A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language Part 150

Wellsetting, _sb._ Ps. cxviii. 91

Welly, _adv._ == kindly. Ps. l. 20

Wem, _sb._ == a spot or scar. RG. 336. St Kath. 151. AS. wem, womm

Wem, _v. a._ == to defile, corrupt. Ps. lx.x.xviii. 35; [wemmy]. RG. 206; part. 'wemmed.' Ps. xv. 10. AS. wemman

Wemed, _adj._ 'prout wemod' == with a proud stomach. Fr. Sci. 285. 'Wem'

is still used for 'womb' in the North of England. AS. wamb

Wemless, _adj._ == spotless. Creed of St Athan. 6. Ps. xiv. 2

Wemmand, _sb._ == sinner. Ps. cxviii. 158

Wemmedness, _sb._ Ps. c. 3

Wemming, _sb._ RG. 336

Wemmy, _v. a._ == defile. See Wem, _vb._

Wench, _sb._ c.o.k. 139. Ps. lxvii. 26. AS. wencle. See Gloss. to Orm. _s.

v._ wench.e.l.l

Wend, _v. n._ == go. RG. 8. AS. wendan

---- == turn (as in bed). Wright's L. P. p. 28

---- _v. a._ == turn. HD. 2138; change. Wright's L. P. p. 91

Wending, _sb._ == departure. Alys. 920

Wene, _adj._ == frequent, rife? Pol. S. 150. AS. wune, custom. Dut. wennen

Weole, _sb._ == wealth. Pol. S. 156. AS. weola

---- == happiness? Wright's L. P. p. 44

Weolewe, _v. n._ == fade, become pale. Wright's L. P. p. 50. AS. wealwian

Wepmon, _sb._ == man. Pol. S. 153. O. and N. 1377. AS. waepman

Were. See Be

Were, _v. a._ == defend. HD. 2298. Alys. 5836; [werye]. Alys. 3533. AS.

werian. Germ. wehren

Were, _sb._ == man, husband. O. and N. 1339. AS. wer

Werewed, _part._ == worried, killed? HD. 1915

Werien, _v. a._ == curse. O. and N. 1172; [werre]. Manuel des Pecches, 1291; [warye]. Id. 1292. AS. werigan

Werth, == throweth. See Warp

Weryying, _sb._ == protection. Wright's L. P. p. 75. Ps. xxi. 20; [weryng]. Alys. 2798. AS. werian

West. RG. 544

West, _vb._ == shows? Alys. 238. AS. wisian

Westerness, _sb._ == the West country. K. Horn, 949

Westward, _adv._ RG. 20

Wet, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 136. AS. waet

---- _v. a._ Wright's L. P. p. 31; pret. 'watte.' RG. 322; part. 'wet.'

Wright's L. P. p. 30

---- _v. n._ == become wet. Wright's L. P. p. 36

---- _adj._ [wete]. Wright's L. P. p. 85

Wete, _v. n._ == weep. Wright's L. P. p. 84

Wether, _sb._ Ps. lxiv. 14. RG. 52. AS. weer

Weve, _v. a._ == make to go, cut off; part. 'weved,' 'yweved.' Alys. 3839, 3807

Weve, _v. n._ == go, move. RG. 64. Another form of 'wawe,' 'wave,' 'wag'

Weved, _sb._ == altar. RG. 369, 419, 433. AS. weofod

Weye, _sb._ == woe, _q. v._

We?e, _v. a._ == carry, O. and N. 1020. AS. wegan

Whale, _sb._ [hwal]. HD. 755; [qual]. HD. 753. AS. hwael

Whalebone, _sb._ [whalles bone]. Wright's L. P. p. 38

What, _interr. p.r.o.n._ O. and N. 1438

---- _rel. p.r.o.n._ O. and N. 1439

---- _interj._ O. and N. 1296

What--what, == some--some. RG. 402