, _right speech,
suitable
word_: gen.
Beowulf
e.
to his couch),
1796; stīg wīsode gumum æt-gædere, 320; so, 1664. --3) w. prep. ? : pret. sg.
þā secg wīsode under Heorotes hrōf (_when the warrior showed them the way
under Heorot's roof_, [but under H. 's hrōf depends rather on snyredon
ætsomne]), 402.
wītan, st. v. , properly _to look at; to look at with censure, to blame,
reproach, accuse_, w. dat. of pers. and acc. of thing: inf. for-þām mē
wītan ne þearf waldend fīra morðor-bealo māga, 2742.
æt-wītan, _to blame, censure_ (cf. 'twit), w. acc. of thing: pret. pl.
æt-witon wēana dǣl, 1151.
ge-wītan, properly _spectare aliquo; to go_ (most general verb of motion):
1) with inf. after verbs of motion: pret. sg. þanon eft ge-wāt . . . tō hām
faran, 123; so, 2570; pl. þanon eft gewiton . . . mēarum rīdan, 854.
Sometimes with reflex, dat. : pres. sg. him þā Scyld ge-wāt . . . fēran on
frēan wǣre, 26; gewāt him . . . rīdan, 234; so, 1964; pl. ge-witon, 301. --2)
associated with general infinitives of motion and aim: imper. pl. ge-wītað
forð beran wǣpen and gewǣdu, 291; pret. sg. ge-wāt þā nēosian hēan hūses,
115; hē þā fāg ge-wāt . . . man-drēam flēon, 1264; nyðer eft gewāt dennes
nīosian, 3045; so, 1275, 2402, 2820. So, with reflex, dat. : him eft gewāt
. . . hāmes nīosan, 2388; so, 2950; pl. ge-witon, 1126. --3) without inf. and
with prep, or adv. : pres. sg. III. þǣr firgen-strēam under næssa genipu
niðer ge-wīteð, 1361; ge-wīteð on sealman, 2461; inf. on flōdes ǣht feor
ge-wītan, 42; pret. sg. ge-wāt, 217; him ge-wāt, 1237, 1904; of līfe,
ealdre ge-wāt (_died_), 2472, 2625; fyrst forð ge-wāt (_time went on_),
210; him ge-wāt ūt of healle, 663; ge-wāt him hām, 1602; pret. part. dat.
sg. mē forð-ge-witenum (_me defuncto, I dead_), 1480.
oð-wītan, _to blame, censure, reproach_: inf. ne þorfte him þā lēan
oð-wītan mon on middan-gearde, 2997.
wlanc, wlonc, adj. , _proud, exulting_: nom. sg. wlanc, 341; w. instr. ǣse
wlanc (_proud of, exulting in, her prey, meal_), 1333; wlonc, 331; w. gen.
māðm-ǣhta wlonc (_proud of the treasures_), 2834; gen. sg. wlonces,
2954. --Comp. gold-wlanc.
wlātian, w. v. , _to look_ or _gaze out, forth_: pret. sg. sē þe ǣr . . . feor
wlātode, 1917.
wlenco, st. f. , _pride, heroism_: dat. sg. wlenco, 338, 1207; wlence, 508.
wlite, st. m. _form, noble form, look, beauty_: nom. sg. , 250.
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.
1796; stīg wīsode gumum æt-gædere, 320; so, 1664. --3) w. prep. ? : pret. sg.
þā secg wīsode under Heorotes hrōf (_when the warrior showed them the way
under Heorot's roof_, [but under H. 's hrōf depends rather on snyredon
ætsomne]), 402.
wītan, st. v. , properly _to look at; to look at with censure, to blame,
reproach, accuse_, w. dat. of pers. and acc. of thing: inf. for-þām mē
wītan ne þearf waldend fīra morðor-bealo māga, 2742.
æt-wītan, _to blame, censure_ (cf. 'twit), w. acc. of thing: pret. pl.
æt-witon wēana dǣl, 1151.
ge-wītan, properly _spectare aliquo; to go_ (most general verb of motion):
1) with inf. after verbs of motion: pret. sg. þanon eft ge-wāt . . . tō hām
faran, 123; so, 2570; pl. þanon eft gewiton . . . mēarum rīdan, 854.
Sometimes with reflex, dat. : pres. sg. him þā Scyld ge-wāt . . . fēran on
frēan wǣre, 26; gewāt him . . . rīdan, 234; so, 1964; pl. ge-witon, 301. --2)
associated with general infinitives of motion and aim: imper. pl. ge-wītað
forð beran wǣpen and gewǣdu, 291; pret. sg. ge-wāt þā nēosian hēan hūses,
115; hē þā fāg ge-wāt . . . man-drēam flēon, 1264; nyðer eft gewāt dennes
nīosian, 3045; so, 1275, 2402, 2820. So, with reflex, dat. : him eft gewāt
. . . hāmes nīosan, 2388; so, 2950; pl. ge-witon, 1126. --3) without inf. and
with prep, or adv. : pres. sg. III. þǣr firgen-strēam under næssa genipu
niðer ge-wīteð, 1361; ge-wīteð on sealman, 2461; inf. on flōdes ǣht feor
ge-wītan, 42; pret. sg. ge-wāt, 217; him ge-wāt, 1237, 1904; of līfe,
ealdre ge-wāt (_died_), 2472, 2625; fyrst forð ge-wāt (_time went on_),
210; him ge-wāt ūt of healle, 663; ge-wāt him hām, 1602; pret. part. dat.
sg. mē forð-ge-witenum (_me defuncto, I dead_), 1480.
oð-wītan, _to blame, censure, reproach_: inf. ne þorfte him þā lēan
oð-wītan mon on middan-gearde, 2997.
wlanc, wlonc, adj. , _proud, exulting_: nom. sg. wlanc, 341; w. instr. ǣse
wlanc (_proud of, exulting in, her prey, meal_), 1333; wlonc, 331; w. gen.
māðm-ǣhta wlonc (_proud of the treasures_), 2834; gen. sg. wlonces,
2954. --Comp. gold-wlanc.
wlātian, w. v. , _to look_ or _gaze out, forth_: pret. sg. sē þe ǣr . . . feor
wlātode, 1917.
wlenco, st. f. , _pride, heroism_: dat. sg. wlenco, 338, 1207; wlence, 508.
wlite, st. m. _form, noble form, look, beauty_: nom. sg. , 250.
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.
