þæt hē
syððan
wæs .
Beowulf
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. , _sea-cliff_: acc. sg. ofer weall-clif, 3133.
weallian, w. v. , _to wander, rove about_: pres. part. in comp.
heoro-weallende, 2782.
weard, st. m. , _warden, guardian; owner_: nom. sg. weard Scyldinga (_the
Scyldings' warden of the march_), 229; weard, 286, 2240; se weard, sāwele
hyrde, 1742; the _king_ is called bēah-horda weard, 922; rīces weard, 1391;
folces weard, 2514; the _dragon_ is called weard, 3061; weard un-hīore,
2414; beorges weard, 2581; acc. sg, weard, 669; (dragon), 2842; beorges
weard (dragon), 2525, 3067. --Comp. : bāt-, ēðel-, gold-, hēafod-, hord-,
hȳð-, land-, rēn-, sele-, yrfe-weard.
weard, st. m. , _possession_ (Dietrich in Haupt XI. , 415): in comp.
eorð-weard, 2335.
weard, st. f. , _watch, ward_: acc. sg. wearde healdan, 319; wearde hēold,
305. --Comp. ǣg-weard.
weard, adj. , _-ward_: in comp. and-, innan-, ūt-weard, 1288, etc.
weardian, w. v. w. acc. : 1) _to watch, guard, keep_: inf. hē his folme
forlēt tō līf-wraðe, lāst weardian (_Grendel left his hand behind as a
life-saver, to guard his track_ [Kemble]), 972; pret. sg. him sīo swīðre
swaðe weardade hand on Hiorte (_his right hand kept guard for him in H. _,
i. e. showed that he had been there), 2099; sg. for pl. hȳrde ic þæt þām
frætwum fēower mēaras lungre gelīce last weardode (_I heard that four
horses, quite alike, followed in the traces of the armor_), 2165. --2) _to
hold, possess, inhabit_: pret. sg. fīfel-cynnes eard . . . weardode (_dwelt
in the abode of the sea-fiends_), 105; reced weardode un-rīm eorla (_an
immense number of earls held the hall_), 1238; pl. þǣr wē gesunde sæl
weardodon, 2076.
wearh, st. m. , _the accursed one; wolf_: in comp. heoro-wearg, 1268.
wearn, st. f. : 1) _resistance, refusal_, 366. --2) _warning? , resistance? _
See un-wearnum, 742.
weaxan, st. v. , _to wax, grow_: pres. sg. III. oð þæt him on innan
ofer-hygda dǣl weaxeð (_till within him pride waxeth_), 1742; inf. weaxan,
3116; pret. sg. wēox, 8.
ge-weaxan, _to grow up_: pret. sg. oft þæt sēo geogoð ge-wēox, 66.
ge-weaxan to, _to grow to_ or _for something_: pret. sg. ne ge-wēox hē him
to willan (_grew not for their benefit_), 1712.
wēa, w. m. , _woe, evil, misfortune_: nom. sg. , 937; acc. sg. wean, 191,
423, 1207, 1992, 2293, 2938; gen. pl. wēana, 148, 934, 1151, 1397.
wēa-lāf, st. f. , _wretched remnant_: acc. pl. þā wēa-lāfe (_the wretched
remnant_, i. e. 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.
