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.

Wlaffyng, sb. babbling, S2.

Wlanc, adj. proud, fine, grand, S2; wlonk, S2; wlonke, fine woman, HD.—­AS. wlanc (OET).

Wlappen, v. to wrap, W, W2; lappen, W, H, Cath., SkD, HD.

Wlatien, v. to feel disgust, to abominate, W, W2, S2, HD; wlathid, pt. s.  H.—­AS. wlA|tian.

Wlat-some, adj. disgusting, abominable, S2, HD; wlatsom, C; wlatsum, S2; latsom, S2; wlathsum, H.

Wlatunge, sb. disgust, SD; wlathyngis, pl., abominations, H.—­AS. wlAitung, nausea (OET).

Wlech, adj. warm, S.—­AS. wlA|c.

Wlite, sb. beauty, splendour, form, hue, face, S.—­AS. white (OET).

Wliten, v. to see, SD; wlyteA deg., pr. pl., S2.—­AS. wlA-tan; cp.  IceA-. lA-ta.

Wlonk, adj. fine, grand, S2; see Wlank.

Wluine, sb. she-wolf, S. See Wolf.

Wo, interj., wo!, SD; way, S; wei, S; wi, S. Comb.:  wo la wo, an exclamation of sorrow, S; weylaway, S2, C3; weila-wei, S; wailawai, S; wayloway, G; walawai, S; wele away, S3.—­AS. wAi:  Goth, wai; cp.  OHG. wA (Otfrid), Icel. vei.—­AS. wAi lAi wAi .

Wo, sb. also used as adj. woe, sorrowful, S, S2, C2, C3; wa, S, S2, B. Phr.:  wo begon, surrounded with woe, SkD; wa worth, B; wo worthe, SD.—­AS. wA(C)a.

Woe, adj. weak, S; wooc, SkD.—­AS. wAic.  See Wayke.

Woc, pt. s. woke, S; see Waken.

Woche, pron. which, S; see Which.

Wode, sb. wood, tree, S, S2, C2, PP; wod, S2; vod, S2; wude, S. Comb.:  wode-bynde, woodbine, SkD; woodebynde, caprifolium, Prompt., C; wod-bynde, S2 (p. 476); woode-lynde, linden-tree in a wood, G; wode-roue, woodruff, S2; woode-rys, brushwood, G; woode-schawe, thicket of the wood, G; wude-side, wood-side, S; vode-syde, S2; wode-wale, the name of a bird, also called wit-wall, Prompt., HD; wude-wale, S; wode-wose, a satyr, faun, SD, Voc., Prompt, (n); wode-wese, Prompt.; wod-wose, WA.—­AS. wudu; cp.  Olr. fid (Windisch).

Wode, sb. woad, S, Prompt.; wod, SkD; wad, gaudo Prompt.—­AS. wAid.

Wode, adj. mad, raging, S, S2, S3, C; wod, S, S2, H; wood, C2,C3,S3; woode, W; wodly, adv., madly, C. Der.:  wodnes, madness, S2, H; wodenesse, S2; woodnesse, C3, W. Comb.:  wodewrothe, madly angry, S3.—­AS. wod:  Goth, wods; cp.  OHG. wuot.

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