Phrase, _wille o wan_, astray from abode, uncertain where to go; _wil-sum_, _wil-ful_, lonely, solitary, desert. “So I _wilt_ in the wod.” --(T. B. 2359.) “Adam went out ful _wille_ o wan.” --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 7a.) “All wery I wex and _wyle_ of my _gate_.” --(T. B. 2369.) “Sone ware thay _willid_ fra the way the wod was so thick.” --(K. Alex. p. 102.) “Sorful bicom þat fals file (the devil) And thoght how he moght man _bi-wille_; Agains God wex he sa gril, Þat alle his werk he wend to spil.” --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 5b.) “His suns þat (we) of forwit melt, Al þe werld bituix þam delt; Asie to Sem, to Cham Affrik, To Japhet Europ þat _wilful_ wike: Al þer þre þai war ful rike.” --(_Ibid._ fol. 13a.) Wyldren = wyldern (?), waste, wilderness, C. 297. A.S. _wild_, wild, and _ærn_, a place (?). See _Wasturne_. “In _wildrin_ land and in wastin, I wil tham (the Israelites) bring of þair nocin; Bot wel I wat he (Pharaoh) is ful thra, Lath sal him think to let þam ga.” --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 33a.) Wylsfully, wilfully, B. 268. Wylger, wild, fierce, B. 375. See extract under the word _Note_. Wylle, forlorn, B. 76. See _Wyl_. Wylnes, apostacy, B. 231. Wylneȝ, desirest (_2d pers. sing_ of _wylne_), A. 318. A.S. _wilnian_. Wyly, curiously, craftily, B. 1452. A.S. _wile_, a device. Wyndas, windlass, C. 103. Wyndowe, B. 453. Wynne, joyful, A. 154. A.S. _wyn_, pleasure, delight. Wynne, obtain, get, A. 579; B. 617. A.S. _winnan_. See T. B. 1165. Wynnelych, gracious, B. 1807, Cp. _wynly_ = dexterously, 1165. Wyrde, fate, destiny, A. 249, 273; B. 1224. Sc. _wird_. A.S. _wyrd_. Wyrle, flew, B. 475. Wyschande, hoping for, wishing, A. 14. Wyse, manner, A. 1095; _wyses_, B. 1805. {Wyse, Wysse,} show, appear, A. 1135, B. 1564; direct, send out, B. 453; instruct, C. 60. A.S. _wissian_. {Wyst, Wyste,} knew, A. 376; B. 152. Wyt, wisdom, B. 348; C. 129. Wyt, know, learn, B. 1319, 1360. A.S. _witan_. Wyte, blame, B. 76; C. 501. A.S. _wítian_. Wyte, pass away (?), C. 397. A.S. _wítan_. Wyter, true, truly, B. 1552. O.N. _vitr_, wise, prudent. “& her ice wile shæwenn ȝaw Summ þing to _witter_ tákenn.” --(Ormulum, vol. i. p. 115.) “Ne þe nedder was noght bitter Þan, þowf he was ever _witter_; Ffor of alle, als sheus þe boke, Mast he cuth o crafte and crok.” --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 5b.) Wytered, informed, B. 1587. Wyterly, truly, B. 171, 1567. Dan. _vitterlig_, known, manifest. Wyþe, gentle, soft, C. 454. A.S. _wéthe_, soft, pleasant. Wyþer, contrary, opposite, A. 230; adverse, hostile, C. 48. S.Sax. _witherr_, adverse, evil. A.S. _witherian_, to oppose, resist. Cf. _wetheruns_ = _wetherings_, enemies, T. B. 5048. “Ga, _witherr_ gast, o bacch fra me.” --(Ormulum, vol. ii. p. 41.)