wæter-w.
-writennes v. tō-w.
±wrītere m. writer, scribe, author, portrayer, painter, Æ, CP.
wrīteȳren (MH 14612) = wrītīren
writian (eo) to chirp, chatter, v. OEG 373.
wrīting f. writing, SPs 442.
wrītingfeðer f. pen, EPs 443.
wrītingīsen n. style, pen, MH 14612c.
wrītīren (y2) n. writing instrument, style.
writseax n. style, pen, MtL p218.
writt- = wrīt-
wriða m. band, thong, bridle, Æ: collar, ring.
±wrīðan1 (ȳ) I. to twist, wrap, bind up, tie, fasten, fetter. [‘writhe’]
+wriðelian to bind? OEG 237?
wrīðels m. band, fillet, bandage, WW 41117.
wrīðian = wrīdian
wrixendlic mutual, GD 27. adv. -līce turn about, one by one, by turns, in turn.
wrixl f., wrixla m. change, exchange, barter, CP.
+wrixl, +wrixle n. turn, change: exchange, purchase: requital.
wrixlan (±) to change, barter, exchange, reciprocate, lend, AO. wordum w. converse: (+) recompense, requite: (+) obtain.
wrixlian = wrixlan
+wrixlic alternating, OEG 2135.
±wrixlung f. exchange: loan.
wroegan = wrēgan
wrōht I. f. blame, reproach, accusation, slander: fault, crime, sin, injustice, Æ: strife, enmity, anger, contention, dispute, AO, CP: hurt, injury, calamity, misery. [wrēgan]
II. m. tale-bearer, ÆGr 2172.
wrōhtberend m. accuser.
wrōhtbora m. accuser, monster: the devil.
wrōhtdropa m. bloodshed accompanied by crime, GnE 196.
wrōhtgemǣne pledged to punishment or revenge.
wrōhtgeorn contentious, CP 357.
wrōhtgetēme n. series of crimes? (BT), Gen 45.
wrōhtian to do harm? HL 15105.
wrōhtlāc n. calumny, W 1605n.
wrōhtsāwere m. sower of strife, CP 359.
wrōhtscipe m. crime, Gen 1672.
wrōhtsmið † m. worker of evil, evildoer.
wrōhtspitel slanderous, EGl. [spittan]
wrōhtstæf † m. accusation, El 926: injury, Rd 7212,14.
wrōt m. snout, elephant’s trunk, WW.
wrōtan7 to root up, Æ.
wryhta = wyrhta
wrȳhð = wrihð pret. 3 sg. of wrēon.
+wrynded founded (of a house), MtL 725.
wrȳt- = wrīt-
wrȳðan = wrīðan
wucaðēn = wucðegn
wuc-dæg, wuce-, wicu- m. week-day, Æ.
wucðegn (i1) m. monk or priest appointed for a week’s duty, weekly servant.
wucðēnung f. service for a week.
wucu f. ‘week,’ AO, CP.
wucubōt f. penance lasting a week, LL (27812).
wucweorc (i1) n. (compulsory) work for a week, by a tenant.
wudere m. wood-man, wood-carrier, WW 3715.
wudewe = wuduwe
wudian to cut wood, Æ.
wudig wooded, having trees, Az 120.
wudigere, wudiere (WW) = wudere
wudiht thick (with trees), woody, forest-like, GPH 402.
wudo- = wudu-
wudu m., gs. wuda, wudes; nap. wudas, wuda ‘wood,’ forest, grove, Æ, AO, CP; Mdf: tree (the Cross): wood, timber, Æ, CP: (†) ship, B: spear-shaft, B 398.
wuduælfen = wuduelfen
wuduæppel f. wild apple, crab, Lcd 71a.
wudubǣre wood-bearing, OEG 1806.
wudubærnett n. burning of wood, LL 16[12]; 24n2.
wudubāt n. wooden boat, An 907.
wudubēam † m. forest-tree.
wudubearo m. forest, grove.
wudu-bend, -bind m. = wudubinde
wudubill n. hatchet, GD, WW.
wudubinde I. (-bindle) f. woodbine, convolvulus.
II. f. bundle of sticks, OET 3518.
wudubior (= bora?) m. wood carrier, HGl 427.
wudublǣd † (-blēd) f. forest blossom.
wudubrūn n. bugloss, ox-tongue.
wudubucca m. wild buck, wild goat, Lcd.
wudubyrðra m. camp-follower, OEG 869.
wuducerfille f. wood-chervil, cow-parsley.
wuducocc m. woodcock, Gl.
wuducroft m. a croft with trees on it? (BT) KC 3·3766.
wuduculfre m. wood-pigeon, WW.
wuducūnelle f. wild thyme, Lcd.
wuducynn n. an aromatic (?) wood, JnL 123.
wududocce f. wild dock, sorrel, Lcd.
wuduelfen f. wood-elf, dryad, WW.
wudufæsten n. place protected by woods, wood-fastness: ship.
wudufeld m. wooded plain, PPs 1316.
wudufeoh n. forest-tax, Lcd.
wudufille = wuducerfille
wudufīn f. pile of wood, ÆGr.
wudufugol m. forest bird, wild fowl.
wudugāt f. wild goat, Lcd.
wudugehæg n. enclosed wood? (BT), KC 3·1761.
wuduhēawere m. wood-cutter, Æ.
wuduherpað m. public path through a wood, KC 3·2132.
wuduhīewet n. cutting of wood, LL 567[37].
wuduholt n. forest, wood, grove.
wuduhona m. woodcock, WW 388.
wuduhrofe = wudurofe
wuduhunig n. wild honey, Æ.
wudulād f. carting wood, LL 452[21,4].
wudu-lǣs f., gs. -lǣswe wood-pasture, run (for cattle) in a wood, Ct.
wuduland n. woodland.
wudu-leahtric, -lectric m. wood-lettuce, wild sleepwort. Lcd.
wudulēswe = wudulǣswe
wudulic adj. woody, wooded, Æ.
wudumǣr (ē3) f. wood-nymph, echo, Gl.
wudumerce m. wild parsley, wood-mint.
wudurǣden f. wood-regulation, right of estovers, LL.
wudurēc m. smoke from a funeral pyre, B 3144.
wudurima m. border of a wood, KC 3·3415.
wudurofe f. woodruff.
wudurose f. wild rose, Lcd 34b?
wudusnīte f. wood-snipe, thistle-finch? WW.
wudusūræppel f. crab-apple? Lcd 160a.
wudutelga ‡ m. twig or branch of a tree.
wudutrēow n. forest tree.
wuduðistle m. wood-thistle, Lcd.
wuduwa (wyde-) m. widower.
wuduwald m. forest, WW 42635.
wuduwanhād m. state of a woman who has not a husband, chastity, widowhood, CP.
wuduwāsa m. faun, satyr.
wuduwe (i, eo, y1; e2) f. ‘widow.’
wuduweard m. forester, LL 452[19].
wudu-weax n., -weaxe f. wood-waxen, genista tinctoria, Lcd.
wuduwēsten mn. wild forest.
wuduwinde f. woodbine, Gl.
wuduwyrt f. plant which grows in woods, Bl 593.
wudwe = wuduwe
wuhhung f. rage, fury, madness: (pl.) the Furies.
wuht AO, CP = wiht
wuhung = wuhhung
wulder = wuldor
wuldor n. glory, splendour, honour, Æ, CP: praise, thanks: heaven, El.
wuldor-bēag, -bēah m. crown of glory, Æ.
±wuldorbēagian to crown, Æ.
wuldorblǣd m. glorious success, Jud 156.
wuldorcyning m. † glorious king, King of Glory, God.
wuldordrēam † m. heavenly rapture.
Wuldorfæder † m. Glorious Father, Father of Glory.
wuldorfæst glorious. adv. -fæste, -fæstlīce.
wuldorfæstlicnes f. glory, Æ.
wuldorful glorious, Æ: vainglorious.
wuldorfullian to glorify, Æ.
wuldorfullīce adv. gloriously, Æ.
wuldorgāst m. angel, Gen 2912.
wuldorgeflogena m. one who has fled from glory, devil, Lcd 3·3615.
wuldorgesteald † np. glorious dwellings, realms of glory.
wuldorgeweorc n. wondrous work, ES 43·167.
wuldorgifu † (eo) f. glorious gift, grace.
wuldorgim m. glorious jewel, sun, Rd 8120.
wuldorhama † (o3) m. garb of glory.
wuldorhēap m? glorious troop, NC 335.
wuldorhelm m. crown of glory, Bl.
wuldorlēan † n. glorious reward.
wuldorlic glorious. adv. -līce.
wuldormāga m. heir of heaven, Gu 1067.
wuldormago m. heir of heaven, Gu 1267.
wuldormicel gloriously great, †Hy 794.
wuldornytting f. glorious service, Rd 8119.
wuldorsang m. glorious song, MFH 11410.
wuldorspēd f. glorious wealth, Gen 87.
wuldorspēdig glorious, An 428.
wuldortān m. plant with medicinal virtues? (BT), Lcd 3·34.
wuldortorht † gloriously bright, clear, brilliant, illustrious.
wuldorðrymm m. heavenly glory.
wuldorweorud n. heavenly host, Cr 285.
wuldorword n. glorious word, †Hy 746.
wuldrian (±) to glorify, praise, extol, Æ: boast, brag, Æ: live in glory, Æ.
wuldrig glorious, DR.
wuldrung f. glorying, boasting.
wulf m. (he-)‘wolf,’ Æ, AO, CP; Mdf: wolfish person, devil.
wulfescamb m. wild teasel.
wulfesfīst m. bullfist, toadstool (plant).
wulfhaga m. shelter from wolves? CC 53.
wulfhēafodtrēo m. cross, gallows? Rd 5612.
wulfheort † wolf-hearted, cruel.
wulf-hlið n., nap. -hleoðu hillside inhabited by wolves, B 1358.
wulfhol n. wolf’s hole, WW.
wulflȳs n. fleece of wool, WW 19826.
wulfmod = wullmod
wulfsēað m. wolf’s hole, KC 3·2645.
wulfslǣd n. valley of wolves, KC 3·4566.
wull f. ‘wool,’ Æ.
wullcamb m. comb for wool, LL 454[15,1].
wullcnoppa (? hn-) m. tuft of wool, WW.
wulle = wull
wullen = wyllen
wullian to wipe with wool, Lcd 1·35623.
wullic woolly, hairy.
wullmod m? distaff.
wulltewestre f. wool-carder, Lcd.
wulluc cover, wrapper, A 31·65.
wullwǣga f. scales for wool, WW 14821.
+wun = +wuna
±wuna I. m. (usu. +) habit, custom, practice, rite, Bo; Æ. on gew. habban to be accustomed to. [‘i-wune’]
II. (+ only) wonted, customary, usual.
wund I. f. ‘wound,’ sore, ulcer, Æ, CP: wounding, injury, Æ.
II. adj. wounded, sore, AO.
wundel f. wound, LL, RB.
wundelīce = wundorlīce
wundenfeax with twisted mane, B 1400.
wundenhals with twisted prow, B 298.
wundenlocc † with braided locks.
wundenmǣl etched, damascened (of a sword), B 1531.
wundenstefna m. ship with curved or wreathed prow, B 220.
wunder = wundor
±wundian to wound, Æ, AO, CP.
wundiend ‘vulnerator,’ ERHy 642.
wundiht, wundig ulcerous, full of sores.
wundle = wundel
wundlic wounding, wound-inflicting, GPH 40251.
wundor (often confused with wuldor) n. (gs. wundres) ‘wonder,’ miracle, marvel, portent, horror, Æ, AO, CP: wondrous thing, monster.
wundoragræfen ‡ wondrously engraven.
wundorbēacen n. strange sign.
wundorbebod n. strange order, B 1747.
wundorblēo n. wondrous hue, Cr 1140.
wundorclam n. strange bond, Cr 310.
wundor-clofe, -clufe f. camphire (plant).
wundorcræft † m. wondrous skill, miraculous power.
wundorcræftiglīce with wondrous skill, BH 3243o.
wundordǣd f. wondrous deed, Bl.
wundordēað m. wondrous death, B 3037.
wundorfæt (e2) n. wondrous vessel, B 1162.
wundorful wonderful, Æ. adv. -līce.
wundorgehwyrft (e4) wonderful turn, GPH 390.
wundorgeweorc = wundorweorc
wundorgiefu f. wondrous endowment, Wy 72.
wundorhǣlo (u2) f. wondrous healing, BH 44612.
wundorhūs? n. ‘solarium,’ upper room, GD 11926.
±wundor-lǣcan, -līcian to make wonderful, magnify.
wundorlic wonderful, remarkable, strange, Æ, AO, CP. adv. -līce.
wundormāðm ‡ m. wonderful treasure.
wundorsēon f. wonderful sight, B 995.
wundorsmið m. skilled smith, B 1681.
wundortācen n. wondrous sign, PPs 10423.
wundorweorc n. wonderful work, miracle.
wundorworuld f. wonderful world, Rd 4017.
wundorwyrd f. wonderful event, El 1071.
wundres v. wundor.
±wundrian (w. g.) to wonder, be astonished (at), marvel, Æ, AO, CP: admire: make wonderful, magnify. [Ger. wundern]
wundrum adv. (d. of wundor) wonderfully, strangely, terribly.
wundrung f. wonder, astonishment, admiration, Æ: spectacle, OEG 4370.
wundswaðu (e) f. scar, VPs 376.
wundwīte n. compensation for wounding, LL 76h.
+wunelic usual, customary, Æ, CP. adv. -līce, BH. [‘i-wuneliche’]
wunenes, wununes f. dwelling, habitation: perseverance, DR. [wunian]
wungynde = wuniende pres. ptc. of wunian.
wunian (±) to inhabit, dwell, abide, exist, Æ, AO, CP: (+) remain, continue, stand, Æ, AO, CP: (±) be used to, be wont to: (+) habituate oneself to, CP 7314. [Ger. wohnen]
wunigend m. inhabitant, RBl 511.
+wunlic = +wunelic
wunn = wynn
wunnen pp., wunnon pret. pl., of winnan.
wunones = wunenes
wunsum = wynsum
wununes = wunenes
wunung f. act of dwelling, living, RB 1083: dwelling, habitation, Æ.
wunungstōw f. abiding-place, GD 3119.
wuraðo (N) = wrǣððo
wurcan = wyrcan
wurht, wurhton = worhte pret. sg., worhton pret. pl., of wyrcan.
wurma m., wurme f. murex, purple-fish: any dye, woad, purple: a plant used for dyeing.
wur-mille, -mele f. wild marjoram, Gl.
wurms = worms
wurnian = weornian
wurpan = weorpan
wurpul that which throws down, Gl.
wursm = worms
wurst = wierrest
wurðig = worðig
wūscbearn n. (dear) little child, JnL 1332. [wȳscan]
wussung = wissung
wuta = wita
wutan = wuton