, _to avenge, wreak
vengeance
upon, punish_: pret.
Beowulf
m, _speech, saying_: acc.
sg.
word-gyd, 3174.
word-hord, st. n. , _word-hoard, treasury of speech, mouth_: acc. sg.
word-hord on-lēac (_unlocked his word-hoard_, opened his mouth, spoke),
259.
word-riht, st. n. , _right speech, suitable word_: gen. pl. Wīglāf maðelode
word-rihta fela, 2632.
worð-mynd. See weorð-mynd.
worðig (for weorðig), st. m. , _palace, estate, court_: acc. sg. on worðig
(_into the palace_), 1973.
worn, st. n. , _multitude, number_: acc. sg. worn eall (_very many_), 3095;
wintra worn (_many years_), 264; þonne hē wintrum frōd worn ge-munde (_when
he old in years thought of their number_), 2115. Used with fela to
strengthen the meaning: nom. acc. sg. worn fela, 1784; hwæt þū worn fela
. . . sprǣce (_how very much thou hast spoken! _), 530; so, eal-fela
eald-gesegena worn, 871; gen. pl. worna fela, 2004, 2543.
woruld, worold, st. f. , _humanity, world, earth_: nom. sg. eal worold,
1739; acc. sg. in worold (wacan) (_to be born, come into the world_), 60;
worold oflǣtan, of-gifan (_die_), 1184, 1682; gen. sg. worolde, 951, 1081,
1388, 1733; worulde, 2344; his worulde ge-dāl (_his separation from the
world, death_), 3069; worolde brūcan (_to enjoy life, live_), 1063; worlde,
2712.
worold-ār, st. f. , _worldly honor_ or _dignity_: acc. sg. worold-āre, 17.
woruld-candel, st. f. , _world-candle, sun_: nom. sg. , 1966.
worold-cyning, st. m. , _world king, mighty king_: nom. sg. , 3182; gen. pl.
worold-cyninga, 1685.
woruld-ende, st. m. , _world's end_: acc. sg. , 3084.
worold-rǣden, st. f. , _usual course, fate of the world, customary fate_:
dat. sg. worold-rǣdenne, 1143?
wōp, st. m. , (_whoop_), _cry of grief, lament_: nom. sg. , 128; acc. sg.
wōp, 786; instr. sg. wōpe, 3147.
wracu, st. f. , _persecution, vengeance, revenge_: nom. sg. wracu (MS,
uncertain), 2614; acc. sg. wræce, 2337. --Comp. : gyrn-, nȳd-wracu.
wraðu, st. f. , _protection, safety_: in comp. līf-wraðu.
wrāð, adj. , _wroth, furious, hostile_: acc. sg. neut. wrāð, 319; dat. sg.
wrāðum, 661, 709; gen. pl. wrāðra, 1620.
wrāðe, adv. , _contemptibly, disgracefully_, 2873.
wrāð-līce, adv. , _wrathfully, hostilely_ (in battle), 3063.
wrāsn, st. f. , _circlet of gold for the head, diadem, crown_: in comp.
frēa-wrāsn.
wræc-lāst, st. m. , _exile-step, exile, banishment_: acc. sg. wræc-lāstas
træd (_trod exile-steps, wandered in exile_), 1353.
wræc-mæcg, st. m. , _exile, outcast_: nom. pl. wræc-mæcgas, 2380.
wræc-sīð, st. m. , _exile-journey, banishment, exile, persecution_: acc.
sg. , 2293; dat. sg. -sīðum, 338.
wrǣt, st. f. , _ornament, jewel_: acc. pl. wrǣte (wrǣce, MS. ), 2772, 3061;
instr. pl. wrǣttum, 1532; gen. pl. wrǣtta, 2414.
wrǣt-līc, adj. : 1) _artistic, ornamental; valuable_: acc. sg. wrǣt-līcne
wundur-māððum, 2174; wrǣt-līc wǣg-sweord, 1490; wīg-bord wrǣt-līc,
2340. --2) _wondrous, strange_: acc. sg. wrǣt-līcne wyrm [from its rings or
spots? ], 892; wlite-sēon wrǣt-līc, 1651.
wrǣc, st. f. , _persecution_; hence, _wretchedness, misery_: nom. sg. , 170;
acc. sg. wrǣc, 3079.
wrecan, st. v. w. acc. : 1) _to press, force_: pret. part. þǣr wæs Ongenþēo
. . . on bīd wrecen, 2963. --2) _to drive out, expel_: pret. sg. ferh ellen
wræc, 2707. --3) _to wreak_ or _utter_: gid, spel wrecan (_to utter words or
songs_); subj. pres. sg. III. hē gyd wrece, 2447; inf. wrecan spel ge-rāde,
874; word-gyd wrecan, 3174; pret. sg. gyd æfter wræc, 2155; pres. part. þǣr
wæs . . . gid wrecen, 1066. --4) _to avenge, punish_: subj. pres. þæt hē his
frēond wrece, 1386; inf. wolde hire mǣg wrecan, 1340; so, 1279, 1547; pres.
part. wrecend (_an avenger_), 1257; pret. sg. wræc Wedera nīð, 423; so,
1334, 1670.
ā-wrecan, _to tell, recount_: pret. sg. ic þis gid be þē ā-wræc (_I have
told this tale for thee_), 1725; so, 2109.
for-wrecan, w. acc. , _to drive away, expel; carry away_: inf. þȳ lǣs him
ȳða þrym wudu wyn-suman for-wrecan meahte (_lest the force of the waves
might carry away the winsome ship_), 1920; pret. sg. hē hine feor for-wræc
. . . man-cynne fram, 109.
ge-wrecan, w. acc.
, _to avenge, wreak vengeance upon, punish_: pret. sg.
ge-wræc, 107, 2006; hē ge-wræc (i. e. hit, _this_) cealdum cear-sīðum, 2396;
hē hine sylfne ge-wræc (_avenged himself_), 2876; pl. ge-wrǣcan, 2480;
pret. part. ge-wrecen, 3063.
wrecca, w. m. , (_wretch_), _exile, adventurer, wandering soldier, hero_:
nom. sg. wrecca (Hengest), 1138; gen. pl. wreccena wīde mǣrost (Sigemund),
899.
wreoðen-hilt, adj. , _wreathen-hilted, with twisted hilt_: nom. sg. , 1699.
wridian, w. v. , _to flourish, spring up_: pret. sg. III. wridað, 1742.
wriða, w. m. , _band_: in comp. bēag-wriða (_bracelet_), 2019.
wrixl, st. n. , _exchange, change_: instr. sg. wyrsan wrixle (_in a worse
way, with a worse exchange_), 2970.
ge-wrixle, st. n. , _exchange, arrangement, bargain_: nom. sg. ne wæs þæt
ge-wrixle til (_it was not a good arrangement, trade_), 1305.
wrixlan, w. v. , _to exchange_: inf. wordum wrixlan (_to exchange words,
converse_), 366; 875 (_tell_).
wrīðan, st. v. w. acc. : 1) _to bind, fasten, wreathe together_: inf. ic
hine (him, MS. ) . . . on wæl-bedde wrīðan þōhte, 965. --2) _to bind up_ (a
wounded person, a wound): pret. pl. þā wǣron monige þē his mǣg wriðon,
2983. See hand-gewriðen.
wrītan, st. v. , _to incise, engrave_: pret. part. on þǣm (hilte) wæs ōr
writen fyrn-gewinnes (_on which was engraved the origin of an ancient
struggle_), 1689.
for-wrītan, _to cut to pieces_ or _in two_: pret. sg. for-wrāt Wedra helm
wyrm on middan, 2706.
wrōht, st. m. f. , _blame, accusation, crime_; here _strife, contest,
hostility_: nom. sg. , 2288, 2474, 2914.
wudu, st. m. , _wood_: 1) _material, timber_: nom. pl. wudu, 1365; hence,
_the wooden spear_: acc. pl. wudu, 398. --2) _forest, wood_: acc. sg. wudu,
1417. --3) _wooden ship_: nom. sg. 298; acc. sg. wudu, 216, 1920. --Comp. :
bǣl-, bord-, gamen-, heal-, holt-, mægen-, sǣ-, sund-, þrec-wudu.
wudu-rēc, st. m. , _wood-reek_ or _smoke_: nom. sg. , 3145.
wuldor, st. n. , _glory_: nom. sg. kyninga wuldor (_God_), 666; gen. sg.
wuldres wealdend, 17, 183, 1753; wuldres hyrde, 932, (designations of God).
wuldor-cyning, st. m. , _king of glory, God_. dat. sg. wuldur-cyninge, 2796
wuldor-torht, adj. , _glory-bright, brilliant, clear_: acc. pl.
wuldor-torhtan weder, 1137.
wulf, st. m. , _wolf_: acc. sg. , 3028.
wulf-hlið, st. n. , _wolf-slope, wolf's retreat, slope whereunder wolves
house_: acc. pl. wulf-hleoðu, 1359.
wund, st. f. , _wound_: nom. sg. , 2712, 2977; acc. sg. wunde, 2532, 2907;
acc. sg. wunde, 2726; instr. pl. wundum, 1114, 2831, 2938. --Comp.
feorh-wund.
wund, adj. , _wounded, sore_: nom. sg. , 2747; dat. sg. wundum, 2754; nom.
pl. wunde, 565, 1076.
wunden-feax, adj. , _curly-haired_ (of a horse's mane): nom. sg. , 1401.
wunden-heals, adj. , _with twisted_ or _curved neck_ or _prow_: nom. sg.
wudu wunden-hals (_the ship_), 298.
wunden-heorde? , _curly-haired_? : nom. sg. f. , 3153.
wunden-mǣl, adj. , _damascened, etched, with wavy ornaments_(? ): nom. sg.
neut. , 1532 (of a sword).
wunden-stefna, w. m. _curved prow, ship_: nom. sg. , 220.
wundor, st. n. : 1) _wonder, wonderwork_: nom. sg. , 772, 1725; wundur, 3063;
acc. sg. wundor, 841; wunder, 932; wundur, 2760, 3033, 3104; dat. sg.
wundre, 932; instr. pl. wundrum (_wondrously_), 1453, 2688; gen. pl.
wundra, 1608. --2) _portent, monster_: gen. pl. wundra, 1510. --Comp. : hand-,
nīð-, searo-wundor.
wundor-bebod, st. n. , _wondrous command, strange order_: instr. pl.
-bebodum, 1748.
wundor-dēað, st. m. , _wonder-death, strange death_: instr. sg. wundor
dēaðe, 3038.
wundor-fæt, st. n. , _wonder-vat, strange vessel_: dat. pl. of wundor-fatum
(_from wondrous vessels_), 1163.
wundor-līc, adj. , _wonder like, remarkable_: nom. sg.
word-hord, st. n. , _word-hoard, treasury of speech, mouth_: acc. sg.
word-hord on-lēac (_unlocked his word-hoard_, opened his mouth, spoke),
259.
word-riht, st. n. , _right speech, suitable word_: gen. pl. Wīglāf maðelode
word-rihta fela, 2632.
worð-mynd. See weorð-mynd.
worðig (for weorðig), st. m. , _palace, estate, court_: acc. sg. on worðig
(_into the palace_), 1973.
worn, st. n. , _multitude, number_: acc. sg. worn eall (_very many_), 3095;
wintra worn (_many years_), 264; þonne hē wintrum frōd worn ge-munde (_when
he old in years thought of their number_), 2115. Used with fela to
strengthen the meaning: nom. acc. sg. worn fela, 1784; hwæt þū worn fela
. . . sprǣce (_how very much thou hast spoken! _), 530; so, eal-fela
eald-gesegena worn, 871; gen. pl. worna fela, 2004, 2543.
woruld, worold, st. f. , _humanity, world, earth_: nom. sg. eal worold,
1739; acc. sg. in worold (wacan) (_to be born, come into the world_), 60;
worold oflǣtan, of-gifan (_die_), 1184, 1682; gen. sg. worolde, 951, 1081,
1388, 1733; worulde, 2344; his worulde ge-dāl (_his separation from the
world, death_), 3069; worolde brūcan (_to enjoy life, live_), 1063; worlde,
2712.
worold-ār, st. f. , _worldly honor_ or _dignity_: acc. sg. worold-āre, 17.
woruld-candel, st. f. , _world-candle, sun_: nom. sg. , 1966.
worold-cyning, st. m. , _world king, mighty king_: nom. sg. , 3182; gen. pl.
worold-cyninga, 1685.
woruld-ende, st. m. , _world's end_: acc. sg. , 3084.
worold-rǣden, st. f. , _usual course, fate of the world, customary fate_:
dat. sg. worold-rǣdenne, 1143?
wōp, st. m. , (_whoop_), _cry of grief, lament_: nom. sg. , 128; acc. sg.
wōp, 786; instr. sg. wōpe, 3147.
wracu, st. f. , _persecution, vengeance, revenge_: nom. sg. wracu (MS,
uncertain), 2614; acc. sg. wræce, 2337. --Comp. : gyrn-, nȳd-wracu.
wraðu, st. f. , _protection, safety_: in comp. līf-wraðu.
wrāð, adj. , _wroth, furious, hostile_: acc. sg. neut. wrāð, 319; dat. sg.
wrāðum, 661, 709; gen. pl. wrāðra, 1620.
wrāðe, adv. , _contemptibly, disgracefully_, 2873.
wrāð-līce, adv. , _wrathfully, hostilely_ (in battle), 3063.
wrāsn, st. f. , _circlet of gold for the head, diadem, crown_: in comp.
frēa-wrāsn.
wræc-lāst, st. m. , _exile-step, exile, banishment_: acc. sg. wræc-lāstas
træd (_trod exile-steps, wandered in exile_), 1353.
wræc-mæcg, st. m. , _exile, outcast_: nom. pl. wræc-mæcgas, 2380.
wræc-sīð, st. m. , _exile-journey, banishment, exile, persecution_: acc.
sg. , 2293; dat. sg. -sīðum, 338.
wrǣt, st. f. , _ornament, jewel_: acc. pl. wrǣte (wrǣce, MS. ), 2772, 3061;
instr. pl. wrǣttum, 1532; gen. pl. wrǣtta, 2414.
wrǣt-līc, adj. : 1) _artistic, ornamental; valuable_: acc. sg. wrǣt-līcne
wundur-māððum, 2174; wrǣt-līc wǣg-sweord, 1490; wīg-bord wrǣt-līc,
2340. --2) _wondrous, strange_: acc. sg. wrǣt-līcne wyrm [from its rings or
spots? ], 892; wlite-sēon wrǣt-līc, 1651.
wrǣc, st. f. , _persecution_; hence, _wretchedness, misery_: nom. sg. , 170;
acc. sg. wrǣc, 3079.
wrecan, st. v. w. acc. : 1) _to press, force_: pret. part. þǣr wæs Ongenþēo
. . . on bīd wrecen, 2963. --2) _to drive out, expel_: pret. sg. ferh ellen
wræc, 2707. --3) _to wreak_ or _utter_: gid, spel wrecan (_to utter words or
songs_); subj. pres. sg. III. hē gyd wrece, 2447; inf. wrecan spel ge-rāde,
874; word-gyd wrecan, 3174; pret. sg. gyd æfter wræc, 2155; pres. part. þǣr
wæs . . . gid wrecen, 1066. --4) _to avenge, punish_: subj. pres. þæt hē his
frēond wrece, 1386; inf. wolde hire mǣg wrecan, 1340; so, 1279, 1547; pres.
part. wrecend (_an avenger_), 1257; pret. sg. wræc Wedera nīð, 423; so,
1334, 1670.
ā-wrecan, _to tell, recount_: pret. sg. ic þis gid be þē ā-wræc (_I have
told this tale for thee_), 1725; so, 2109.
for-wrecan, w. acc. , _to drive away, expel; carry away_: inf. þȳ lǣs him
ȳða þrym wudu wyn-suman for-wrecan meahte (_lest the force of the waves
might carry away the winsome ship_), 1920; pret. sg. hē hine feor for-wræc
. . . man-cynne fram, 109.
ge-wrecan, w. acc.
, _to avenge, wreak vengeance upon, punish_: pret. sg.
ge-wræc, 107, 2006; hē ge-wræc (i. e. hit, _this_) cealdum cear-sīðum, 2396;
hē hine sylfne ge-wræc (_avenged himself_), 2876; pl. ge-wrǣcan, 2480;
pret. part. ge-wrecen, 3063.
wrecca, w. m. , (_wretch_), _exile, adventurer, wandering soldier, hero_:
nom. sg. wrecca (Hengest), 1138; gen. pl. wreccena wīde mǣrost (Sigemund),
899.
wreoðen-hilt, adj. , _wreathen-hilted, with twisted hilt_: nom. sg. , 1699.
wridian, w. v. , _to flourish, spring up_: pret. sg. III. wridað, 1742.
wriða, w. m. , _band_: in comp. bēag-wriða (_bracelet_), 2019.
wrixl, st. n. , _exchange, change_: instr. sg. wyrsan wrixle (_in a worse
way, with a worse exchange_), 2970.
ge-wrixle, st. n. , _exchange, arrangement, bargain_: nom. sg. ne wæs þæt
ge-wrixle til (_it was not a good arrangement, trade_), 1305.
wrixlan, w. v. , _to exchange_: inf. wordum wrixlan (_to exchange words,
converse_), 366; 875 (_tell_).
wrīðan, st. v. w. acc. : 1) _to bind, fasten, wreathe together_: inf. ic
hine (him, MS. ) . . . on wæl-bedde wrīðan þōhte, 965. --2) _to bind up_ (a
wounded person, a wound): pret. pl. þā wǣron monige þē his mǣg wriðon,
2983. See hand-gewriðen.
wrītan, st. v. , _to incise, engrave_: pret. part. on þǣm (hilte) wæs ōr
writen fyrn-gewinnes (_on which was engraved the origin of an ancient
struggle_), 1689.
for-wrītan, _to cut to pieces_ or _in two_: pret. sg. for-wrāt Wedra helm
wyrm on middan, 2706.
wrōht, st. m. f. , _blame, accusation, crime_; here _strife, contest,
hostility_: nom. sg. , 2288, 2474, 2914.
wudu, st. m. , _wood_: 1) _material, timber_: nom. pl. wudu, 1365; hence,
_the wooden spear_: acc. pl. wudu, 398. --2) _forest, wood_: acc. sg. wudu,
1417. --3) _wooden ship_: nom. sg. 298; acc. sg. wudu, 216, 1920. --Comp. :
bǣl-, bord-, gamen-, heal-, holt-, mægen-, sǣ-, sund-, þrec-wudu.
wudu-rēc, st. m. , _wood-reek_ or _smoke_: nom. sg. , 3145.
wuldor, st. n. , _glory_: nom. sg. kyninga wuldor (_God_), 666; gen. sg.
wuldres wealdend, 17, 183, 1753; wuldres hyrde, 932, (designations of God).
wuldor-cyning, st. m. , _king of glory, God_. dat. sg. wuldur-cyninge, 2796
wuldor-torht, adj. , _glory-bright, brilliant, clear_: acc. pl.
wuldor-torhtan weder, 1137.
wulf, st. m. , _wolf_: acc. sg. , 3028.
wulf-hlið, st. n. , _wolf-slope, wolf's retreat, slope whereunder wolves
house_: acc. pl. wulf-hleoðu, 1359.
wund, st. f. , _wound_: nom. sg. , 2712, 2977; acc. sg. wunde, 2532, 2907;
acc. sg. wunde, 2726; instr. pl. wundum, 1114, 2831, 2938. --Comp.
feorh-wund.
wund, adj. , _wounded, sore_: nom. sg. , 2747; dat. sg. wundum, 2754; nom.
pl. wunde, 565, 1076.
wunden-feax, adj. , _curly-haired_ (of a horse's mane): nom. sg. , 1401.
wunden-heals, adj. , _with twisted_ or _curved neck_ or _prow_: nom. sg.
wudu wunden-hals (_the ship_), 298.
wunden-heorde? , _curly-haired_? : nom. sg. f. , 3153.
wunden-mǣl, adj. , _damascened, etched, with wavy ornaments_(? ): nom. sg.
neut. , 1532 (of a sword).
wunden-stefna, w. m. _curved prow, ship_: nom. sg. , 220.
wundor, st. n. : 1) _wonder, wonderwork_: nom. sg. , 772, 1725; wundur, 3063;
acc. sg. wundor, 841; wunder, 932; wundur, 2760, 3033, 3104; dat. sg.
wundre, 932; instr. pl. wundrum (_wondrously_), 1453, 2688; gen. pl.
wundra, 1608. --2) _portent, monster_: gen. pl. wundra, 1510. --Comp. : hand-,
nīð-, searo-wundor.
wundor-bebod, st. n. , _wondrous command, strange order_: instr. pl.
-bebodum, 1748.
wundor-dēað, st. m. , _wonder-death, strange death_: instr. sg. wundor
dēaðe, 3038.
wundor-fæt, st. n. , _wonder-vat, strange vessel_: dat. pl. of wundor-fatum
(_from wondrous vessels_), 1163.
wundor-līc, adj. , _wonder like, remarkable_: nom. sg.
