Worþloker, more worthy (_comp._ of _worþelych_), C. 464. {Wost, Woste,} knowest, A. 293, 411; B. 875. See _Wot_. Wot, know, A. 47, 1107; C. 129. Wote, knows, C. 397. Woþe, hurt, harm, B. 855. This word occurs under the forms _quathe_, _wathe_, and seems to be related to O.E. _qued_. Low Ger. _quat_, bad. O.E. _wathe_, bad; _wathely_, badly. “Ffor _woþe_ of þe worse.” --(T. B. 1223.) Woþe, path, A. 151, 375. A.S. _wáth_, _wáthu_. O.E. _wathe_, a way, path. See extract under the word _Wasturne_. {Wowe, Woȝe,} wall, A. 1049; B. 832, 839, 1403, 1531. A.S. _wáh_. “_Wowe_ or wal, murus.” (Prompt. Parv.) Wrache, vengeance, B. 204, 229; C. 185. A.S. _wrec_, _wracu_. Wrak (_pret._ of _wreke_), avenged, B. 570. Wrake, vengeance, B. 213, 235, 718, 970, 1225. Wrakful, angry, bitter, B. 302, 541. Wrang, wrong, A. 15; B. 76; wrongly, A. 488, 631; bad, C. 384. Wraste (_pret._ of _wreste_), raised, uplifted, B. 1166, 1403; thrust, 1802; C. 80. {Wrastel, Wrastle,} wrestle, B. 949; C. 141. Wraþe, become angry, B. 230; C. 74; make angry, B. 719. Wraȝte, wrought, A. 56. Wrech = wrache, vengeance, B. 230. {Wrech, Wreche, Wrechche,} wretch, B. 84, 828; C. 113. Wrech, wretched, C. 258. A.S. _wrec_, wretched. With _wrech_ and _wretched_, cf. _wik_ and _wikked_. {Wrek, Wreke,} avenged, B. 198. Wrenche, device, B. 292. A.S. _wrence_. Wro, passage; literally, corner, A. 866. O.Sw. _wraa_. Dan. _vraa_. Wroken, (_pret._ of _wreke_), banished, exiled, A. 375. A.S. _wrecan_, to exile, banish. Wrot (_pret._ of _wrote_), grubbed up, C. 467. A.S. _wrótan_, to turn up with the snout; _wrót_, a snout. “With wrathe he begynnus to _wrote_, He ruskes vppe mony a rote With tusshes of iij. fote.” --(Avowynge of Arthur, xii. 13.) Wroþe, fierce, B. 1676. A.S. _wráth_, wroth, enraged. Wroþeloker (_comp._ of _wroþely_), more fiercely, angrily, C. 132. {Wroþely, Wroþly,} angrily, fiercely, B. 280, 949; C. 132. Wroþer (_comp._ of _wroþe_), fiercer, C. 162. {Wroȝt, Wroȝte,} wrought, worked, A. 525, 748. Wruxeled, raised, B. 1381. _Wrixle_ = change, turn, occurs in T. B. 445. “Þis unwarnes of wit _wrixlis_ hys mynd.” Wryst, B. 1535. Wryt, B. 1552. Wryþe, turn, A. 350, 488; wriggle, B. 533; toil, A. 511; bind, thrust, C. 80. A.S. _writhan_, to writhe, bind, twist. “_Writhen_ like a wilde eddur.” T. B. 4432. Wunder, B. 1390. Wunnen, won, B. 1305. Wyche, B. 1577. Wyche-crafte, B. 1560. Wyddere, wither, C. 468. Wydowande (_wyndowande_), withering, dry, B. 1048; _wyndowand_ = burnt up. N.Prov.E. _winny_, to dry, burn up. Wyke, member, part, B. 1690. O.N. _vik_. {Wykke, Wyk,} wicked, B. 908, 1063. A.S. _wícan_, to become weak, to yield. O.N. _víkia_. {Wykket, Wyket,} wicket, gate, door, B. 501, 857. {Wyl, Wylle,} wandering, C. 473; forlorn, B. 76. O.N. _villa_, error; _villa_, to lead astray, beguile.