A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Waknen, v. to be aroused from sleep, SkD, PP.—­AS. wA|cnan.

Wal, sb. wall, murus, paries, Prompt., S, S2, C2; wall (= Lat. maceria), H, WA; walles, pl, S; wallen, S.—­AS. weall, wall, rampart; Lat. uallum.

Wald, sb. wold, wood, WA.—­AS. weald; cp.  OHG. wald.

Wald-e3*ed, adj. wall-eyed, WA.—­Icel. vald-eygA deg.r.

Wale, v. to choose, WA.—­Cp.  Goth. waljan.

Walette, sb. bag, wallet, Prompt.; walet, C.—­Perhaps a corruption of Watel; see SkD.

Walk (Valk), v. to watch, S2, S3, B.—­So written for wakk (vakk).  See Wakien.

Walke, sb. a walk, WA.

Walken, v. to roll, walk, S; welk, pt. s., SkD; welke, HD; walke, pp., S.

Wallare, sb. stone-mason, murator, Prompt.  See Wal.

Walle, sb. a spring of water, HD. Comb.:  walle-heued, a springhead, S2.

Wallen, v. to boil, to well, to turn about, S, S2, PP; weallen, S. Comb.:  wal-hat, boiling hot, S. Der.:  wally, surging, S3.—­AS. weallan, pt. wA(C)ol, pp. weallen.

Walme, sb. a bubble in boiling, HD.

Walshe, adj. and sb. foreign, a foreigner, Welshman, P. Comb.:  walshe note, walnut, CM.—­AS. wA|lisc, foreign, Welsh (SkD); from wealh, a foreigner, a Welshman.

Walt, pt. s. possessed, S2; see Welden.

Walten, v. to roll, to roll over, overturn, to fall, to well out, S2; welt, pt. s., SkD (s. v. welter); welte, HD; walt, S2.—­AS. wealtan.

Walter, sb. water, S3; see Water.

Walteren, v. to roll about, welter, S2, S3, PP; weltyn, Prompt. Der.:  waltrynge,* a weltering, Prompt.; weltering, a turning over, S3.

Walwen, v. to roll, CM, PP; welwyn, Prompt.; walowand, pr. p., WA; walewide, pt. s., W.—­AS. wealwian:  Goth. walwjan (in compounds).

Walwyng, sb. a rolling, W.

Wambe, sb. belly, womb, WA; wame, WA.

Wan, adj. wan, pale, C3, W; wanne, Prompt.; won, S2. Comb.:  wannesse, lividness (= Lat. liuor), W2.—­AS. wann (wonn).

Wan-, prefix, expressing lack, deficiency. Comb.:  wan-beleue, perfidia,.  Prompt.; wan-hope, despair, S2, C, P, H, Voc.; wan-towen, untrained, wanton; wantown, C; wantoun, C2; wanton, WA; wantowe, Prompt.; wanton-nes, want of discretion,.  S3; wantownesse, C; wan-*truce, fail, failure, S; wan-trukien, to fail, SD; wan-trokiynge, abatement, S2; wan-trust, distrust, CM.—­Cp.  Du. wan-, prefix.

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