drihtlīce
wīf (Finn's
wife), 1159; instr.
wife), 1159; instr.
Beowulf
, fundamental meaning = _existentia_, hence: 1) _good
condition, happiness, abundance_: dat. sg. wunað hē on wiste, 1736. --2)
_food, subsistence, booty_: dat. sg. þā wæs æfter wiste wōp up ā-hafen (_a
cry was then uplifted after the meal_, i. e. Grendel's meal of thirty men),
128.
wist-fyllo, st. f. , _fulness_ or _fill of food, rich meal_: gen. sg.
wist-fylle, 735.
wit, st. n. , (wit), _understanding_: nom. sg. , 590. --Comp. : fyr-, in-wit.
ge-wit, st. n. : 1) _consciousness_. dat. sg. ge-wēold his ge-witte,
2704. --2) _heart, breast_: dat. sg. fȳr unswīðor wēoll (_the fire surged
less strongly from the dragon's breast_), 2883.
wit, pers. pron. dual of wē, _we two_, 535, 537, 539, 540, 544, 1187, etc.
See unc, uncer.
wita, weota, w. m. , _counsellor, royal adviser_; pl. , _the king's council
of nobles_: nom. pl. witan, 779: gen. pl. witena, 157, 266, 937 weotena,
1099. --Comp. : fyrn-, rūn-wita.
witan, pret. -pres. v. , _to wot, know_. 1) w. depend, clause: pres. sg. I. ,
III. wāt, 1332, 2657; ic on Higelāce wāt þæt hē . . . (_I know as to H. , that
he_ . . . ), 1831; so, god wāt on mec þæt . . . (_God knows of me, that_ . . . ),
2651; sg. II. þū wāst, 272; weak pret. sg. I. , III. wiste, 822; wisse,
2340, 2726; pl. wiston, 799, 1605; subj. pres. I. gif ic wiste, 2520. --2)
w. acc. and inf. : pres. sg. I. ic wāt, 1864. --3) w. object, predicative
part, or adj. : pret. sg. III. tō þæs hē win-reced . . . gearwost wisse,
fǣttum fāhne, 716; so, 1310; wiste þǣm āhlǣcan hilde ge-binged, 647. --4) w.
acc. , _to know_: inf. witan, 252, 288; pret. sg. wisse, 169; wiste his
fingra ge-weald on grames grāpum, 765; pl. II. wisson, 246; wiston, 181.
nāt = ne + wāt, _I know not_: 1) elliptically with hwylc, indef. pronoun =
_some or other_: sceaða ic nāt hwylc. --2) w. gen. and depend. clause: nāt
hē þāra gōda, þæt hē mē on-gēan slēa, 682.
ge-witan, _to know, perceive_: inf. þæs þe hīe gewis-līcost ge-witan
meahton, 1351.
be-witian. See be-weotian.
wītig, adj. , _wise, sagacious_: nom. sg. wītig god, 686, 1057; wītig
drihten (God), 1555; wittig drihten, 1842.
ge-wittig, adj. , _conscious_: nom. sg. 3095.
ge-wītnian, w. v. , _to chastise, punish_: wommum gewītnad (_punished with
plagues_), 3074.
wīc, st. n. , _dwelling, house_: acc. sg. wīc, 822, 2590;--often in pl.
because houses of nobles were complex: dat. wīcum, 1305, 1613, 3084; gen.
wīca, 125, 1126.
ge-wīcan, st. v. , _to soften, give way, yield_ (here chiefly of swords):
pret. sg. ge-wāc, 2578, 2630.
wīc-stede, st. m. , _dwelling-place_: nom. sg. 2463; acc. sg. wīc-stede,
2608.
wīd, adj. , _wide, extended_: 1) space: acc. sg. neut. ofer wīd wæter, 2474;
gen. sg. wīdan rīces, 1860; acc. pl. wīde sīðas, waroðas, 878, 1966. --2)
temporal: acc. sg. wīdan feorh (acc. of time), 2015; dat. sg. tō wīdan
feore, 934.
wīde, adv. , _widely, afar_, 18, 74, 79, 266, 1404, 1589, 1960, etc. ; wīde
cūð (_widely, universally, known_), 2136, 2924; so, underne wīde, 2914;
wīde geond eorðan (_over the whole earth, widely_), 3100;--modifier of
superl. : wreccena wīde mǣrost (_the most famous of wanderers, exiles_),
899. --Compar. wīdre, 764.
wīd-cūð, adj. , _widely known, very celebrated_: nom. sg. neut. , 1257; acc.
sg. m. wīd-cūðne man (Bēowulf), 1490; wīd-cūðne wēan, 1992; wīd-cūðes
(Hrōðgār), 1043.
wīde-ferhð, st. m. n. , (_long life_), _great length of time_: acc. sg. as
acc. of time: wīde-ferhð (_down to distant times, always_), 703, 938; ealne
wīde-ferhð, 1223.
wīd-floga, w. m. , _wide-flier_ (of the dragon): nom. sg. , 2831; acc. sg.
wīd-flogan, 2347.
wīd-scofen, pret. part. , _wide-spread_? _causing fear far and wide_? 937.
wīd-weg, st. m. , _wide way, long journey_: acc. pl. wīd-wegas, 841, 1705.
wīf, st. n. , _woman, lady, wife_: nom. sg. frēo-līc wīf (Queen Wealhþēow),
616; wīf un-hȳre (Grendel's mother), 2121; acc. sg.
drihtlīce wīf (Finn's
wife), 1159; instr. sg. mid þȳ wīfe (Hrōðgār's daughter, Frēawaru), 2029;
dat. sg. þām wīfe (Wealhþēow), 640; gen. sg. wīfes (as opposed to _man_),
1285; gen. pl. wera and wīfa, 994. --Comp. : āglǣc-, mere-wīf.
wīf-lufe, w. f. , _wife-love, love for a wife, woman's love_: nom. pl.
wīf-lufan, 2066.
wīg, st. m. : 1) _war, battle_: nom. sg. , 23, 1081, 2317, 2873; acc. sg. ,
686, 1084, 1248; dat. sg. wīge, wigge, 1338, 2630, 1657, 1771; as instr. ,
1085; ; gen. sg. wīges, 65, 887, 1269. --2) _valor, warlike prowess_: nom.
sg. wæs his mōd-sefa manegum ge-cȳðed, wīg and wīsdōm, 350; wīg, 1043; wīg
. . . eafoð and ellen, 2349; gen. sg. wīges, 2324. --Comp. fēðe-wīg.
wiga, w. m. , _warrior, fighter_: nom. sg. , 630; dat. pl. wigum, 2396; gen.
pl. wigena, 1544, 1560, 3116. --Comp. : æsc-, byrn-, gār-, gūð-, lind-,
rand-, scyld-wiga.
wīgan, st. v. , _to fight_: pres. sg. III. wīgeð, 600; inf. , 2510.
wīgend, pres. part. , _fighter, warrior_: nom. sg. , 3100; nom. pl. wīgend,
1126, 1815, 3145; acc. pl. wīgend, 3025; gen. pl. wīgendra, 429, 900, 1973,
2338. --Comp. gārwīgend.
wīg-bealu, st. n. , _war-bale, evil contest_: acc. sg. , 2047.
wīg-bil, st. n. , _war-bill, battle-sword_: nom. sg. , 1608.
wīg-bord, st. n. , _war-board_ or _shield_: acc. sg. , 2340.
wīg-cræft, st. m. , _war-power_: acc. sg. , 2954.
wīg-cræftig, adj. , _vigorous in fight, strong in war_: acc. sg.
wīg-cræftigne (of the sword Hrunting), 1812.
wīg-freca, w. m. , _war-wolf, war-hero_: acc. sg. wīg-frecan, 2497; nom. pl.
wīg-frecan, 1213.
wīg-fruma, w. m. , _war-chief_ or _king_: nom. sg. , 665; acc. sg.
wīg-fruman, 2262.
wīg-geatwe, st. f. pl. , _war-ornaments, war-gear_: dat. pl. on wīg-geatwum
(-getawum, MS. ), 368.
wīg-ge-weorðad, pret. part. , _war-honored, distinguished in war_, 1784? See
Note.
wīg-gryre, st. m. , _war-horror_ or _terror_: nom. sg. , 1285.
wīg-hete, st. m. , _war-hate, hostility_: nom. sg. , 2121.
wīg-heafola, w. m. , _war head-piece, helmet_: acc. sg. wīg-heafolan,
2662. --Leo.
wīg-hēap, st. m. , _war-band_: nom sg. , 447.
wīg-hryre, st. m. , _war-ruin, slaughter, carnage_: acc. sg. , 1620.
wīg-sigor, st. m. , _war-victory_: acc. sg. , 1555.
wīg-sped, st. f. ? , _war-speed, success in war_: gen. pl. wīg-spēda, 698.
wīg-weorðung, st. f. , _idol-worship, idolatry, sacrifice to idols_: acc.
pl. -weorðunga, 176.
wīn, st. n. , _wine_: acc. sg. , 1163, 1234; instr. wīne, 1468.
wīr, st. n. , _wire, spiral ornament of wire_: instr. pl. wīrum, 1032; gen.
pl. wīra, 2414.
wīs, adj. , _wise, experienced, discreet_: nom. sg. m. wīs (_in his mind,
conscious_), 3095; f. wīs, 1928; in w. form, se wīsa, 1401, 1699, 2330;
acc. sg. þone wīsan, 1319; gen. pl. wīsra, 1414; w. gen. nom. sg. wīs
wordcwida (_wise of speech_), 1846.
wīsa, w. m. , _guide, leader_: nom. sg. werodes wīsa, 259. --Comp. : brim-,
here-, hilde-wīsa.
wīscte. See wȳscan.
wīs-dōm, st. m. , _wisdom, experience_: nom. sg. , 350; instr.
condition, happiness, abundance_: dat. sg. wunað hē on wiste, 1736. --2)
_food, subsistence, booty_: dat. sg. þā wæs æfter wiste wōp up ā-hafen (_a
cry was then uplifted after the meal_, i. e. Grendel's meal of thirty men),
128.
wist-fyllo, st. f. , _fulness_ or _fill of food, rich meal_: gen. sg.
wist-fylle, 735.
wit, st. n. , (wit), _understanding_: nom. sg. , 590. --Comp. : fyr-, in-wit.
ge-wit, st. n. : 1) _consciousness_. dat. sg. ge-wēold his ge-witte,
2704. --2) _heart, breast_: dat. sg. fȳr unswīðor wēoll (_the fire surged
less strongly from the dragon's breast_), 2883.
wit, pers. pron. dual of wē, _we two_, 535, 537, 539, 540, 544, 1187, etc.
See unc, uncer.
wita, weota, w. m. , _counsellor, royal adviser_; pl. , _the king's council
of nobles_: nom. pl. witan, 779: gen. pl. witena, 157, 266, 937 weotena,
1099. --Comp. : fyrn-, rūn-wita.
witan, pret. -pres. v. , _to wot, know_. 1) w. depend, clause: pres. sg. I. ,
III. wāt, 1332, 2657; ic on Higelāce wāt þæt hē . . . (_I know as to H. , that
he_ . . . ), 1831; so, god wāt on mec þæt . . . (_God knows of me, that_ . . . ),
2651; sg. II. þū wāst, 272; weak pret. sg. I. , III. wiste, 822; wisse,
2340, 2726; pl. wiston, 799, 1605; subj. pres. I. gif ic wiste, 2520. --2)
w. acc. and inf. : pres. sg. I. ic wāt, 1864. --3) w. object, predicative
part, or adj. : pret. sg. III. tō þæs hē win-reced . . . gearwost wisse,
fǣttum fāhne, 716; so, 1310; wiste þǣm āhlǣcan hilde ge-binged, 647. --4) w.
acc. , _to know_: inf. witan, 252, 288; pret. sg. wisse, 169; wiste his
fingra ge-weald on grames grāpum, 765; pl. II. wisson, 246; wiston, 181.
nāt = ne + wāt, _I know not_: 1) elliptically with hwylc, indef. pronoun =
_some or other_: sceaða ic nāt hwylc. --2) w. gen. and depend. clause: nāt
hē þāra gōda, þæt hē mē on-gēan slēa, 682.
ge-witan, _to know, perceive_: inf. þæs þe hīe gewis-līcost ge-witan
meahton, 1351.
be-witian. See be-weotian.
wītig, adj. , _wise, sagacious_: nom. sg. wītig god, 686, 1057; wītig
drihten (God), 1555; wittig drihten, 1842.
ge-wittig, adj. , _conscious_: nom. sg. 3095.
ge-wītnian, w. v. , _to chastise, punish_: wommum gewītnad (_punished with
plagues_), 3074.
wīc, st. n. , _dwelling, house_: acc. sg. wīc, 822, 2590;--often in pl.
because houses of nobles were complex: dat. wīcum, 1305, 1613, 3084; gen.
wīca, 125, 1126.
ge-wīcan, st. v. , _to soften, give way, yield_ (here chiefly of swords):
pret. sg. ge-wāc, 2578, 2630.
wīc-stede, st. m. , _dwelling-place_: nom. sg. 2463; acc. sg. wīc-stede,
2608.
wīd, adj. , _wide, extended_: 1) space: acc. sg. neut. ofer wīd wæter, 2474;
gen. sg. wīdan rīces, 1860; acc. pl. wīde sīðas, waroðas, 878, 1966. --2)
temporal: acc. sg. wīdan feorh (acc. of time), 2015; dat. sg. tō wīdan
feore, 934.
wīde, adv. , _widely, afar_, 18, 74, 79, 266, 1404, 1589, 1960, etc. ; wīde
cūð (_widely, universally, known_), 2136, 2924; so, underne wīde, 2914;
wīde geond eorðan (_over the whole earth, widely_), 3100;--modifier of
superl. : wreccena wīde mǣrost (_the most famous of wanderers, exiles_),
899. --Compar. wīdre, 764.
wīd-cūð, adj. , _widely known, very celebrated_: nom. sg. neut. , 1257; acc.
sg. m. wīd-cūðne man (Bēowulf), 1490; wīd-cūðne wēan, 1992; wīd-cūðes
(Hrōðgār), 1043.
wīde-ferhð, st. m. n. , (_long life_), _great length of time_: acc. sg. as
acc. of time: wīde-ferhð (_down to distant times, always_), 703, 938; ealne
wīde-ferhð, 1223.
wīd-floga, w. m. , _wide-flier_ (of the dragon): nom. sg. , 2831; acc. sg.
wīd-flogan, 2347.
wīd-scofen, pret. part. , _wide-spread_? _causing fear far and wide_? 937.
wīd-weg, st. m. , _wide way, long journey_: acc. pl. wīd-wegas, 841, 1705.
wīf, st. n. , _woman, lady, wife_: nom. sg. frēo-līc wīf (Queen Wealhþēow),
616; wīf un-hȳre (Grendel's mother), 2121; acc. sg.
drihtlīce wīf (Finn's
wife), 1159; instr. sg. mid þȳ wīfe (Hrōðgār's daughter, Frēawaru), 2029;
dat. sg. þām wīfe (Wealhþēow), 640; gen. sg. wīfes (as opposed to _man_),
1285; gen. pl. wera and wīfa, 994. --Comp. : āglǣc-, mere-wīf.
wīf-lufe, w. f. , _wife-love, love for a wife, woman's love_: nom. pl.
wīf-lufan, 2066.
wīg, st. m. : 1) _war, battle_: nom. sg. , 23, 1081, 2317, 2873; acc. sg. ,
686, 1084, 1248; dat. sg. wīge, wigge, 1338, 2630, 1657, 1771; as instr. ,
1085; ; gen. sg. wīges, 65, 887, 1269. --2) _valor, warlike prowess_: nom.
sg. wæs his mōd-sefa manegum ge-cȳðed, wīg and wīsdōm, 350; wīg, 1043; wīg
. . . eafoð and ellen, 2349; gen. sg. wīges, 2324. --Comp. fēðe-wīg.
wiga, w. m. , _warrior, fighter_: nom. sg. , 630; dat. pl. wigum, 2396; gen.
pl. wigena, 1544, 1560, 3116. --Comp. : æsc-, byrn-, gār-, gūð-, lind-,
rand-, scyld-wiga.
wīgan, st. v. , _to fight_: pres. sg. III. wīgeð, 600; inf. , 2510.
wīgend, pres. part. , _fighter, warrior_: nom. sg. , 3100; nom. pl. wīgend,
1126, 1815, 3145; acc. pl. wīgend, 3025; gen. pl. wīgendra, 429, 900, 1973,
2338. --Comp. gārwīgend.
wīg-bealu, st. n. , _war-bale, evil contest_: acc. sg. , 2047.
wīg-bil, st. n. , _war-bill, battle-sword_: nom. sg. , 1608.
wīg-bord, st. n. , _war-board_ or _shield_: acc. sg. , 2340.
wīg-cræft, st. m. , _war-power_: acc. sg. , 2954.
wīg-cræftig, adj. , _vigorous in fight, strong in war_: acc. sg.
wīg-cræftigne (of the sword Hrunting), 1812.
wīg-freca, w. m. , _war-wolf, war-hero_: acc. sg. wīg-frecan, 2497; nom. pl.
wīg-frecan, 1213.
wīg-fruma, w. m. , _war-chief_ or _king_: nom. sg. , 665; acc. sg.
wīg-fruman, 2262.
wīg-geatwe, st. f. pl. , _war-ornaments, war-gear_: dat. pl. on wīg-geatwum
(-getawum, MS. ), 368.
wīg-ge-weorðad, pret. part. , _war-honored, distinguished in war_, 1784? See
Note.
wīg-gryre, st. m. , _war-horror_ or _terror_: nom. sg. , 1285.
wīg-hete, st. m. , _war-hate, hostility_: nom. sg. , 2121.
wīg-heafola, w. m. , _war head-piece, helmet_: acc. sg. wīg-heafolan,
2662. --Leo.
wīg-hēap, st. m. , _war-band_: nom sg. , 447.
wīg-hryre, st. m. , _war-ruin, slaughter, carnage_: acc. sg. , 1620.
wīg-sigor, st. m. , _war-victory_: acc. sg. , 1555.
wīg-sped, st. f. ? , _war-speed, success in war_: gen. pl. wīg-spēda, 698.
wīg-weorðung, st. f. , _idol-worship, idolatry, sacrifice to idols_: acc.
pl. -weorðunga, 176.
wīn, st. n. , _wine_: acc. sg. , 1163, 1234; instr. wīne, 1468.
wīr, st. n. , _wire, spiral ornament of wire_: instr. pl. wīrum, 1032; gen.
pl. wīra, 2414.
wīs, adj. , _wise, experienced, discreet_: nom. sg. m. wīs (_in his mind,
conscious_), 3095; f. wīs, 1928; in w. form, se wīsa, 1401, 1699, 2330;
acc. sg. þone wīsan, 1319; gen. pl. wīsra, 1414; w. gen. nom. sg. wīs
wordcwida (_wise of speech_), 1846.
wīsa, w. m. , _guide, leader_: nom. sg. werodes wīsa, 259. --Comp. : brim-,
here-, hilde-wīsa.
wīscte. See wȳscan.
wīs-dōm, st. m. , _wisdom, experience_: nom. sg. , 350; instr.
