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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. , 1441.

wundor-māððum, st. m. , _wonder-jewel, wonderful treasure_: acc. sg. , 2174.

wundor-smið, st. m. , _wonder-smith, skilled smith, worker of marvellous
things_: gen. pl. wundor-smiða geweorc (the ancient giant's sword), 1682.

wundor-sēon, st. f. , _wondrous sight_: gen. pl. wunder-sīona, 996.

wunian, w. v. : 1) _to stand, exist, remain_: pres. sg. III. þenden þǣr
wunað on hēah-stede hūsa sēlest (_as long as the best of houses stands
there on the high place_), 284; wunað hē on wiste (_lives in plenty_),
1736; inf. on sele wunian (_to remain in the hall_), 3129; pret. sg. wunode
mid Finne (_remained with F. _), 1129. --2) w. acc. or dat. , _to dwell in, to
inhabit, to possess_: pres. sg. III. wunað wæl-reste (_holds his
death-bed_), 2903; inf. wæter-egesan wunian scolde. . . , strēamas, 1261;
wīcum wunian, 3084; w. prep. : pres. sg. Higelāc þǣr æt hām wunað, 1924.

ge-wunian, w. acc. : 1) _to inhabit_: inf. ge-[wunian], 2276. --2) _to remain
with, stand by_: subj. pres. þæt hine on ylde eft ge-wunigen wil-ge-sīðas,
22.

wurðan. See weorðan.

wuton, v. from wītan, used as interj. , _let us go! up! _ w. inf. : wutun
gangan tō (_let us go to him! _), 2649; uton hraðe fēran! 1391; uton nū
efstan, 3102.

wylf, st. f. , _she-wolf_: in comp. brim-wylf.

wylm, st. m. , _surge, surf, billow_: num. sg. flōdes wylm, 1765; dat.
wintres wylme (_with winter's flood_), 516; acc. sg. þurh wæteres wylm,
1694; acc. pl. heortan wylmas, 2508. --Comp. : brēost-, brim-, byrne-, cear-,
fȳr-, heaðo-, holm-, sǣ-, sorh-wylm. See wælm.

wyn, st. f. , _pleasantness, pleasure, joy, enjoyment_: acc. sg. mǣste . . .
worolde wynne (_the highest earthly joy_), 1081; eorðan wynne (_earth-joy,
the delightful earth_), 1731; heofenes wynne (_heaven's joy_, the rising
sun), 1802; hearpan wynne (_harp-joy, the pleasant harp_), 2108; þæt hē . . .
ge-drogen hæfde eorðan wynne (_that he had had his earthly joy_), 2728;
dat. sg. weorod wæs on wynne, 2015; instr. pl. mægenes wynnum (_in joy of
strength_), 1717; so, 1888. --Comp. : ēðel-, hord-, līf-, lyft-, symbel-wyn.

wyn-lēas, adj. , _joyless_: acc. sg. wyn-lēasne wudu, 1417; wyn-lēas wīc,
822.

wyn-sum, adj. , _winsome, pleasant_: acc. sg. wudu wyn-suman (_the ship_),
1920; nom. pl. word wǣron wyn-sume, 613.

wyrcan, v. irreg. : 1) _to do, effect_, w. acc. : inf. (wundor) wyrcan,
931. --2) _to make, create_, w. acc. : pret. sg. þæt se æl-mihtiga eorðan
worh[te], 92; swā hine _(the helmet_) worhte wǣpna smið, 1453. --3) _to
gain, win, acquire_, w. gen. : subj. pres. wyrce, sē þe mōte, dōmes ǣr
dēaðe, 1388.

be-wyrcan, _to gird, surround_: pret. pl. bronda betost wealle be-worhton,
3163.

ge-wyrcan: 1) intrans. , _to act, behave_: inf. swā sceal geong guma gōde
gewyrcean . . . on fæder wine þæt . . . (_a young man shall so act with
benefits towards his father's friends that_ . . . ), 20. --2) w. acc. , _to do,
make, effect, perform_: inf. ne meahte ic æt hilde mid Hruntinge wiht
ge-wyrcan, 1661; sweorde ne meahte on þām āglǣcan . . . wunde ge-wyrcean,
2907; pret. sg. ge-worhte, 636, 1579, 2713; pret. part. acc. ic þā lēode
wāt . . . fæste ge-worhte. 1865. --3) _to make, construct_: inf. (medo-ærn)
ge-wyrcean, 69; (wīg-bord) ge-wyrcean, 2338; (hlǣw) ge-wyrcean, 2803; pret.
pl. II. ge-worhton, 3097; III. ge-worhton, 3158; pret. part. ge-worht,
1697. --4) _to win, acquire_: pres. sg. ic mē mid Hruntinge dōm ge-wyrce,
1492.

Wyrd, st. f. , _Weird_ (one of the Norns, guide of human destiny; mostly
weakened down = _fate, providence_): nom. sg. , 455, 477, 572, 735, 1206,
2421, 2527, 2575, 2815; acc. sg. wyrd, 1057, 1234; gen. pl. wyrda, 3031.
(Cf. Weird Sisters of Macbeth. )

wyrdan, w. v. , _to ruin, kill, destroy_: pret. sg. hē tō lange lēode mine
wanode and wyrde, 1338.

ā-wyrdan, w. v. , _to destroy, kill_: pret. part. : æðeling monig wundum
ā-wyrded, 1114.

wyrðe, adj. , _noble; worthy, honored, valued_: acc. sg. m. wyrðne (ge-dōn)
(_to esteem worthy_), 2186; nom. pl. wyrðe, 368; compar. nom. sg. rīces
wyrðra (_worthier of rule_), 862. --Comp. fyrd-wyrðe. See weorð.

wyrgen, st, f. , _throttler_ [cf. sphinx], _she-wolf_; in comp.
grund-wyrgen.

ge-wyrht, st. n. , _work; desert_; in comp. eald-gewyrht, 2658.

wyrm, st. m. , _worm, dragon, drake_: nom. sg. , 898, 2288, 2344, 2568, 2630,
2670, 2746, 2828; acc. sg. wyrm, 887, 892, 2706, 3040, 3133; dat. sg.
wyrme, 2308, 2520; gen. wyrmes, 2317, 2349, 2760, 2772, 2903; acc. pl.
wyrmas, 1431.

wyrm-cyn, st. m. , _worm-kin, race of reptiles, dragons_: gen. sg.
wyrm-cynnes fela, 1426.

wyrm-fāh, adj. , _dragon-ornamented, snake-adorned_ (ornamented with figures
of dragons, snakes, etc. : cf. Dietrich in Germania X. , 278): nom. sg.
sweord . . . wreoðen-hilt and wyrm-fāh, 1699.

wyrm-hord, st. n. , _dragon-hoard_: gen. pl. wyrm-horda, 2223.

for-wyrnan, w. v. , _to refuse, reject_: subj. pres. II. þæt þū mē nō
for-wyrne, þæt. . . (_that thou refuse me not that_. . . ), 429; pret. sg. hē ne
for-wyrnde worold-rǣdenne, 1143.

ge-wyrpan, w. v. reflex. , _to refresh one's self, recover_: pret. sg. hē
hyne ge-wyrpte, 2977.

wyrpe, st. m. , _change_: acc. sg. æfter wēa-spelle wyrpe ge-fremman (_after
the woe-spell to bring about a change of things_), 1316.

wyrsa, compar. adj. , _worse_: acc. sg. neut. þæt wyrse, 1740; instr. sg.
wyrsan wrixle, 2970; gen. sg. wyrsan geþinges, 525; nom. acc. pl. wyrsan
wīg-frecan, 1213, 2497.

wyrt, st. f. , [_-wort_], _root_: instr. pl. wudu wyrtum fæst, 1365.

wȳscan, w. v. , _to wish, desire_: pret. sg. wīscte (rihde, MS. ) þæs yldan
(_wished to delay that_ or _for this reason_, 2440, 1605(?