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pl. þæt hīe . . . lēoda land-geweorc
lāðum be-weredon scuccum and scinnum (_that they the people's land-work
from foes, from monsters and demons, might defend_), 939

werig, adj. , _accursed, outlawed_: gen. sg. wergan gāstes (Grendel), 133;
(of the devil), 1748.

werod, weorod, st. n. , _band of men, warrior-troop_: nom. sg. werod, 652;
weorod, 290, 2015, 3031; acc. sg. werod, 319; dat. instr. sg. weorode,
1012, 2347; werede, 1216; gen. sg. werodes, 259; gen. pl. wereda, 2187;
weoroda, 60. --Comp. : eorl-, flet-werod.

wer-þēod, st. f. , _people, humanity_: dat. sg. ofer wer-þēode, 900.

wesan, v. , _to be_: pres. sg. I. ic eom, 335, 407; II. þū eart, 352, 506;
III. is, 256, 272, 316, 343, 375, 473, etc. ; nū is þīnes mægenes blǣd āne
hwīle (_the prime [fame? ] of thy powers lasteth now for a while_), 1762;
ys, 2911, 3000, 3085; pl. I. wē synt, 260, 342; II. syndon, 237, 393; III.
syndon, 257, 361, 1231; synt, 364; sint, 388; subj. pres. sīe, 435, 683,
etc. ; sȳ, 1832, etc. ; sig, 1779, etc. ; imper. sg. II. wes, 269 (cf.
wassail, wes hǣl), 407, 1171, 1220, 1225, etc. ; inf. wesan, 272, 1329,
1860, 2709, etc. The inf. wesan must sometimes be supplied: nealles Hetware
hrēmge þorfton (i. e. wesan) fēðe-wīges, 2364; so, 2498, 2660, 618, 1858;
pres. part. wesende, 46; dat. sg. wesendum, 1188; pret. sg. I. , III. wæs,
11, 12, 18, 36, 49, 53, etc. ; wæs on sunde (_was a-swimming_), 1619; so,
848, 850(? ), 970, 981, 1293; progressive, wæs secgende (for sǣde), 3029;
II. wǣre, 1479, etc. ; pl. wǣron, 233, 536, 544, etc. ; wǣran (w. reflex,
him), 2476; pret. subj. wǣre, 173, 203, 594, 946, etc. ; progressive,
myndgiend wǣre (for myndgie), 1106. --Contracted neg. forms: , nis = ne +
is, 249, 1373, etc. ; næs = ne + wæs, 134, 1300, 1922, 2193, etc. (cf.
uncontracted: ne wæs, 890, 1472); nǣron = ne + wǣron, 2658; nǣre = ne +
wǣre, 861, 1168. See cniht-wesende.

wēg. See wǣg.

wēn, st. f. , _expectation, hope_: nom. sg. , 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.