þæs ic
wēne (_as I hope_), 272; swā ic þē wēne tō _(as I hope thou wilt_: Bēowulf
hopes Hrōðgār will now suffer no more pain), 1397.
wēne (_as I hope_), 272; swā ic þē wēne tō _(as I hope thou wilt_: Bēowulf
hopes Hrōðgār will now suffer no more pain), 1397.
Beowulf
mæg þæs þonne
of-þyncan þēoden Heaðo-beardna . . . þonne hē mid fǣmnan on flet gǣð,
dryht-bearn Dena duguða bi-wenede (_may well displease the prince of the
H. . . . when he with the woman goes into the hall, that a noble scion of the
Danes should entertain, bear wine to, the knights_, cf. 494 seqq. ; or, _a
noble scion of the Danes should attend on her? _), 2036; pret. part. nom.
pl. wǣron hēr tela willum be-wenede, 1822.
wendan, w. v. , _to turn_: pres. sg. III. him eal worold wendeð on willan
(_all the world turns at his will_), 1740.
ge-wendan, w. acc. : l) _to turn, turn round_: pret. sg. wicg gewende
(_turned his horse_), 315. --2) _to turn_ (intrans. ), _change_: inf. wā bið
þǣm þe sceal . . . frōfre ne wēnan, wihte ge-wendan (_woe to him that shall
have no hope, shall not change at all_), 186.
on-wendan, _to avert, set aside_: 1) w. acc. : inf. ne mihte snotor hæleð
wēan on-wendan, 191. --2) intrans. : sibb ǣfre ne mæg wiht on-wendan þām þe
wēl þenceð (_in, to, him that is well thinking friendship can not be set
aside_), 2602.
wer, st. m. , _man, hero_: nom. sg. (Grendel), 105; acc. sg. wer (Bēowulf),
1269, 3174; gen. sg. on weres wæstmum (_in man's form_), 1353; nom. pl.
weras, 216, 1223, 1234, 1441, 1651; dat. pl. werum, 1257; gen. pl. wera,
120, 994, 1732, 3001; (MS. weora), 2948.
wered, st. n. , (as adj. = _sweet_), _a sort of beer_ (probably without hops
or such ingredients): acc. sg. scīr wered, 496.
were-feohte, f. , _defensive fight, fight in self-defence_: dat. pl. for
were-fyhtum (fere fyhtum, MS. ), 457.
werhðo, st. f. , _curse, outlawry, condemnation_: acc. sg. þū in helle
scealt werhðo drēogan, 590.
werian, _to defend, protect_: w. vb. , pres. sg. III. beaduscrūda . . . þæt
mīne brēost wereð, 453; inf. wit unc wið hron-fixas werian þōhton, 541;
pres. part. w. gen. pl. wergendra tō lȳt (_too few defenders_), 2883;
pret. ind. wæl-rēaf werede (_guarded the battle-spoil_), 1206; se hwīta
helm hafelan werede (_the shining helm protected his head_), 1449; pl.
hafelan weredon, 1328; pret. part. nom. pl. gē . . . byrnum werede (_ye_ . . .
_corselet-clad_), 238, 2530.
be-werian, _to protect, defend_: pret. pl. þæt hīe . . . lēoda land-geweorc
lāðum be-weredon scuccum and scinnum (_that they the people's land-work
from foes, from monsters and demons, might defend_), 939
werig, adj. , _accursed, outlawed_: gen. sg. wergan gāstes (Grendel), 133;
(of the devil), 1748.
werod, weorod, st. n. , _band of men, warrior-troop_: nom. sg. werod, 652;
weorod, 290, 2015, 3031; acc. sg. werod, 319; dat. instr. sg. weorode,
1012, 2347; werede, 1216; gen. sg. werodes, 259; gen. pl. wereda, 2187;
weoroda, 60. --Comp. : eorl-, flet-werod.
wer-þēod, st. f. , _people, humanity_: dat. sg. ofer wer-þēode, 900.
wesan, v. , _to be_: pres. sg. I. ic eom, 335, 407; II. þū eart, 352, 506;
III. is, 256, 272, 316, 343, 375, 473, etc. ; nū is þīnes mægenes blǣd āne
hwīle (_the prime [fame? ] of thy powers lasteth now for a while_), 1762;
ys, 2911, 3000, 3085; pl. I. wē synt, 260, 342; II. syndon, 237, 393; III.
syndon, 257, 361, 1231; synt, 364; sint, 388; subj. pres. sīe, 435, 683,
etc. ; sȳ, 1832, etc. ; sig, 1779, etc. ; imper. sg. II. wes, 269 (cf.
wassail, wes hǣl), 407, 1171, 1220, 1225, etc. ; inf. wesan, 272, 1329,
1860, 2709, etc. The inf. wesan must sometimes be supplied: nealles Hetware
hrēmge þorfton (i. e. wesan) fēðe-wīges, 2364; so, 2498, 2660, 618, 1858;
pres. part. wesende, 46; dat. sg. wesendum, 1188; pret. sg. I. , III. wæs,
11, 12, 18, 36, 49, 53, etc. ; wæs on sunde (_was a-swimming_), 1619; so,
848, 850(? ), 970, 981, 1293; progressive, wæs secgende (for sǣde), 3029;
II. wǣre, 1479, etc. ; pl. wǣron, 233, 536, 544, etc. ; wǣran (w. reflex,
him), 2476; pret. subj. wǣre, 173, 203, 594, 946, etc. ; progressive,
myndgiend wǣre (for myndgie), 1106. --Contracted neg. forms: , nis = ne +
is, 249, 1373, etc. ; næs = ne + wæs, 134, 1300, 1922, 2193, etc. (cf.
uncontracted: ne wæs, 890, 1472); nǣron = ne + wǣron, 2658; nǣre = ne +
wǣre, 861, 1168. See cniht-wesende.
wēg. See wǣg.
wēn, st. f. , _expectation, hope_: nom. sg. , 735, 1874, 2324; nū is lēodum
wēn orleg-hwīle (gen. ) (_now the people have weening of a time of strife_),
2911; acc. sg. þæs ic wēn hæbbe (_as I hope, expect_), 383; so, þæs þe ic
[wēn] hafo, 3001; wēn ic talige, 1846; dat. pl. bēga on wēnum _(in
expectation of both_, i. e. the death and the return of Bēowulf), 2896. See
or-wēna.
wēnan, w. v. , _to ween, expect, hope_: 1) absolutely; pres. sg. I.
þæs ic
wēne (_as I hope_), 272; swā ic þē wēne tō _(as I hope thou wilt_: Bēowulf
hopes Hrōðgār will now suffer no more pain), 1397. --2) w. gen. or acc.
pres. sg. I. þonne wēne ic tō þē wyrsan ge-þinges, 525; ic þǣr heaðu-fȳres
hātes wēne, 2523; III. secce ne wēneð to Gār Denum (_weeneth not of contest
with the Gar-Danes_), 601; inf. (beorhtre bōte) wēnan (_to expect, count
on, a brilliant_ [? _a lighter penalty_] _atonement_), 157; pret. pl. þæs
ne wēndon ǣr witan Scyldinga þæt . . . _the wise men of the Scyldings weened
not of this before, that_. . . ), 779; þæt hig þæs æðelinges eft ne wēndon þæt
hē . . . sēcean cōme _(that they looked not for the atheling again that he_
. . . _would come to seek_ . . . ), 1598. --3) w. acc. inf. : pret. sg. wēnde,
934. --4) w. depend, clause: pres. sg. I. wēne ic þæt. . . , 1185; wēn' ic
þæt. . . , 338, 442; pret. sg. wēnde, 2330; pl. wēndon, 938, 1605.
wēpan, st. v. , _to weep_: pret. sg. [wēop], 3152 (? ).
werig, adj. , _weary, exhausted_, w. gen. : nom. sg. siðes wērig (_weary from
the journey, way-weary_), 579; dat. sg. siðes wērgum, 1795;--w. instr. :
acc. pl. wundum wērge _(wound-weary_), 2938. --Comp. : dēað-, fyl-,
gūð-wērig.
ge-werigean, w. v. , _to weary, exhaust_: pret. part. ge-wērgad, 2853.
wērig-mōd, adj. , _weary-minded (animo defessus)_: nom. sg. , 845, 1544.
wēste, adj. , _waste, uninhabited_: acc. sg. win-sele wēstne, 2457.
wēsten, st. n. , _waste, wilderness_: acc. sg. wēsten, 1266.
wēsten, st. f. , _waste, wilderness_: dat. sg. on þǣre wēstenne, 2299.
weal, st. m. : 1 _wall, rampart_: dat. instr. sg. wealle, 786, 892, 3163;
gen. sg. wealles, 2308. --2) _elevated sea-shore_: dat. sg. of wealle, 229;
acc. pl. windige weallas, 572, 1225. --3) _wall of a building_: acc, sg. wið
þæs recedes weal, 326; dat. sg. be wealle, 1574; hence, the inner and outer
rock-walls of the dragon's lair (cf. Heyne's essay: Halle Heorot, p. 59):
dat. sg. , 2308, 2527, 2717, 2760, 3061, 3104; gen. sg. wealles,
2324. --Comp. : bord-, eorð-, sǣ-, scyld-weal.
ge-wealc, st. n. , _rolling_: acc. sg. ofer ȳða ge-wealc, 464.
ge-weald, st. n. , _power, might_: acc. sg. on fēonda ge-weald _(into the
power of his foes_), 809, 904; so, 1685; geweald āgan, hæbban, ā-bēodan (w.
gen. of object = _to present) = to have power over_, 79, 655, 765, 951,
1088, 1611, 1728. See on-weald.
wealdan, st. v. , _to wield, govern, rule over, prevail_: 1) absolutely or
with depend, clause: inf. gif hē wealdan mōt (_if he may prevail_), 442;
þǣr hē . . . wealdan mōste swā him Wyrd ne ge-scrāf (_if [where? ] he was to
prevail, as Weird had not destined for him_), 2575; pres. part. waldend
(_God_), 1694; dat. wealdende, 2330; gen. waldendes, 2293, 2858, 3110. --2)
with instr. or dat. : inf. þām wǣpnum wealdan (_to wield, prevail with, the
weapons_), 2039; Gēatum wealdan (_to rule the Gēatas_), 2391; þēah-hordum
wealdan (_to rule over, control, the treasure of rings_), 2828; wæl-stōwe
wealdan (_to hold the field of battle_), 2985; pret. sg. wēold, 465, 1058,
2380, 2596; þenden wordum wēold wine Scyldinga (_while the friend of the S.
ruled the G. _), 30; pl. wēoldon, 2052. --3) with gen. : pres. sg. I. þenden
ic wealde wīdan rīces, 1860; pres. part. wuldres wealdend(waldend), 17,
183, 1753; weard, 2514; the _'dragon_ is called ylda waldend, 1662; waldend
fīra, 2742; sigora waldend, 2876 (designations of God); pret. sg. wēold,
703, 1771.
ge-wealdan, _to wield, have power over, arrange_: 1) w. acc. : pret. sg.
hālig god ge-wēold wīg-sigor, 1555. --2) w. dat. : pret. cyning ge-wēold his
ge-witte (_the king possessed his senses_), 2704. --3) w. gen. : inf. hē ne
mihte nō . . . wǣpna ge-wealdan, 1510.
ge-wealden, pret. part. , _subject, subjected_: acc. pl. gedēð him swā
gewealdene worolde dǣlas, 1733.
weallan, st. v. : 1) _to toss, be agitated_ (of the sea): pres. part. nom.
pl. wadu weallende (weallendu), 546, 581; nom. sg. brim weallende, 848;
pret. ind. wēol, 515, 850, 1132; wēoll, 2139. --2) figuratively (of
emotions), _to be agitated_: pres. pl. III. syððan Ingelde weallað
wæl-nīðas (_deadly hate thus agitates Ingeld_), 2066; pres. part.
weallende, 2465; pret. sg. hreðer inne wēoll (_his heart was moved within
him_), 2114; hreðer ǣðme wēoll (_his breast_ [the dragon's] _swelled from
breathing, snorting_), 2594; brēost innan wēoll þēostrum ge-þoncum, 2332;
so, wēoll, 2600, 2715, 2883.
weall-clif, st. n.
of-þyncan þēoden Heaðo-beardna . . . þonne hē mid fǣmnan on flet gǣð,
dryht-bearn Dena duguða bi-wenede (_may well displease the prince of the
H. . . . when he with the woman goes into the hall, that a noble scion of the
Danes should entertain, bear wine to, the knights_, cf. 494 seqq. ; or, _a
noble scion of the Danes should attend on her? _), 2036; pret. part. nom.
pl. wǣron hēr tela willum be-wenede, 1822.
wendan, w. v. , _to turn_: pres. sg. III. him eal worold wendeð on willan
(_all the world turns at his will_), 1740.
ge-wendan, w. acc. : l) _to turn, turn round_: pret. sg. wicg gewende
(_turned his horse_), 315. --2) _to turn_ (intrans. ), _change_: inf. wā bið
þǣm þe sceal . . . frōfre ne wēnan, wihte ge-wendan (_woe to him that shall
have no hope, shall not change at all_), 186.
on-wendan, _to avert, set aside_: 1) w. acc. : inf. ne mihte snotor hæleð
wēan on-wendan, 191. --2) intrans. : sibb ǣfre ne mæg wiht on-wendan þām þe
wēl þenceð (_in, to, him that is well thinking friendship can not be set
aside_), 2602.
wer, st. m. , _man, hero_: nom. sg. (Grendel), 105; acc. sg. wer (Bēowulf),
1269, 3174; gen. sg. on weres wæstmum (_in man's form_), 1353; nom. pl.
weras, 216, 1223, 1234, 1441, 1651; dat. pl. werum, 1257; gen. pl. wera,
120, 994, 1732, 3001; (MS. weora), 2948.
wered, st. n. , (as adj. = _sweet_), _a sort of beer_ (probably without hops
or such ingredients): acc. sg. scīr wered, 496.
were-feohte, f. , _defensive fight, fight in self-defence_: dat. pl. for
were-fyhtum (fere fyhtum, MS. ), 457.
werhðo, st. f. , _curse, outlawry, condemnation_: acc. sg. þū in helle
scealt werhðo drēogan, 590.
werian, _to defend, protect_: w. vb. , pres. sg. III. beaduscrūda . . . þæt
mīne brēost wereð, 453; inf. wit unc wið hron-fixas werian þōhton, 541;
pres. part. w. gen. pl. wergendra tō lȳt (_too few defenders_), 2883;
pret. ind. wæl-rēaf werede (_guarded the battle-spoil_), 1206; se hwīta
helm hafelan werede (_the shining helm protected his head_), 1449; pl.
hafelan weredon, 1328; pret. part. nom. pl. gē . . . byrnum werede (_ye_ . . .
_corselet-clad_), 238, 2530.
be-werian, _to protect, defend_: pret. pl. þæt hīe . . . lēoda land-geweorc
lāðum be-weredon scuccum and scinnum (_that they the people's land-work
from foes, from monsters and demons, might defend_), 939
werig, adj. , _accursed, outlawed_: gen. sg. wergan gāstes (Grendel), 133;
(of the devil), 1748.
werod, weorod, st. n. , _band of men, warrior-troop_: nom. sg. werod, 652;
weorod, 290, 2015, 3031; acc. sg. werod, 319; dat. instr. sg. weorode,
1012, 2347; werede, 1216; gen. sg. werodes, 259; gen. pl. wereda, 2187;
weoroda, 60. --Comp. : eorl-, flet-werod.
wer-þēod, st. f. , _people, humanity_: dat. sg. ofer wer-þēode, 900.
wesan, v. , _to be_: pres. sg. I. ic eom, 335, 407; II. þū eart, 352, 506;
III. is, 256, 272, 316, 343, 375, 473, etc. ; nū is þīnes mægenes blǣd āne
hwīle (_the prime [fame? ] of thy powers lasteth now for a while_), 1762;
ys, 2911, 3000, 3085; pl. I. wē synt, 260, 342; II. syndon, 237, 393; III.
syndon, 257, 361, 1231; synt, 364; sint, 388; subj. pres. sīe, 435, 683,
etc. ; sȳ, 1832, etc. ; sig, 1779, etc. ; imper. sg. II. wes, 269 (cf.
wassail, wes hǣl), 407, 1171, 1220, 1225, etc. ; inf. wesan, 272, 1329,
1860, 2709, etc. The inf. wesan must sometimes be supplied: nealles Hetware
hrēmge þorfton (i. e. wesan) fēðe-wīges, 2364; so, 2498, 2660, 618, 1858;
pres. part. wesende, 46; dat. sg. wesendum, 1188; pret. sg. I. , III. wæs,
11, 12, 18, 36, 49, 53, etc. ; wæs on sunde (_was a-swimming_), 1619; so,
848, 850(? ), 970, 981, 1293; progressive, wæs secgende (for sǣde), 3029;
II. wǣre, 1479, etc. ; pl. wǣron, 233, 536, 544, etc. ; wǣran (w. reflex,
him), 2476; pret. subj. wǣre, 173, 203, 594, 946, etc. ; progressive,
myndgiend wǣre (for myndgie), 1106. --Contracted neg. forms: , nis = ne +
is, 249, 1373, etc. ; næs = ne + wæs, 134, 1300, 1922, 2193, etc. (cf.
uncontracted: ne wæs, 890, 1472); nǣron = ne + wǣron, 2658; nǣre = ne +
wǣre, 861, 1168. See cniht-wesende.
wēg. See wǣg.
wēn, st. f. , _expectation, hope_: nom. sg. , 735, 1874, 2324; nū is lēodum
wēn orleg-hwīle (gen. ) (_now the people have weening of a time of strife_),
2911; acc. sg. þæs ic wēn hæbbe (_as I hope, expect_), 383; so, þæs þe ic
[wēn] hafo, 3001; wēn ic talige, 1846; dat. pl. bēga on wēnum _(in
expectation of both_, i. e. the death and the return of Bēowulf), 2896. See
or-wēna.
wēnan, w. v. , _to ween, expect, hope_: 1) absolutely; pres. sg. I.
þæs ic
wēne (_as I hope_), 272; swā ic þē wēne tō _(as I hope thou wilt_: Bēowulf
hopes Hrōðgār will now suffer no more pain), 1397. --2) w. gen. or acc.
pres. sg. I. þonne wēne ic tō þē wyrsan ge-þinges, 525; ic þǣr heaðu-fȳres
hātes wēne, 2523; III. secce ne wēneð to Gār Denum (_weeneth not of contest
with the Gar-Danes_), 601; inf. (beorhtre bōte) wēnan (_to expect, count
on, a brilliant_ [? _a lighter penalty_] _atonement_), 157; pret. pl. þæs
ne wēndon ǣr witan Scyldinga þæt . . . _the wise men of the Scyldings weened
not of this before, that_. . . ), 779; þæt hig þæs æðelinges eft ne wēndon þæt
hē . . . sēcean cōme _(that they looked not for the atheling again that he_
. . . _would come to seek_ . . . ), 1598. --3) w. acc. inf. : pret. sg. wēnde,
934. --4) w. depend, clause: pres. sg. I. wēne ic þæt. . . , 1185; wēn' ic
þæt. . . , 338, 442; pret. sg. wēnde, 2330; pl. wēndon, 938, 1605.
wēpan, st. v. , _to weep_: pret. sg. [wēop], 3152 (? ).
werig, adj. , _weary, exhausted_, w. gen. : nom. sg. siðes wērig (_weary from
the journey, way-weary_), 579; dat. sg. siðes wērgum, 1795;--w. instr. :
acc. pl. wundum wērge _(wound-weary_), 2938. --Comp. : dēað-, fyl-,
gūð-wērig.
ge-werigean, w. v. , _to weary, exhaust_: pret. part. ge-wērgad, 2853.
wērig-mōd, adj. , _weary-minded (animo defessus)_: nom. sg. , 845, 1544.
wēste, adj. , _waste, uninhabited_: acc. sg. win-sele wēstne, 2457.
wēsten, st. n. , _waste, wilderness_: acc. sg. wēsten, 1266.
wēsten, st. f. , _waste, wilderness_: dat. sg. on þǣre wēstenne, 2299.
weal, st. m. : 1 _wall, rampart_: dat. instr. sg. wealle, 786, 892, 3163;
gen. sg. wealles, 2308. --2) _elevated sea-shore_: dat. sg. of wealle, 229;
acc. pl. windige weallas, 572, 1225. --3) _wall of a building_: acc, sg. wið
þæs recedes weal, 326; dat. sg. be wealle, 1574; hence, the inner and outer
rock-walls of the dragon's lair (cf. Heyne's essay: Halle Heorot, p. 59):
dat. sg. , 2308, 2527, 2717, 2760, 3061, 3104; gen. sg. wealles,
2324. --Comp. : bord-, eorð-, sǣ-, scyld-weal.
ge-wealc, st. n. , _rolling_: acc. sg. ofer ȳða ge-wealc, 464.
ge-weald, st. n. , _power, might_: acc. sg. on fēonda ge-weald _(into the
power of his foes_), 809, 904; so, 1685; geweald āgan, hæbban, ā-bēodan (w.
gen. of object = _to present) = to have power over_, 79, 655, 765, 951,
1088, 1611, 1728. See on-weald.
wealdan, st. v. , _to wield, govern, rule over, prevail_: 1) absolutely or
with depend, clause: inf. gif hē wealdan mōt (_if he may prevail_), 442;
þǣr hē . . . wealdan mōste swā him Wyrd ne ge-scrāf (_if [where? ] he was to
prevail, as Weird had not destined for him_), 2575; pres. part. waldend
(_God_), 1694; dat. wealdende, 2330; gen. waldendes, 2293, 2858, 3110. --2)
with instr. or dat. : inf. þām wǣpnum wealdan (_to wield, prevail with, the
weapons_), 2039; Gēatum wealdan (_to rule the Gēatas_), 2391; þēah-hordum
wealdan (_to rule over, control, the treasure of rings_), 2828; wæl-stōwe
wealdan (_to hold the field of battle_), 2985; pret. sg. wēold, 465, 1058,
2380, 2596; þenden wordum wēold wine Scyldinga (_while the friend of the S.
ruled the G. _), 30; pl. wēoldon, 2052. --3) with gen. : pres. sg. I. þenden
ic wealde wīdan rīces, 1860; pres. part. wuldres wealdend(waldend), 17,
183, 1753; weard, 2514; the _'dragon_ is called ylda waldend, 1662; waldend
fīra, 2742; sigora waldend, 2876 (designations of God); pret. sg. wēold,
703, 1771.
ge-wealdan, _to wield, have power over, arrange_: 1) w. acc. : pret. sg.
hālig god ge-wēold wīg-sigor, 1555. --2) w. dat. : pret. cyning ge-wēold his
ge-witte (_the king possessed his senses_), 2704. --3) w. gen. : inf. hē ne
mihte nō . . . wǣpna ge-wealdan, 1510.
ge-wealden, pret. part. , _subject, subjected_: acc. pl. gedēð him swā
gewealdene worolde dǣlas, 1733.
weallan, st. v. : 1) _to toss, be agitated_ (of the sea): pres. part. nom.
pl. wadu weallende (weallendu), 546, 581; nom. sg. brim weallende, 848;
pret. ind. wēol, 515, 850, 1132; wēoll, 2139. --2) figuratively (of
emotions), _to be agitated_: pres. pl. III. syððan Ingelde weallað
wæl-nīðas (_deadly hate thus agitates Ingeld_), 2066; pres. part.
weallende, 2465; pret. sg. hreðer inne wēoll (_his heart was moved within
him_), 2114; hreðer ǣðme wēoll (_his breast_ [the dragon's] _swelled from
breathing, snorting_), 2594; brēost innan wēoll þēostrum ge-þoncum, 2332;
so, wēoll, 2600, 2715, 2883.
weall-clif, st. n.
