Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
Weued, cut off (?), B. 222.
Wex (_pret._ of _wax_), became, A. 538; B. 204.
Weȝe, weigh (anchor), C. 103; carry round, B. 1420, 1508. A.S.
_wegan_, to weigh, carry.
Weȝte, weight, B. 1734.
Wham, whom, A. 131.
Whateȝ = watȝ, was, A. 1041.
What-kyn, what kind of, B. 100.
Whichche = hutch, ark, B. 362. “_Hutche_ or _whyche_, cista, archa.”
(Prompt. Parv.) A.S. _hwæcca_.
Whyle, moment, B. 1620.
Wite, blame. See _Wyte_.
With-droȝ, withdrew, A. 658.
With-nay, refuse, deny, A. 916.
Wiȝt = wight, quickly, C. 103. See _Wyȝt_.
Wlate, to abhor, hate, detest, B. 305; to be disgusted at, B. 1501.
A.S. _wlættian_.
Wlatsum, hateful, abominable, B. 541.
{Wlonc, Wlonk,} beautiful, A. 122, 1171; B. 606, 793, 933; C. 486;
good, A. 903. A.S. _wlanc_.
{Wod, Wode,} mad, enraged, B. 204, 1558; foolish, B. 828; fierce,
strong, B. 364; C. 142. A.S. _wód_.
Wodbynde, woodbine, C. 446.
Wodder (_comp._ of _wode_), fiercer, rougher, C. 162.
Woghe, wrong, sin, A. 622. A.S. _woh_.
Wolde = walde, perform, do, A. 812. See _Welde_.
Wolde, would, A. 772.
Wolen, woollen, A. 731.
Wolle, wool, A. 844.
Wombe, belly, B. 462, 1250.
{Won, Wone,} _sb._ dwelling, abode, A. 32, 1049; B. 140, 928; woneȝ,
A. 917, 924; _vb._ to dwell, A. 404, 298; B. 875. A.S. _wunian_.
O.Fris. _wona_.
Won = wone, custom, usage, B. 720. A.S. _wune_.
Wonde, fear, hesitate, B. 855. A.S. _wandian_.
Wonde = wande, delay, cease, A. 153.
“[I wole] for no dethe _wonde_.” --(T. B. 591.)
“I wille noghte _wonde_ for no werre,
To wende whare me likes.” --(Morte Arthure, p. 292.)
“Sua did þis wiif I yow of redd,
Sco folud Joseph ai þar he fledd,
And for sco foluand fand a spurn,
Sco waited him wit a werr turn,
Hirself in godds gram and gilt,
And almast did him to be spilt;
How sco broght him to the fand (trial),
Fforth to telle wil I noght _waand_.”
--(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 25a.)
Wonder, _adj._ wonderful, A. 1095; B. 153.
Wonderly, wonderfully, B. 570; C. 384.
Woned = waned, decreased, B. 496. A.S. _wanian_, to decrease.
Wonen (_pret. pl._) got, B. 1777.
Wonne, pale, wan, C. 141. A.S. _wonn_, wan.
Wonne, got, A. 32.
Wonnen, begotten, B. 112.
Wonnyng, dwelling, B. 921. See _Won_.
Wont, be wanting, B. 739.
Wony, dwell, abide, live, A. 284; B. 431; C. 462. See _Won_.
Wonyande, dwelling, living, B. 293.
Wonys, dwells, A. 47.
Worche, _vb._ work, labour, A. 511.
Worcher = worker, maker, B. 1501.
Worchyp, honour, B. 1802.
Worded, spoken, uttered, C. 421.
Wore, were, A. 142, 232; B. 928.
Worme, reptile, B. 533.
Worre, weaker, literally, worse, B. 719. O.N. _verr_. Sw. _värre_.
O.Sc. _war_. O.E. _werr_, worse.
Worschyp, honour, A. 394.
Worteȝ, herbs, A. 42. See _Werte_.
Worþe, to be, C. 22.
{Worþely, Worþelych, Worþly, Worþlych, Worþyly,} worthy, A. 47, 846,
1073; B. 471, 651, 1298, 1351; beautiful, C. 475.
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