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wǣg-bora, w. m. , _wave-bearer, swimmer_ (bearing or propelling the waves
before him): nom. sg. wundorlīc wǣg-bora (of a sea-monster), 1441.

wǣg-flota, w. m. , _sea-sailer, ship_: acc. sg. wēg-flotan, 1908.

wǣg-holm, st. m. , _the wave-filled sea_: acc. sg. ofer wǣg-holm, 217.

wǣge, st. n. , _cup, can_: acc. sg. fǣted wǣge, 2254, 2283. --Comp. : ealo-,
līð-wǣge.

wǣg-līðend, pres. part. , _sea-farer_: dat. pl. wǣg-līðendum (et līðendum,
MS. ), 3160.

wǣg-sweord, st. n. , _heavy sword_: acc. sg. , 1490.

wǣn, st. m. , _wain, wagon_: acc. sg. on wǣn, 3135.

wǣpen, st. n. , _weapon; sword_: nom. sg. , 1661; acc. sg. wǣpen, 686, 1574,
2520, 2688; instr. wǣpne, 1665, 2966; gen. wǣpnes, 1468; acc. pl. wǣpen,
292; dat. pl. wǣpnum, 250, 331, 2039, 2396. --Comp. : hilde-, sige-wǣpen.

wǣpned-man, st. m. , _warrior, man_: dat. sg. wǣpned-men, 1285.

wǣr, st. f. , _covenant, treaty_: acc. sg. wǣre, 1101;--_protection, care_:
dat. sg. on frēan (on þæs waldendes) wǣre (_into God's protection_), 27,
3110. --Comp. : frioðo-wǣr.

wǣsma, w. m. , _fierce strength, war-strength_: in comp. here-wǣsma, 678.

wē, pers. pron. , _we_, 942, 959, 1327, 1653, 1819, 1820, etc.

web, st. n. , _woven work, tapestry_:, nom. pl. web, 996.

webbe, w. f. , _webster, female weaver_: in comp. freoðu-webbe.

weccan, weccean, w. v. w. acc. , _to wake, rouse; recall_: inf. wīg-bealu
weccan (_to stir up strife_), 2047; nalles hearpan swēg (sceal) wīgend
weccean (_the sound of the harp shall not wake up the warriors_), 3025;
ongunnon þā . . . bǣl-fȳra mǣst wīgend weccan (_the warriors then began to
start the mightiest of funeral pyres_), 3145; pret. sg. wehte hine wætre
(_roused him with water_, i. e. Wīglāf recalled Bēowulf to consciousness),
2855.

tō-weccan, _to stir up, rouse_: pret, pl. hū þā folc mid him (_with one
another_), fǣhðe tō-wehton, 2949.

wed, st. n. , (cf. wed-ding), _pledge_: dat. sg. hyldo tō wedde (_as a
pledge of his favor_), 2999.

weder, st. n. , _weather_: acc. pl. wuldor-torhtan weder, 1137; gen. pl.
wedera cealdost, 546.

ge-wef, st. n. , _woof, weaving_: acc. pl. wīg-spēda ge-wiofu (_the woof of
war-speed_: the battle-woof woven for weal or woe by the Walkyries; cf.
Njals-saga, 158), 698.

weg, st. m. , _way_: acc. sg. on weg (_away, off_), 264, 764, 845, 1431,
2097; gyf þū on weg cymest (_if thou comest off safe_, i. e. from the battle
with Grendel's mother), 1383. --Comp. : feor-, fold-, forð-, wīd-weg.

wegan, st. v. w. acc. , _to bear, wear, bring, possess_: subj. pres. nāh hwā
sweord wege (_I have none that may bear the sword_), 2253; inf. nalles
(sceal) eorl wegan māððum tō ge-myndum (_no earl shall wear a memorial
jewel_), 3016; pret. ind. hē þā frætwe wæg . . . ofer ȳða ful (_bore the
jewels over the goblet of the waves_), 1208; wæl-seaxe . . . þæt hē on byrnan
wæg, 2705; heortan sorge wæg (_bore heart's sorrow_); so, 152, 1778, 1932,
2781.

æt-wegan = _auferre, to carry off_: syððan Hāma æt-wæg tō þǣre byrhtan
byrig Brōsinga mene (_since H. bore from the bright city the
Brōsing-collar_), 1199.

ge-wegan (O. N. wega), _to fight_: inf. þē hē wið þām wyrme ge-wegan
sceolde, 2401.

wēl, well, adv. : 1) _well_: wēl bið þǣm þe . . . (_well for him that . . . ! _),
186; sē þe wēl þenceð (_he that well thinketh, judgeth_), 289; so, 640,
1046, 1822, 1834, 1952, 2602; well, 2163, 2813. --2) _very, very much_: Gēat
ungemetes wēl . . . restan lyste (_the Geat longed sorely to rest_),
1793. --3) _indeed, to be sure_, 2571, 2856.

wela, w. m. , _wealth, goods, possessions_: in comp. ǣr-, burg-, hord-,
māððum-wela.

wēl-hwylc, indef. pron. , = quivis, _any you please, any_ (each, all): gen.
pl. wēl-hwylcra wilna, 1345; w. partitive gen. : nom. sg. witena wēl-hwylc,
266;--substantively: acc. neut. wēl-hwylc, 875.

welig, adj. , _wealthy, rich_: acc. sg. wīc-stede weligne Wǣgmundinga, 2608.

wēl-þungen, pres. part. , _well-thriven_ (in mind), _mature, high-minded_:
nom. sg. Hygd (wæs) swīðe geong, wīs, wēl-þungen, 1928.

wenian, w. v. , _to accustom, attract, honor_: subj. pret. þæt . . .
Folcwaldan sunu . . . Hengestes hēap hringum wenede (_sh. honor_), 1092.

be-(bi-)wenian, _entertain, care for, attend_: pret. sg.
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.