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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. his
wordes geweald habban (_to rule, reign_), 79; so, instr. pl. wordum wēold,
30. --Comp. : bēot-, gylp-, meðel-, þrȳð-word.

word-cwide, st. m. , (_word-utterance_), _speech_: acc. pl. word-cwydas,
1842; dat. pl. word-cwydum, 2754; gen. pl. word-cwida, 1846.

word-gid, st. m, _speech, saying_: acc. sg. word-gyd, 3174.

word-hord, st. n. , _word-hoard, treasury of speech, mouth_: acc. sg.
word-hord on-lēac (_unlocked his word-hoard_, opened his mouth, spoke),
259.

word-riht, st. n. , _right speech, suitable word_: gen. pl. Wīglāf maðelode
word-rihta fela, 2632.

worð-mynd. See weorð-mynd.

worðig (for weorðig), st. m. , _palace, estate, court_: acc. sg. on worðig
(_into the palace_), 1973.

worn, st. n. , _multitude, number_: acc. sg. worn eall (_very many_), 3095;
wintra worn (_many years_), 264; þonne hē wintrum frōd worn ge-munde (_when
he old in years thought of their number_), 2115. Used with fela to
strengthen the meaning: nom. acc. sg. worn fela, 1784; hwæt þū worn fela
. . . sprǣce (_how very much thou hast spoken! _), 530; so, eal-fela
eald-gesegena worn, 871; gen. pl. worna fela, 2004, 2543.

woruld, worold, st. f. , _humanity, world, earth_: nom. sg. eal worold,
1739; acc. sg. in worold (wacan) (_to be born, come into the world_), 60;
worold oflǣtan, of-gifan (_die_), 1184, 1682; gen. sg. worolde, 951, 1081,
1388, 1733; worulde, 2344; his worulde ge-dāl (_his separation from the
world, death_), 3069; worolde brūcan (_to enjoy life, live_), 1063; worlde,
2712.

worold-ār, st. f. , _worldly honor_ or _dignity_: acc. sg. worold-āre, 17.

woruld-candel, st. f. , _world-candle, sun_: nom. sg. , 1966.

worold-cyning, st. m. , _world king, mighty king_: nom. sg. , 3182; gen. pl.
worold-cyninga, 1685.

woruld-ende, st. m. , _world's end_: acc. sg. , 3084.

worold-rǣden, st. f. , _usual course, fate of the world, customary fate_:
dat. sg. worold-rǣdenne, 1143?

wōp, st. m. , (_whoop_), _cry of grief, lament_: nom. sg. , 128; acc. sg.
wōp, 786; instr. sg. wōpe, 3147.

wracu, st. f. , _persecution, vengeance, revenge_: nom. sg. wracu (MS,
uncertain), 2614; acc. sg. wræce, 2337. --Comp. : gyrn-, nȳd-wracu.

wraðu, st. f. , _protection, safety_: in comp. līf-wraðu.

wrāð, adj. , _wroth, furious, hostile_: acc. sg. neut. wrāð, 319; dat. sg.
wrāðum, 661, 709; gen. pl. wrāðra, 1620.

wrāðe, adv. , _contemptibly, disgracefully_, 2873.

wrāð-līce, adv. , _wrathfully, hostilely_ (in battle), 3063.

wrāsn, st. f. , _circlet of gold for the head, diadem, crown_: in comp.
frēa-wrāsn.

wræc-lāst, st. m. , _exile-step, exile, banishment_: acc. sg.
wræc-lāstas
træd (_trod exile-steps, wandered in exile_), 1353.

wræc-mæcg, st. m. , _exile, outcast_: nom. pl. wræc-mæcgas, 2380.

wræc-sīð, st. m. , _exile-journey, banishment, exile, persecution_: acc.
sg. , 2293; dat. sg. -sīðum, 338.

wrǣt, st. f. , _ornament, jewel_: acc. pl. wrǣte (wrǣce, MS. ), 2772, 3061;
instr. pl. wrǣttum, 1532; gen. pl. wrǣtta, 2414.

wrǣt-līc, adj. : 1) _artistic, ornamental; valuable_: acc. sg. wrǣt-līcne
wundur-māððum, 2174; wrǣt-līc wǣg-sweord, 1490; wīg-bord wrǣt-līc,
2340. --2) _wondrous, strange_: acc. sg. wrǣt-līcne wyrm [from its rings or
spots? ], 892; wlite-sēon wrǣt-līc, 1651.

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.