, _wise,
sagacious_
(sapientiā firmus): nom.
Beowulf
: 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. sg. wīs-dōme,
1960.
wīse, w. f. , _fashion, wise, custom_: acc. sg. (instr. ) ealde wīsan (_after
ancient custom_), 1866.
wīs-fæst, adj.
, _wise, sagacious_ (sapientiā firmus): nom. sg. f. , 627.
wīs-hycgende, pres. part. _wise-thinking, wise_, 2717.
wīsian, w. v. , _to guide_ or _lead to, direct, point out_: 1) w. acc. : inf.
hēan wong wīsian, 2410; pret. sg. secg wīsade land-gemyrcu, 208. --2) w.
dat. : pres. sg. I. ic ēow wīsige (_I shall guide you_), 292, 3104; pret.
sg. sē þǣm heaðo-rincum hider wīsade, 370; sōna him sele-þegn . . . forð
wīsade _(the hall-thane led him thither forthwith_, i. e. to his couch),
1796; stīg wīsode gumum æt-gædere, 320; so, 1664. --3) w. prep. ? : pret. sg.
þā secg wīsode under Heorotes hrōf (_when the warrior showed them the way
under Heorot's roof_, [but under H. 's hrōf depends rather on snyredon
ætsomne]), 402.
wītan, st. v. , properly _to look at; to look at with censure, to blame,
reproach, accuse_, w. dat. of pers. and acc. of thing: inf. for-þām mē
wītan ne þearf waldend fīra morðor-bealo māga, 2742.
æt-wītan, _to blame, censure_ (cf. 'twit), w. acc. of thing: pret. pl.
æt-witon wēana dǣl, 1151.
ge-wītan, properly _spectare aliquo; to go_ (most general verb of motion):
1) with inf. after verbs of motion: pret. sg. þanon eft ge-wāt . . . tō hām
faran, 123; so, 2570; pl. þanon eft gewiton . . . mēarum rīdan, 854.
Sometimes with reflex, dat. : pres. sg. him þā Scyld ge-wāt . . . fēran on
frēan wǣre, 26; gewāt him . . . rīdan, 234; so, 1964; pl. ge-witon, 301. --2)
associated with general infinitives of motion and aim: imper. pl. ge-wītað
forð beran wǣpen and gewǣdu, 291; pret. sg. ge-wāt þā nēosian hēan hūses,
115; hē þā fāg ge-wāt . . . man-drēam flēon, 1264; nyðer eft gewāt dennes
nīosian, 3045; so, 1275, 2402, 2820. So, with reflex, dat. : him eft gewāt
. . . hāmes nīosan, 2388; so, 2950; pl. ge-witon, 1126. --3) without inf. and
with prep, or adv. : pres. sg. III. þǣr firgen-strēam under næssa genipu
niðer ge-wīteð, 1361; ge-wīteð on sealman, 2461; inf. on flōdes ǣht feor
ge-wītan, 42; pret. sg. ge-wāt, 217; him ge-wāt, 1237, 1904; of līfe,
ealdre ge-wāt (_died_), 2472, 2625; fyrst forð ge-wāt (_time went on_),
210; him ge-wāt ūt of healle, 663; ge-wāt him hām, 1602; pret. part. dat.
sg. mē forð-ge-witenum (_me defuncto, I dead_), 1480.
oð-wītan, _to blame, censure, reproach_: inf. ne þorfte him þā lēan
oð-wītan mon on middan-gearde, 2997.
wlanc, wlonc, adj. , _proud, exulting_: nom. sg. wlanc, 341; w. instr. ǣse
wlanc (_proud of, exulting in, her prey, meal_), 1333; wlonc, 331; w. gen.
māðm-ǣhta wlonc (_proud of the treasures_), 2834; gen. sg. wlonces,
2954. --Comp. gold-wlanc.
wlātian, w. v. , _to look_ or _gaze out, forth_: pret. sg. sē þe ǣr . . . feor
wlātode, 1917.
wlenco, st. f. , _pride, heroism_: dat. sg. wlenco, 338, 1207; wlence, 508.
wlite, st. m. _form, noble form, look, beauty_: nom. sg. , 250.
wlite-beorht, adj. , _beauteous, brilliant in aspect_: acc. sg.
wlite-beorhtne wang, 93.
wlite-sēon, st. n. f. , _sight, spectacle_: acc. sg. , 1651.
wlitig, adj. , _beautiful, glorious, fair in form_: acc. sg. wlitig
(sweord), 1663.
wlītan, st. v. , _to see, look, gaze_: pret. sg. hē æfter recede wlāt
(_looked along the hall_), 1573; pret. pl. on holm wliton (_looked on the
sea_), 1593; wlitan on Wīglāf, 2853.
geond-wlītan, w. acc. , _to examine, look through, scan_: inf. wrǣte
giond-wlītan, 2772.
wōh-bogen, pret. part. , (_bent crooked), crooked, twisted_: nom. sg. wyrm
wōh-bogen, 2828.
wolcen, st. n. m. , _cloud_ (cf. welkin): dat. pl. under wolcnum (_under the
clouds, on earth_), 8, 652, 715, 1771; tō wolcnum, 1120, 1375.
wollen-tēar, adj. , _tear-flowing, with flowing tears_: nom. pl.
wollen-tēare, 3033.
wom. See wam.
won. See wan.
worc. See weorc.
word, st. n. : 1) _word, speech_: nom. sg. , 2818; acc. sg. þæt word, 655,
2047; word, 315, 341, 390, 871, 2552; instr. sg. worde, 2157; gen. sg.
wordes, 2792; nom. pl. þā word, 640; word, 613; acc. pl. word (of an
alliterative song), 871; instr. pl, wordum, 176, 366, 627, 875, 1101, 1173,
1194, 1319, 1812, etc. ; ge-saga him wordum (_tell them in words,
expressly_), 388. The instr. wordum accompanies biddan, þancian, be-wægnan,
secgan, hērgan, to emphasize the verb, 176, 627, 1194, 2796, 3177; gen. pl.
worda, 289, 398, 2247, 2263(? ), 3031. --2) _command, order_: gen. sg.
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. sg. wīs-dōme,
1960.
wīse, w. f. , _fashion, wise, custom_: acc. sg. (instr. ) ealde wīsan (_after
ancient custom_), 1866.
wīs-fæst, adj.
, _wise, sagacious_ (sapientiā firmus): nom. sg. f. , 627.
wīs-hycgende, pres. part. _wise-thinking, wise_, 2717.
wīsian, w. v. , _to guide_ or _lead to, direct, point out_: 1) w. acc. : inf.
hēan wong wīsian, 2410; pret. sg. secg wīsade land-gemyrcu, 208. --2) w.
dat. : pres. sg. I. ic ēow wīsige (_I shall guide you_), 292, 3104; pret.
sg. sē þǣm heaðo-rincum hider wīsade, 370; sōna him sele-þegn . . . forð
wīsade _(the hall-thane led him thither forthwith_, i. e. to his couch),
1796; stīg wīsode gumum æt-gædere, 320; so, 1664. --3) w. prep. ? : pret. sg.
þā secg wīsode under Heorotes hrōf (_when the warrior showed them the way
under Heorot's roof_, [but under H. 's hrōf depends rather on snyredon
ætsomne]), 402.
wītan, st. v. , properly _to look at; to look at with censure, to blame,
reproach, accuse_, w. dat. of pers. and acc. of thing: inf. for-þām mē
wītan ne þearf waldend fīra morðor-bealo māga, 2742.
æt-wītan, _to blame, censure_ (cf. 'twit), w. acc. of thing: pret. pl.
æt-witon wēana dǣl, 1151.
ge-wītan, properly _spectare aliquo; to go_ (most general verb of motion):
1) with inf. after verbs of motion: pret. sg. þanon eft ge-wāt . . . tō hām
faran, 123; so, 2570; pl. þanon eft gewiton . . . mēarum rīdan, 854.
Sometimes with reflex, dat. : pres. sg. him þā Scyld ge-wāt . . . fēran on
frēan wǣre, 26; gewāt him . . . rīdan, 234; so, 1964; pl. ge-witon, 301. --2)
associated with general infinitives of motion and aim: imper. pl. ge-wītað
forð beran wǣpen and gewǣdu, 291; pret. sg. ge-wāt þā nēosian hēan hūses,
115; hē þā fāg ge-wāt . . . man-drēam flēon, 1264; nyðer eft gewāt dennes
nīosian, 3045; so, 1275, 2402, 2820. So, with reflex, dat. : him eft gewāt
. . . hāmes nīosan, 2388; so, 2950; pl. ge-witon, 1126. --3) without inf. and
with prep, or adv. : pres. sg. III. þǣr firgen-strēam under næssa genipu
niðer ge-wīteð, 1361; ge-wīteð on sealman, 2461; inf. on flōdes ǣht feor
ge-wītan, 42; pret. sg. ge-wāt, 217; him ge-wāt, 1237, 1904; of līfe,
ealdre ge-wāt (_died_), 2472, 2625; fyrst forð ge-wāt (_time went on_),
210; him ge-wāt ūt of healle, 663; ge-wāt him hām, 1602; pret. part. dat.
sg. mē forð-ge-witenum (_me defuncto, I dead_), 1480.
oð-wītan, _to blame, censure, reproach_: inf. ne þorfte him þā lēan
oð-wītan mon on middan-gearde, 2997.
wlanc, wlonc, adj. , _proud, exulting_: nom. sg. wlanc, 341; w. instr. ǣse
wlanc (_proud of, exulting in, her prey, meal_), 1333; wlonc, 331; w. gen.
māðm-ǣhta wlonc (_proud of the treasures_), 2834; gen. sg. wlonces,
2954. --Comp. gold-wlanc.
wlātian, w. v. , _to look_ or _gaze out, forth_: pret. sg. sē þe ǣr . . . feor
wlātode, 1917.
wlenco, st. f. , _pride, heroism_: dat. sg. wlenco, 338, 1207; wlence, 508.
wlite, st. m. _form, noble form, look, beauty_: nom. sg. , 250.
wlite-beorht, adj. , _beauteous, brilliant in aspect_: acc. sg.
wlite-beorhtne wang, 93.
wlite-sēon, st. n. f. , _sight, spectacle_: acc. sg. , 1651.
wlitig, adj. , _beautiful, glorious, fair in form_: acc. sg. wlitig
(sweord), 1663.
wlītan, st. v. , _to see, look, gaze_: pret. sg. hē æfter recede wlāt
(_looked along the hall_), 1573; pret. pl. on holm wliton (_looked on the
sea_), 1593; wlitan on Wīglāf, 2853.
geond-wlītan, w. acc. , _to examine, look through, scan_: inf. wrǣte
giond-wlītan, 2772.
wōh-bogen, pret. part. , (_bent crooked), crooked, twisted_: nom. sg. wyrm
wōh-bogen, 2828.
wolcen, st. n. m. , _cloud_ (cf. welkin): dat. pl. under wolcnum (_under the
clouds, on earth_), 8, 652, 715, 1771; tō wolcnum, 1120, 1375.
wollen-tēar, adj. , _tear-flowing, with flowing tears_: nom. pl.
wollen-tēare, 3033.
wom. See wam.
won. See wan.
worc. See weorc.
word, st. n. : 1) _word, speech_: nom. sg. , 2818; acc. sg. þæt word, 655,
2047; word, 315, 341, 390, 871, 2552; instr. sg. worde, 2157; gen. sg.
wordes, 2792; nom. pl. þā word, 640; word, 613; acc. pl. word (of an
alliterative song), 871; instr. pl, wordum, 176, 366, 627, 875, 1101, 1173,
1194, 1319, 1812, etc. ; ge-saga him wordum (_tell them in words,
expressly_), 388. The instr. wordum accompanies biddan, þancian, be-wægnan,
secgan, hērgan, to emphasize the verb, 176, 627, 1194, 2796, 3177; gen. pl.
worda, 289, 398, 2247, 2263(? ), 3031. --2) _command, order_: gen. sg.
