wadu
weallende
(weallendu), 546, 581; nom.
Beowulf
, 735, 1874, 2324; nū is lēodum
wēn orleg-hwīle (gen. ) (_now the people have weening of a time of strife_),
2911; acc. sg. þæs ic wēn hæbbe (_as I hope, expect_), 383; so, þæs þe ic
[wēn] hafo, 3001; wēn ic talige, 1846; dat. pl. bēga on wēnum _(in
expectation of both_, i. e. the death and the return of Bēowulf), 2896. See
or-wēna.
wēnan, w. v. , _to ween, expect, hope_: 1) absolutely; pres. sg. I. þæs ic
wēne (_as I hope_), 272; swā ic þē wēne tō _(as I hope thou wilt_: Bēowulf
hopes Hrōðgār will now suffer no more pain), 1397. --2) w. gen. or acc.
pres. sg. I. þonne wēne ic tō þē wyrsan ge-þinges, 525; ic þǣr heaðu-fȳres
hātes wēne, 2523; III. secce ne wēneð to Gār Denum (_weeneth not of contest
with the Gar-Danes_), 601; inf. (beorhtre bōte) wēnan (_to expect, count
on, a brilliant_ [? _a lighter penalty_] _atonement_), 157; pret. pl. þæs
ne wēndon ǣr witan Scyldinga þæt . . . _the wise men of the Scyldings weened
not of this before, that_. . . ), 779; þæt hig þæs æðelinges eft ne wēndon þæt
hē . . . sēcean cōme _(that they looked not for the atheling again that he_
. . . _would come to seek_ . . . ), 1598. --3) w. acc. inf. : pret. sg. wēnde,
934. --4) w. depend, clause: pres. sg. I. wēne ic þæt. . . , 1185; wēn' ic
þæt. . . , 338, 442; pret. sg. wēnde, 2330; pl. wēndon, 938, 1605.
wēpan, st. v. , _to weep_: pret. sg. [wēop], 3152 (? ).
werig, adj. , _weary, exhausted_, w. gen. : nom. sg. siðes wērig (_weary from
the journey, way-weary_), 579; dat. sg. siðes wērgum, 1795;--w. instr. :
acc. pl. wundum wērge _(wound-weary_), 2938. --Comp. : dēað-, fyl-,
gūð-wērig.
ge-werigean, w. v. , _to weary, exhaust_: pret. part. ge-wērgad, 2853.
wērig-mōd, adj. , _weary-minded (animo defessus)_: nom. sg. , 845, 1544.
wēste, adj. , _waste, uninhabited_: acc. sg. win-sele wēstne, 2457.
wēsten, st. n. , _waste, wilderness_: acc. sg. wēsten, 1266.
wēsten, st. f. , _waste, wilderness_: dat. sg. on þǣre wēstenne, 2299.
weal, st. m. : 1 _wall, rampart_: dat. instr. sg. wealle, 786, 892, 3163;
gen. sg. wealles, 2308. --2) _elevated sea-shore_: dat. sg. of wealle, 229;
acc. pl. windige weallas, 572, 1225. --3) _wall of a building_: acc, sg. wið
þæs recedes weal, 326; dat. sg. be wealle, 1574; hence, the inner and outer
rock-walls of the dragon's lair (cf. Heyne's essay: Halle Heorot, p. 59):
dat. sg. , 2308, 2527, 2717, 2760, 3061, 3104; gen. sg. wealles,
2324. --Comp. : bord-, eorð-, sǣ-, scyld-weal.
ge-wealc, st. n. , _rolling_: acc. sg. ofer ȳða ge-wealc, 464.
ge-weald, st. n. , _power, might_: acc. sg. on fēonda ge-weald _(into the
power of his foes_), 809, 904; so, 1685; geweald āgan, hæbban, ā-bēodan (w.
gen. of object = _to present) = to have power over_, 79, 655, 765, 951,
1088, 1611, 1728. See on-weald.
wealdan, st. v. , _to wield, govern, rule over, prevail_: 1) absolutely or
with depend, clause: inf. gif hē wealdan mōt (_if he may prevail_), 442;
þǣr hē . . . wealdan mōste swā him Wyrd ne ge-scrāf (_if [where? ] he was to
prevail, as Weird had not destined for him_), 2575; pres. part. waldend
(_God_), 1694; dat. wealdende, 2330; gen. waldendes, 2293, 2858, 3110. --2)
with instr. or dat. : inf. þām wǣpnum wealdan (_to wield, prevail with, the
weapons_), 2039; Gēatum wealdan (_to rule the Gēatas_), 2391; þēah-hordum
wealdan (_to rule over, control, the treasure of rings_), 2828; wæl-stōwe
wealdan (_to hold the field of battle_), 2985; pret. sg. wēold, 465, 1058,
2380, 2596; þenden wordum wēold wine Scyldinga (_while the friend of the S.
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 . . .
wēn orleg-hwīle (gen. ) (_now the people have weening of a time of strife_),
2911; acc. sg. þæs ic wēn hæbbe (_as I hope, expect_), 383; so, þæs þe ic
[wēn] hafo, 3001; wēn ic talige, 1846; dat. pl. bēga on wēnum _(in
expectation of both_, i. e. the death and the return of Bēowulf), 2896. See
or-wēna.
wēnan, w. v. , _to ween, expect, hope_: 1) absolutely; pres. sg. I. þæs ic
wēne (_as I hope_), 272; swā ic þē wēne tō _(as I hope thou wilt_: Bēowulf
hopes Hrōðgār will now suffer no more pain), 1397. --2) w. gen. or acc.
pres. sg. I. þonne wēne ic tō þē wyrsan ge-þinges, 525; ic þǣr heaðu-fȳres
hātes wēne, 2523; III. secce ne wēneð to Gār Denum (_weeneth not of contest
with the Gar-Danes_), 601; inf. (beorhtre bōte) wēnan (_to expect, count
on, a brilliant_ [? _a lighter penalty_] _atonement_), 157; pret. pl. þæs
ne wēndon ǣr witan Scyldinga þæt . . . _the wise men of the Scyldings weened
not of this before, that_. . . ), 779; þæt hig þæs æðelinges eft ne wēndon þæt
hē . . . sēcean cōme _(that they looked not for the atheling again that he_
. . . _would come to seek_ . . . ), 1598. --3) w. acc. inf. : pret. sg. wēnde,
934. --4) w. depend, clause: pres. sg. I. wēne ic þæt. . . , 1185; wēn' ic
þæt. . . , 338, 442; pret. sg. wēnde, 2330; pl. wēndon, 938, 1605.
wēpan, st. v. , _to weep_: pret. sg. [wēop], 3152 (? ).
werig, adj. , _weary, exhausted_, w. gen. : nom. sg. siðes wērig (_weary from
the journey, way-weary_), 579; dat. sg. siðes wērgum, 1795;--w. instr. :
acc. pl. wundum wērge _(wound-weary_), 2938. --Comp. : dēað-, fyl-,
gūð-wērig.
ge-werigean, w. v. , _to weary, exhaust_: pret. part. ge-wērgad, 2853.
wērig-mōd, adj. , _weary-minded (animo defessus)_: nom. sg. , 845, 1544.
wēste, adj. , _waste, uninhabited_: acc. sg. win-sele wēstne, 2457.
wēsten, st. n. , _waste, wilderness_: acc. sg. wēsten, 1266.
wēsten, st. f. , _waste, wilderness_: dat. sg. on þǣre wēstenne, 2299.
weal, st. m. : 1 _wall, rampart_: dat. instr. sg. wealle, 786, 892, 3163;
gen. sg. wealles, 2308. --2) _elevated sea-shore_: dat. sg. of wealle, 229;
acc. pl. windige weallas, 572, 1225. --3) _wall of a building_: acc, sg. wið
þæs recedes weal, 326; dat. sg. be wealle, 1574; hence, the inner and outer
rock-walls of the dragon's lair (cf. Heyne's essay: Halle Heorot, p. 59):
dat. sg. , 2308, 2527, 2717, 2760, 3061, 3104; gen. sg. wealles,
2324. --Comp. : bord-, eorð-, sǣ-, scyld-weal.
ge-wealc, st. n. , _rolling_: acc. sg. ofer ȳða ge-wealc, 464.
ge-weald, st. n. , _power, might_: acc. sg. on fēonda ge-weald _(into the
power of his foes_), 809, 904; so, 1685; geweald āgan, hæbban, ā-bēodan (w.
gen. of object = _to present) = to have power over_, 79, 655, 765, 951,
1088, 1611, 1728. See on-weald.
wealdan, st. v. , _to wield, govern, rule over, prevail_: 1) absolutely or
with depend, clause: inf. gif hē wealdan mōt (_if he may prevail_), 442;
þǣr hē . . . wealdan mōste swā him Wyrd ne ge-scrāf (_if [where? ] he was to
prevail, as Weird had not destined for him_), 2575; pres. part. waldend
(_God_), 1694; dat. wealdende, 2330; gen. waldendes, 2293, 2858, 3110. --2)
with instr. or dat. : inf. þām wǣpnum wealdan (_to wield, prevail with, the
weapons_), 2039; Gēatum wealdan (_to rule the Gēatas_), 2391; þēah-hordum
wealdan (_to rule over, control, the treasure of rings_), 2828; wæl-stōwe
wealdan (_to hold the field of battle_), 2985; pret. sg. wēold, 465, 1058,
2380, 2596; þenden wordum wēold wine Scyldinga (_while the friend of the S.
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 . . .
