ic mē mid
Hruntinge
dōm ge-wyrce,
1492.
1492.
Beowulf
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. ic þā lēode
wāt . . . fæste ge-worhte. 1865. --3) _to make, construct_: inf. (medo-ærn)
ge-wyrcean, 69; (wīg-bord) ge-wyrcean, 2338; (hlǣw) ge-wyrcean, 2803; pret.
pl. II. ge-worhton, 3097; III. ge-worhton, 3158; pret. part. ge-worht,
1697. --4) _to win, acquire_: pres. sg.
ic mē mid Hruntinge dōm ge-wyrce,
1492.
Wyrd, st. f. , _Weird_ (one of the Norns, guide of human destiny; mostly
weakened down = _fate, providence_): nom. sg. , 455, 477, 572, 735, 1206,
2421, 2527, 2575, 2815; acc. sg. wyrd, 1057, 1234; gen. pl. wyrda, 3031.
(Cf. Weird Sisters of Macbeth. )
wyrdan, w. v. , _to ruin, kill, destroy_: pret. sg. hē tō lange lēode mine
wanode and wyrde, 1338.
ā-wyrdan, w. v. , _to destroy, kill_: pret. part. : æðeling monig wundum
ā-wyrded, 1114.
wyrðe, adj. , _noble; worthy, honored, valued_: acc. sg. m. wyrðne (ge-dōn)
(_to esteem worthy_), 2186; nom. pl. wyrðe, 368; compar. nom. sg. rīces
wyrðra (_worthier of rule_), 862. --Comp. fyrd-wyrðe. See weorð.
wyrgen, st, f. , _throttler_ [cf. sphinx], _she-wolf_; in comp.
grund-wyrgen.
ge-wyrht, st. n. , _work; desert_; in comp. eald-gewyrht, 2658.
wyrm, st. m. , _worm, dragon, drake_: nom. sg. , 898, 2288, 2344, 2568, 2630,
2670, 2746, 2828; acc. sg. wyrm, 887, 892, 2706, 3040, 3133; dat. sg.
wyrme, 2308, 2520; gen. wyrmes, 2317, 2349, 2760, 2772, 2903; acc. pl.
wyrmas, 1431.
wyrm-cyn, st. m. , _worm-kin, race of reptiles, dragons_: gen. sg.
wyrm-cynnes fela, 1426.
wyrm-fāh, adj. , _dragon-ornamented, snake-adorned_ (ornamented with figures
of dragons, snakes, etc. : cf. Dietrich in Germania X. , 278): nom. sg.
sweord . . . wreoðen-hilt and wyrm-fāh, 1699.
wyrm-hord, st. n. , _dragon-hoard_: gen. pl. wyrm-horda, 2223.
for-wyrnan, w. v. , _to refuse, reject_: subj. pres. II. þæt þū mē nō
for-wyrne, þæt. . . (_that thou refuse me not that_. . . ), 429; pret. sg. hē ne
for-wyrnde worold-rǣdenne, 1143.
ge-wyrpan, w. v. reflex. , _to refresh one's self, recover_: pret. sg. hē
hyne ge-wyrpte, 2977.
wyrpe, st. m. , _change_: acc. sg. æfter wēa-spelle wyrpe ge-fremman (_after
the woe-spell to bring about a change of things_), 1316.
wyrsa, compar. adj. , _worse_: acc. sg. neut. þæt wyrse, 1740; instr. sg.
wyrsan wrixle, 2970; gen. sg. wyrsan geþinges, 525; nom. acc. pl. wyrsan
wīg-frecan, 1213, 2497.
wyrt, st. f. , [_-wort_], _root_: instr. pl. wudu wyrtum fæst, 1365.
wȳscan, w. v. , _to wish, desire_: pret. sg. wīscte (rihde, MS. ) þæs yldan
(_wished to delay that_ or _for this reason_, 2440, 1605(? ). See Note.
Y
yfel, st n. , _evil_: gen. pl. yfla, 2095.
yldan, w. v. , _to delay, put off_: inf. nē þæt se āglǣca yldan þōhte, 740;
weard wine-geōmor wīscte þæs yldan, þæt hē lȳtel fæc long-gestrēona brūcan
mōste, 2240.
ylde, st. m. pl. , _men_: dat. pl. yldum, 77, 706, 2118; gen. pl. ylda, 150,
606, 1662. See elde.
yldest. See eald.
yldo, st. f. , _age (senectus), old age_: nom. sg. , 1737, 1887; atol yldo,
1767; dat. sg. on ylde, 22. --2) _age (ǣtas), time, era_: gen. sg. yldo
bearn, 70. See eldo.
yldra. See eald.
ylf, st. f. , _elf (incubus, alp_): nom. pl. ylfe, 112.
ymb, prep. w. acc. : 1) local, _around, about, at, upon_: ymb hine (_around,
with, him_), 399. With prep, postponed: hine ymb, 690; ymb brontne ford
(_around the seas, on the high sea_), 568; ymb þā gif-healle (_around the
gift-hall, throne-hall_), 839; ymb þæs helmes hrōf (_around the helm's
roof, crown_), 1031. --2) temporal, _about, after_: ymb ān-tīd ōðres dōgores
(_about the same time the next day_), 219; ymb āne niht (_after a night_),
135. --3) causal, _about, on account of, for, owing to_: (frīnan) ymb þīnne
sīð (_on account of, concerning? , thy journey_), 353; hwæt þū . . . ymb
Brecan sprǣce (_hast spoken about B. _), 531; so, 1596, 3174; nā ymb his līf
cearað (_careth not for his life_), 1537; so, 450; ymb feorh sacan, 439;
sundor-nytte behēold ymb aldor Dena, 669; ymb sund (_about the swimming,
the prize for swimming_), 507.
ymbe, I. prep. w. acc. = ymb: 1) local, 2884, 3171; hlǣw oft ymbe hwearf
(prep, postponed), 2297. 2) causal, 2071, 2619. --II. adv. , _around_: him
. . . ymbe, 2598.
ymb-sittend, pres. part. , _neighbor_ gen. pl. ymb-sittendra, 9.
ymbe-sittend, the same: nom. pl. ymbe-sittend, 1828; gen. pl.
ymbe-sittendra, 2735.
yppe, w. f. , _high seat, dais, throne_: dat. sg.
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. ic þā lēode
wāt . . . fæste ge-worhte. 1865. --3) _to make, construct_: inf. (medo-ærn)
ge-wyrcean, 69; (wīg-bord) ge-wyrcean, 2338; (hlǣw) ge-wyrcean, 2803; pret.
pl. II. ge-worhton, 3097; III. ge-worhton, 3158; pret. part. ge-worht,
1697. --4) _to win, acquire_: pres. sg.
ic mē mid Hruntinge dōm ge-wyrce,
1492.
Wyrd, st. f. , _Weird_ (one of the Norns, guide of human destiny; mostly
weakened down = _fate, providence_): nom. sg. , 455, 477, 572, 735, 1206,
2421, 2527, 2575, 2815; acc. sg. wyrd, 1057, 1234; gen. pl. wyrda, 3031.
(Cf. Weird Sisters of Macbeth. )
wyrdan, w. v. , _to ruin, kill, destroy_: pret. sg. hē tō lange lēode mine
wanode and wyrde, 1338.
ā-wyrdan, w. v. , _to destroy, kill_: pret. part. : æðeling monig wundum
ā-wyrded, 1114.
wyrðe, adj. , _noble; worthy, honored, valued_: acc. sg. m. wyrðne (ge-dōn)
(_to esteem worthy_), 2186; nom. pl. wyrðe, 368; compar. nom. sg. rīces
wyrðra (_worthier of rule_), 862. --Comp. fyrd-wyrðe. See weorð.
wyrgen, st, f. , _throttler_ [cf. sphinx], _she-wolf_; in comp.
grund-wyrgen.
ge-wyrht, st. n. , _work; desert_; in comp. eald-gewyrht, 2658.
wyrm, st. m. , _worm, dragon, drake_: nom. sg. , 898, 2288, 2344, 2568, 2630,
2670, 2746, 2828; acc. sg. wyrm, 887, 892, 2706, 3040, 3133; dat. sg.
wyrme, 2308, 2520; gen. wyrmes, 2317, 2349, 2760, 2772, 2903; acc. pl.
wyrmas, 1431.
wyrm-cyn, st. m. , _worm-kin, race of reptiles, dragons_: gen. sg.
wyrm-cynnes fela, 1426.
wyrm-fāh, adj. , _dragon-ornamented, snake-adorned_ (ornamented with figures
of dragons, snakes, etc. : cf. Dietrich in Germania X. , 278): nom. sg.
sweord . . . wreoðen-hilt and wyrm-fāh, 1699.
wyrm-hord, st. n. , _dragon-hoard_: gen. pl. wyrm-horda, 2223.
for-wyrnan, w. v. , _to refuse, reject_: subj. pres. II. þæt þū mē nō
for-wyrne, þæt. . . (_that thou refuse me not that_. . . ), 429; pret. sg. hē ne
for-wyrnde worold-rǣdenne, 1143.
ge-wyrpan, w. v. reflex. , _to refresh one's self, recover_: pret. sg. hē
hyne ge-wyrpte, 2977.
wyrpe, st. m. , _change_: acc. sg. æfter wēa-spelle wyrpe ge-fremman (_after
the woe-spell to bring about a change of things_), 1316.
wyrsa, compar. adj. , _worse_: acc. sg. neut. þæt wyrse, 1740; instr. sg.
wyrsan wrixle, 2970; gen. sg. wyrsan geþinges, 525; nom. acc. pl. wyrsan
wīg-frecan, 1213, 2497.
wyrt, st. f. , [_-wort_], _root_: instr. pl. wudu wyrtum fæst, 1365.
wȳscan, w. v. , _to wish, desire_: pret. sg. wīscte (rihde, MS. ) þæs yldan
(_wished to delay that_ or _for this reason_, 2440, 1605(? ). See Note.
Y
yfel, st n. , _evil_: gen. pl. yfla, 2095.
yldan, w. v. , _to delay, put off_: inf. nē þæt se āglǣca yldan þōhte, 740;
weard wine-geōmor wīscte þæs yldan, þæt hē lȳtel fæc long-gestrēona brūcan
mōste, 2240.
ylde, st. m. pl. , _men_: dat. pl. yldum, 77, 706, 2118; gen. pl. ylda, 150,
606, 1662. See elde.
yldest. See eald.
yldo, st. f. , _age (senectus), old age_: nom. sg. , 1737, 1887; atol yldo,
1767; dat. sg. on ylde, 22. --2) _age (ǣtas), time, era_: gen. sg. yldo
bearn, 70. See eldo.
yldra. See eald.
ylf, st. f. , _elf (incubus, alp_): nom. pl. ylfe, 112.
ymb, prep. w. acc. : 1) local, _around, about, at, upon_: ymb hine (_around,
with, him_), 399. With prep, postponed: hine ymb, 690; ymb brontne ford
(_around the seas, on the high sea_), 568; ymb þā gif-healle (_around the
gift-hall, throne-hall_), 839; ymb þæs helmes hrōf (_around the helm's
roof, crown_), 1031. --2) temporal, _about, after_: ymb ān-tīd ōðres dōgores
(_about the same time the next day_), 219; ymb āne niht (_after a night_),
135. --3) causal, _about, on account of, for, owing to_: (frīnan) ymb þīnne
sīð (_on account of, concerning? , thy journey_), 353; hwæt þū . . . ymb
Brecan sprǣce (_hast spoken about B. _), 531; so, 1596, 3174; nā ymb his līf
cearað (_careth not for his life_), 1537; so, 450; ymb feorh sacan, 439;
sundor-nytte behēold ymb aldor Dena, 669; ymb sund (_about the swimming,
the prize for swimming_), 507.
ymbe, I. prep. w. acc. = ymb: 1) local, 2884, 3171; hlǣw oft ymbe hwearf
(prep, postponed), 2297. 2) causal, 2071, 2619. --II. adv. , _around_: him
. . . ymbe, 2598.
ymb-sittend, pres. part. , _neighbor_ gen. pl. ymb-sittendra, 9.
ymbe-sittend, the same: nom. pl. ymbe-sittend, 1828; gen. pl.
ymbe-sittendra, 2735.
yppe, w. f. , _high seat, dais, throne_: dat. sg.
