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Finn's almost annihilated band), 1085, 1099.

wēa-spel, st. n. , _woe-spell, evil tidings_: dat. sg. wēa-spelle, 1316.

ge-weoldum. See ge-wild.

weorc, st. n. : 1) _work, labor, deed_: acc. sg. , 74; (_war-deed_), 1657;
instr. sg. weorce, 1570; dat. pl. weorcum, 2097; wordum ne (and) worcum,
1101, 1834; gen. pl. worda and worca, 289. --2) _work, trouble, suffering_:
acc. sg. þæs gewinnes weorc (_misery on account of this strife_), 1722;
dat. pl. adv. weorcum (_with labor_), 1639. --Comp. : bǣdo-, ellen-, heaðo-,
niht-weorc.

ge-weorc, st. n. : 1) _work, deed, labor_: nom. acc. sg. , 455, 1563, 1682,
2718, 2775; gen. sg. ge-weorces, 2712. Comp. : ǣr-, fyrn-, gūð-, hond-,
nīð-ge-weorc. --2) _fortification, rampart_: in comp. land-geweorc, 939.

weorce, adj. , _painful, bitter_: nom. sg. , 1419.

weorð, st. n. , _precious object, valuable_: dat. sg. weorðe, 2497.

weorð, adj. , _dear, precious_: nom. sg. weorð Denum æðeling (_the atheling
dear to the Danes_, Bēowulf), 1815; compar. nom. sg. þæt hē syððan wæs . . .
māðme þȳ weorðra (_more honored from the jewel_), 1903; cf. wyrðe.

weorðan, st. v. : 1) _to become_: pres. sg. III. beholen weorðeð (_is
concealed_), 414; underne weorðeð (_becomes known_), 2914; so, pl. III.
weorðað, 2067; wurðað, 282; inf. weorðan, 3179; wurðan, 808; pret. sg. I. ,
III. wearð, 6, 77, 149, 409, 555, 754, 768, 819, 824, etc. ; pl. wurdon,
228; subj. pret. wurde, 2732. --2) inf. to frōfre weorðan (_to become a
help_), 1708; pret. sg. wearð hē Heaðolāfe tō hand-bonan, 460; so, wearð,
906, 1262; ne wearð Heremōd swā (i. e. to frōfre) eaforum Ecgwelan, 1710;
pl. wurdon, 2204; subj. pret. sg. II. wurde, 588. --3) pret. sg. þæt hē on
fylle wearð (_that he came to a fall_), 1545. --4) _to happen, befall_: inf.
unc sceal weorðan . . . swā unc Wyrd ge-tēoð (_it shall befall us two as Fate
decrees_), 2527; þurh hwæt his worulde gedāl weorðan sceolde, 3069; pret.
sg. þā þǣr sōna wearð ed-hwyrft eorlum (_there was soon a renewal to the
earls_, i. e. of the former perils), 1281.

ge-weorðan: 1) _to become_: pret. sg. ge-wearð, 3062; pret. part. cearu wæs
genīwod ge-worden (_care was renewed_), 1305; swā us ge-worden is,
3079. --2) _to finish; complete? _: inf. þæt þū . . . lēte Sūð-Dene sylfe
ge-weorðan gūðe wið Grendel (_that thou wouldst let the S. D. put an end to
their war with Grendel_), 1997. --3) impersonally with acc. , _to agree,
decide_: pret. sg. þā þæs monige ge-wearð þæt . . . (_since many agreed that_
. . . ), 1599; pret. part. hafað þæs ge-worden wine Scyldinga, rīces hyrde,
and þæt rǣd talað þæt hē . . . (_therefore hath it so appeared(? ) advisable
to the friend of the S. , the guardian of the realm, and he counts it a gain
that_ . . . ), 2027.

weorð-ful, adj. , _glorious, full of worth_: nom. sg. weorð-fullost, 3100.

weorðian, w. v. , _to honor, adorn_: pret. sg. þǣr ic . . . þīne lēode
weorðode weorcum (_there honored I thy people by my deeds_), 2097; subj.
pret. (þæt hē) æt feoh-gyftum . . . Dene weorðode (_that he would honor the
Danes at, by, treasure-giving_), 1091.

ge-weorðian, ge-wurðian, _to deck, ornament_: pret. part. hire syððan wæs
æfter bēah-þege brēost ge-weorðod, 2177; wǣpnum ge-weorðad, 250; since
ge-weorðad, 1451; so, ge-wurðad, 331, 1039, 1646; wide ge-weorðad (_known,
honored, afar_), 1960.

weorð-līce, adv. , _worthily, nobly_: superl. weorð-līcost, 3163.

weorð-mynd, st. f. n. , _dignity, honor, glory_: nom. sg. , 65; acc. sg.
geseah þā eald sweord . . . , wigena weorðmynd (_saw an ancient sword there,
the glory of warriors_), 1560; dat. instr. pl. weorð-myndum, 8; tō
worð-myndum, 1187; gen. pl. weorð-mynda dǣl, 1753.

weorðung, st. f. , _ornament_: in comp. brēost-, hām-, heorft-, hring-,
wīg-weorðung.

weorod. See werod.

weorpan, st. v. : 1) _to throw, cast away_, w. acc. : pret. sg. wearp þā
wunden-mǣl wrǣttum gebunden yrre ōretta, þæt hit on eorðan læg (_the
wrathful warrior threw the ornamented sword, that it lay on the earth_),
1532. --2) _to throw around_ or _about_, w. instr. : pret. sg. beorges weard
. . . wearp wæl-fȳre (_threw death-fire around_), 2583. --3) _to throw
upon_: inf. hē hine eft ongan wæteres (instr. gen. ) weorpan (_began to cast
water upon him again_), 2792.

for-weorpan, w. acc. , _to cast away, squander_: subj. pret.
þæt hē gēnunga
gūð-gewǣdu wrāðe for-wurpe (_that he squandered uselessly the
battle-weeds_, i. e. gave them to the unworthy), 2873.

ofer-weorpan, _to stumble_: pret. sg. ofer-wearp þā . . . wigena strengest,
1544.

weotian, w. v. , _to provide with, adjust_(? ): pret. part. acc. pl.
wæl-bende weotode, 1937.

be-weotian, be-witian, w. v. w. acc. , _to regard, observe, care for_: pres.
pl. III. be-witiað, 1136; pret. sg. þegn . . . sē þe . . . ealle be-weotede
þegnes þearfe (_who would attend to all the needs of a thane_), 1797; draca
sē þe . . . hord be-weotode (_the drake that guarded a treasure_), 2213;--_to
carry out, undertake_: pres. pl. III. þā . . . oft be-witigað sorh-fulne sīð
on segl-rāde, 1429.

wicg, st. n. , _steed, riding-horse_: nom. sg. , 1401; acc. sg. wicg, 315;
dat. instr. sg. wicge, 234; on wicge, 286; acc. pl. wicg, 2175; gen. pl.
wicga, 1046.

ge-widor, st. n. , _storm, tempest_: acc. pl. lāð ge-widru (_loathly
weather_), 1376.

wið prep. w. dat. and acc. , with fundamental meanings of division and
opposition: 1) w. dat. , _against, with_ (in hostile sense), _from_: þā wið
gode wunnon, 113; āna (wan) wið eallum, 145; ymb feorh sacan, lāð wið
lāðum, 440; so, 426, 439, 550, 2372, 2521, 2522, 2561, 2840, 3005; þæt him
holt-wudu . . . helpan ne meahte, lind wið līge, 2342; hwæt . . . sēlest wǣre
wið fǣr-gryrum tō ge-fremmanne, 174; þæt him gāst-bona gēoce gefremede wið
þēod-þrēaum, 178; wið rihte wan (_strove against right_), 144; hæfde . . .
sele Hrōðgāres ge-nered wið nīðe (_had saved H. 's hall from strife_), 828;
(him dyrne langað . . . ) beorn wið blōde (_the hero longeth secretly contrary
to his blood_, i. e. H. feels a secret longing for the non-related Bēowulf),
1881; sundur ge-dǣlan līf wið līce (_to sunder soul from body_), 2424;
strēamas wundon sund wið sande (_the currents rolled the sea against the
sand_), 213; līg-ȳðum forborn bord wið ronde (rond, MS. ) (_with waves of
flame burnt the shield against, as far as, the rim_), 2674; holm storme
wēol, won wið winde (_the sea surged, wrestled with the wind_), 1133; so,
hiora in ānum wēoll sefa wið sorgum (_in one of them surged the soul with
sorrow_ [_against_? , Heyne]), 2601; þæt hire wið healse heard grāpode
(_that the sharp sword bit against her neck_), 1567. --2) w. acc. : a)
_against, towards_: wan wið Hrōðgār (_fought against H. _), 152; wið fēonda
gehwone, 294; wið wrāð werod, 319; so, 540, 1998, 2535; hine hālig god ūs
on-sende wið Grendles gryre, 384; þæt ic wið þone gūð-flogan gylp
ofer-sitte (_that I refrain from boastful speech against the
battle-flier_), 2529; ne wolde wið manna ge-hwone . . . feorh-bealo feorran
(_would not cease his life-plotting against any of the men_; or, _withdraw
life-bale from_, etc. ? or, _peace would not have with any man. . . , mortal
bale withdraw_? , Kemble), 155; ic þā lēode wāt gē wið fēond gē wið frēond
fæste geworhte (_towards foe and friend_), 1865; hēold hēah-lufan wið
hæleða brego (_cherished high love towards the prince of heroes_), 1955;
wið ord and wið ecge ingang forstōd (_prevented entrance to spear-point and
sword-edge_), 1550. b) _against, on, upon, in_: setton sīde scyldas . . . wið
þæs recedes weal (_against the wall of the hall_), 326; wið eorðan fæðm
(eardodon) (_in the bosom of the earth_), 3050; wið earm ge-sæt (_sat on,
against, his arm_), 750; so, stīð-mōd ge-stōd wið stēapne rond, 2567; [wið
duru healle ēode] (_went to the door of the hall_), 389; wið Hrefna-wudu
(_over against, near, H. _), 2926; wið his sylfes sunu setl ge-tǣhte
(_showed me to a seat with, near, beside, his own son_), 2014. c) _towards,
with_ (of contracting parties): þæt hīe healfre ge-weald wið Eotena bearn
āgan mōston (_that they power over half the hall with the Eotens' sons were
to possess_), 1089; þenden hē wið wulf wæl rēafode (_whilst with the wolf
he was robbing the slain_), 3028. --3) Alternately with dat. and acc. ,
_against_: nū wið Grendel sceal, wið þām āglǣcan, āna gehegan þing wið
þyrse, 424-426;--_with, beside_: ge-sæt þā wið sylfne. . . , mǣg wið mǣge,
1978-79.

wiðer-gyld, st. n. , _compensation_: nom. sg. , 2052, [proper name? ].

wiðer-ræhtes, adv. , _opposite, in front of_, 3040.

wiðre, st. n. , _resistance_: gen. sg. wiðres ne truwode, 2954.

wiht, st. f. : 1) _wight, creature, demon_: nom. sg. wiht unhǣlo (_the demon
of destruction_, Grendel), 120; acc. sg. syllīcran wiht (the dragon),
3039. --2) _thing, something, aught_: nom. sg. w. negative, nē hine wiht
dweleð (_nor does aught check him_), 1736; him wiht ne spēow (_it helped
him naught_), 2855; acc. sg. nē him þæs wyrmes wīg for wiht dyde (_nor did
he count the worm's warring for aught_), 2349; ne meahte ic . . . wiht
gewyrcan _(I could not do aught_ . . . ), 1661;--w. partitive gen. : nō . . .
wiht swylcra searo-niða, 581;--the acc. sg. = adv. like Germ. _nicht_: nē
hīe hūru wine-drihten wiht ne lōgon (_did not blame their friendly lord
aught_), 863; so, ne wiht = _naught, in no wise_, 1084, 2602, 2858; nō
wiht, 541; instr. sg. wihte (_in aught, in any way_), 1992; ne . . . wihte
(_by no means_), 186, 2278, 2688; wihte ne, 1515, 1996, 2465, 2924. --Comp. :
ā-wiht (āht = _aught_), æl-wiht, ō-wiht.

wil-cuma, w. m. , _one welcome_ (qui gratus advenit): nom. pl. wil-cuman
Denigea lēodum (_welcome to the people of the Danes_), 388; so, him (the
lord of the Danes) wil-cuman, 394; wil-cuman Wedera lēodum (_welcome to the
Gēatas_), 1895.

ge-wild, st. f. , _free-will_? dat. pl. nealles mid ge-weoldum (_sponte,
voluntarily_, Bugge), 2223.

wil-dēor (for wild-dēor), st. n. , _wild beast_: acc. pl. wil-dēor, 1431.

wil-gesīð, st. m. , _chosen_ or _willing companion_: nom. pl. -ge-sīðas, 23.

wil-geofa, w. m. , _ready giver_ (= voti largitor: princely designation),
_joy-giver_? : nom. sg. wil-geofa Wedra lēoda, 2901.

willa, w. m. : 1) _will, wish, desire, sake_: nom. sg. 627, 825; acc. sg.
willan, 636, 1740, 2308, 2410; instr. sg. ānes willan (_for the sake of
one_), 3078; so, 2590; dat. sg. tō willan, 1187, 1712; instr. pl. willum
(_according to wish_), 1822; sylfes willum, 2224, 2640; gen. pl. wilna,
1345.