A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - Part 149
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We. See Woe

We. See I

We. See With

Weak, _adj._ HD. 1012

Weal, _sb._ 1277 B.

Wealth, _sb._ Ps. lxxii. 12

Weapon, _sb._ HD. 1436. O. and N. 1367

Wear, _v. a._ RG. 390; pret, 'werede.' RG. 434

Weariness, _sb._ RG. 240

Weary, _adj._ RG. 19

Weather, _sb._ RG. 560

Web, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 315

Webbe, _sb._ == weaver. Pol. S. 188

Wed, _sb._ == pledge. Pol. S. 151. Wright's L. P. p. 110. RG. 393. AS. wed

Wed, _v. a._ == marry. RG. 295, 439; said of the priest who marries two persons. Pol. S. 159. AS. weddian, wed

Wedbreak, _sb._ == adulterer. Ps. xlix. 18

Wedding, _sb._ St Lucy, 88. Manuel des Pecches, 1712

Wede, _vb._ == wade, go. See Wade

Wedlock, _sb._ Marg. 11

Wednesday. RG. 509

Wee. See Woe

Weed, _sb._ == garment. RG. 560. AS. w?d

Weed, _sb._ == herb. Alys. 796. AS. weod

Week, _sb._ RG. 113; pl. 'wouke.' RG. 387. AS. weoc

Weeles. See Well, _sb._

Ween, _v. n._ == think. RG. 369. O. and N. 237. 2 s. pres. 'wanst.' O. and N. 1642. AS. wenan

---- _v. a._ == impute. Ps. x.x.xi. 2

Weep, _v. n._ RG. 420; [wyppen]. O. and N. 1064

Weeping, _sb._ RG. 405. Wright's L. P. p. 30; [wyping]. Ibid. p. 85

Wef, _sb._ == whiff or scent. Body and Soul, 56. AS. wiffan

Weight, _sb._ == a measure, weight. Ps. lxi. 10. AS. waeg

Weir, _sb._ Ps. cxiii. 8; [wore]. Wright's L. P. p. 28. AS. w?r

Welaway, _interj._ 1179 B.

Welcome, _adj._ RG. 508

---- _v. a._ 473 B.

Welde. See Wield

Welk, _v. n._ == fade, become pale. Ps. lx.x.xix. 6. See Weolewe

Welkin, _sb._ == the sky. Wright's L. P. p. 114; [walken]. Alys. 5799. Ps.

cl. 1; dat. s. 'weoluce.' O. and N. 1680. AS. welcn, wolcen

Well, _adj._ == good. 89 B.

---- _adv._ RG. 375. O. and N. 31

---- == rightly. Rel. S. i. 20

Well, _sb._ (of water). RG. 1. Wright's L. P. p. 94; pl. 'weeles.' Ps.

xvii. 5. AS. well, wyl

Well, _v. n._ == boil, well up. Wright's L. P. p. 40; [walle]. RG. 28; pret. 'wal.' Body and Soul, 218; part. 'wallyng.' Alys. 1622. AS. weallan

---- _v. a._ == boil. Marg. 60

Wellnigh, _adv._ == almost. O. and N. 44

Wellquemand, _part._ == pleasing. Ps. xci. 15

Wellqueme, _sb._ == pleasure. Ps. lx.x.xviii. 18; cv. 4

Wellquemeness, _sb._ == pleasingness. Ps. cxl. 5

Wellset, _v. a._ Ps. civ. 9; cxi. 5