Wiues, wife's, 1219. Wiues, Wiwes, wives, 543, 1858, 2363; wife's, 994, 2037. Wlath, bad, loathsome, 3300. A.S. _wlætian_, to nauseate, loath; _wlath_ I take to be an error for _wlach_, A.S. _wlæc_, warm, slack. Wlite, Wliten, face, 2288, 2289, 2342, 3614, 4055. A.S. _wlíte_, form, person, countenance. Wo, Woa, woe, sorrow, grief, 216, 237, 353, 880; sorry, 1833. A.S. _wá_, _waa_. Woc, Wooc, weak, 1874. See _Wac_. Woc, awoke, 2111. Wod, mad, foolish, 1073, 2959, 3545. A.S. _wód_, mad, insane. Wod-hed, Woded, madness, 533, 3539. Wol, very, 1266, 1995. Wold, power, 1958, 2000. A.S. _wald_, power. Wold, meaning, 2122. It literally signifies power. Wold, hill, 938, 3892. A.S. _wald_, _weald_. Wold, ruler, 3412. A.S. _walda_. Wold, sacrifice, 3116. Wold, Wolde, would, 912, 1418, 1419. Wold, (1) killed, slain, 420; destroyed, 526 (?), or (2) flooded (?). (1) A.S. _cwelian_, to kill. (2) A.S. _weallan_, to flow. Wolden, (_pl._) would, 3756. Wond, wand, 2715, 2803, 2808. Du. _vaand_, a switch. Wond, went up, 3782, 4136. A.S. _windan_, to move or be borne in a winding course, to wind. Wondes, wands, 2923. Wooc, weak, 1874. A.S. _wác_. Wopen, weapon, 469, 3228, 4062. A.S. _wǽpen_. Wopened, Wopnede, armed, 1787, 2479, 3373, 3376. Wordes, words, 18. Wore, (_subj._) were, 768, 1144, 1148, 1170, 2192. Wore, (2 _pers. sing._) 1759, 1814. Woree = _woren_, were, 2950. Woren, were, 347, 488, 790, 1207, 2380. Worn, were, 61, 147. Wor-of, whereof, 3530. Worpen, cast, 1943, 2923. See _Werpen_. Wort, word, 73. Worðed, honoured, 262. See _Wurðen_. Wot, know, 487, 1473; knows, 353. A.S. _witan_ (ic _wát_, þu _wást_, he _wát_; we _witon_; pret. _wiste_). Wrake, punishment, destruction, 552. A.S. _wræc_, punishment. Wrech, Wreche, vengeance, destruction, 552, 632, 634, 641, 1042, 1076, 1142, 3396; plague, 1176. A.S. _wracu_, vengeance, pain, punishment. Wrecches, wretches, 1074, 1080. A.S. _wræcca_, an exile, wretch. Wreken, (_p.p._) revenged, 2028, 3067, 3281. A.S. _wrécan_, to avenge. Wreken, (_p.p._) taken, 3148. Wrestelede, wrestled, 1803. Wreðe, Wreððe, wrath, 482, 3793, 3863. A.S. _wræðo_, wrath. Wreðed = _wreðeð_, is angry, 1584. A.S. _wraðian_, to be angry. Wrigtful, guilty, 2204. A.S. _wróht_; Da. _rygte_, a crime. Wrigteleslike, guiltlessly, 2076. A.S. _wróhtlíc_, accusing. Wrim, reptile, 169, 187, 299. A.S. _wyrm_, a worm, reptile, serpent. Wrim-kin, serpents, 3895. Writ, 1974. Wriðel, herbs (?), from Du. _wortel_, an herb, 3153. The A.S. _wríðels_, a band, fillet, cover, does not help us to explain this satisfactorily. Is _wríðel_ written for _wrixel_, change, alternation, course?
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