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Whyted, _pp._ (= thwited), cut, whittled down into shape, 5/25. Cf.
_whittle_ = _thwittle_, a knife; from _thwite_, to cut.
Whyte-thorne, _s._ whitethorn, 124/4, 126/4, 137/12.
Whyte wheate, _s._ a kind of wheat, 34/23.
Wiedes, _s. pl._ weeds, 16/25.
Winowed, _pp._ winnowed, 146/56.
Winter-corne, _s._ winter-corn (such as wheat or rye), 8/13.
Withall, with it, 146/15.
Withe, _s._ withy, 15/13; withee, a twig of willow, 24/15. _See_
Togwith and Wethy.
Withed, _pp._ bound, wound, 15/41.
Wodde, wood, 3/39; woddes, _pl._ trees, 131/1.
Wode euyll, _s._ wood-evil; a disease in sheep, 50/2.
Wolde, _pt. s. and pl._ ought to (lit. would), 3/31; should, ought,
15/35; must, 15/45; should, 21/20, 122/36, 140/6.
Woll, _s._ wool, 42/3, 146/77.
Woll-wynder, _s._ wool-winder, 52/7.
Wonders, _adv._ wondrously, prol. 24. (This afterwards became an adj.,
and was turned into the Mod. E. _wondrous_.) See below.
Wonders, _adj._ wonderful, 11/11.
Wormes, _s. pl._ worms, 103/1.
Wouen, _pp._ woven, 146/43.
Wounden, _pp._ wound, 146/43.
Wowed, _pp._ wooed, 146/109.
Wrapped, _pp._ (probably) warped, drawn out into a warp, 146/43. Spelt
_warped_ in ed. 1598.
Wrethynge-temes, _s. pl._ part of the harness for oxen, 5/4. To
_wrethe_ is to twist; a _team_ is ‘an ox-chain, passing from
yoke to yoke;’ E. D. S. Gloss. B. 2, p. 40.
Wryncles, _s. pl._ wrinkles, 100/7.
Wrynge, _v._ to wring, 146/85.
Wrynkeled, _pp._ wrinkled, 34/43.
Wrythen, _pp._ wreathed, twisted, 31/15, 64/6.
Wyddre, _v._ wither, 21/17, 31/17; wyddred, _pp._ 25/6.
Wyddrynge, _s._ withering, 23/8.
Wydes, _s. pl._ the name of a kind of apple, 130/4.
Wyght, _adj._ active, swift, 76/4.
Wymble, _s._ an auger, 24/8.
Wyndgalles, _s. pl._ wind-galls, swellings or blisters above a horse’s
fetlock, 99/1. “_Windgalls_ are little blebs or soft swellings
on each side of the fetlock;” G. Markham, Husbandry, b. i. c.
57.
Wyndrowes, _s. pl._ rows of grass in hay-making, 25/11.
Yeane, _v._ produce (as a ewe), 37/26.
Yelde, _v._ yield, 10/9.
Yere, _s. pl._ years, 67/9.
Ylle, _adj._ ill, bad, 54/11.
Yokes, _s. pl._ frames of wood to couple oxen for drawing, 5/3.
Yomen, _s. pl._ keepers, 151/1; yomenne, yeomen, 152/11; yomenne _or_
yomen, pawns (in chess), prol. 20, prol. 30.
Yorke, York, 17/22.
Yorkeshyre, Yorkshire, 2/26.
Yren, _s._ iron, 2/2, 3/49; yrens, _pl._ 3/54.
Yren-gray, _adj._ iron-gray, 68/75.
Ysaye, Isaiah, 164/3.
Yues, _s. pl._ ivies, 132/4.
Zelcester = Ʒelcester, i.e. Ilchester, 2/9, 27/17.
STEPHEN AUSTIN AND SONS, PRINTERS, HERTFORD.
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