, _with
twisted_
or _curved neck_ or _prow_: nom.
Beowulf
wrǣc, st. f. , _persecution_; hence, _wretchedness, misery_: nom. sg. , 170;
acc. sg. wrǣc, 3079.
wrecan, st. v. w. acc. : 1) _to press, force_: pret. part. þǣr wæs Ongenþēo
. . . on bīd wrecen, 2963. --2) _to drive out, expel_: pret. sg. ferh ellen
wræc, 2707. --3) _to wreak_ or _utter_: gid, spel wrecan (_to utter words or
songs_); subj. pres. sg. III. hē gyd wrece, 2447; inf. wrecan spel ge-rāde,
874; word-gyd wrecan, 3174; pret. sg. gyd æfter wræc, 2155; pres. part. þǣr
wæs . . . gid wrecen, 1066. --4) _to avenge, punish_: subj. pres. þæt hē his
frēond wrece, 1386; inf. wolde hire mǣg wrecan, 1340; so, 1279, 1547; pres.
part. wrecend (_an avenger_), 1257; pret. sg. wræc Wedera nīð, 423; so,
1334, 1670.
ā-wrecan, _to tell, recount_: pret. sg. ic þis gid be þē ā-wræc (_I have
told this tale for thee_), 1725; so, 2109.
for-wrecan, w. acc. , _to drive away, expel; carry away_: inf. þȳ lǣs him
ȳða þrym wudu wyn-suman for-wrecan meahte (_lest the force of the waves
might carry away the winsome ship_), 1920; pret. sg. hē hine feor for-wræc
. . . man-cynne fram, 109.
ge-wrecan, w. acc. , _to avenge, wreak vengeance upon, punish_: pret. sg.
ge-wræc, 107, 2006; hē ge-wræc (i. e. hit, _this_) cealdum cear-sīðum, 2396;
hē hine sylfne ge-wræc (_avenged himself_), 2876; pl. ge-wrǣcan, 2480;
pret. part. ge-wrecen, 3063.
wrecca, w. m. , (_wretch_), _exile, adventurer, wandering soldier, hero_:
nom. sg. wrecca (Hengest), 1138; gen. pl. wreccena wīde mǣrost (Sigemund),
899.
wreoðen-hilt, adj. , _wreathen-hilted, with twisted hilt_: nom. sg. , 1699.
wridian, w. v. , _to flourish, spring up_: pret. sg. III. wridað, 1742.
wriða, w. m. , _band_: in comp. bēag-wriða (_bracelet_), 2019.
wrixl, st. n. , _exchange, change_: instr. sg. wyrsan wrixle (_in a worse
way, with a worse exchange_), 2970.
ge-wrixle, st. n. , _exchange, arrangement, bargain_: nom. sg. ne wæs þæt
ge-wrixle til (_it was not a good arrangement, trade_), 1305.
wrixlan, w. v. , _to exchange_: inf. wordum wrixlan (_to exchange words,
converse_), 366; 875 (_tell_).
wrīðan, st. v. w. acc. : 1) _to bind, fasten, wreathe together_: inf. ic
hine (him, MS. ) . . . on wæl-bedde wrīðan þōhte, 965. --2) _to bind up_ (a
wounded person, a wound): pret. pl. þā wǣron monige þē his mǣg wriðon,
2983. See hand-gewriðen.
wrītan, st. v. , _to incise, engrave_: pret. part. on þǣm (hilte) wæs ōr
writen fyrn-gewinnes (_on which was engraved the origin of an ancient
struggle_), 1689.
for-wrītan, _to cut to pieces_ or _in two_: pret. sg. for-wrāt Wedra helm
wyrm on middan, 2706.
wrōht, st. m. f. , _blame, accusation, crime_; here _strife, contest,
hostility_: nom. sg. , 2288, 2474, 2914.
wudu, st. m. , _wood_: 1) _material, timber_: nom. pl. wudu, 1365; hence,
_the wooden spear_: acc. pl. wudu, 398. --2) _forest, wood_: acc. sg. wudu,
1417. --3) _wooden ship_: nom. sg. 298; acc. 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.
