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wērig-mōd, adj., weary of mood, 844, 1543.

werod, weorod, st. neut., troop, band, 651, 319, 290, etc.; dat. werede, 1215; weorode, 1011, 2346; gen. pl. wereda, 2186; weoroda, 60.

wer-þēod, st. f., [man-nation] people; acc. pl. ofer wer-þēode, “throughout the nations of men,” 899.

wesan, irreg. v., be, 272, etc.; pres. sg. 3rd is, 256, 1761, etc.; ys, 2910, 2999, 3084; pres. pl. sint, 388; synt, 260, 342, 364; syndon, 237, 257, etc.; pres. subj. sg. sīe, 435, etc.; sȳ, 1831, etc.; sig, 1778, etc.; pret. pl. wǣron, 233, etc.; wǣran, 2475; imperat. sg. wes, 269, etc., wæs, 407. Negative forms: pres. sg. 3rd nis, 249, etc.; pret. sg. 1st and 3rd næs, 2141, 134, etc.; pret. pi. nǣron, 2657; pret. subj. sg. nǣre, 860, etc.

Special passages:
(1) Omission of infin. 617, 1857, 2363, 2497, 2659; also 992, 2256.

(2) Forming, with a pres. part., an imperf. tense: secgende wæs, “was saying,” 3028.

wēste, adj., waste; ace. sg. m. wēstne, 2456.

wēsten, st. neut., waste, 1266; dat. wēstenne, 2298.

wīc, st. neut., [wick] dwelling, 821, etc.; often in pl., 125, etc.; dat. pl. wicun, 1304.

wīcan, st. v.

ge-wīcan, st. v., intrans., weaken, give way, 2577, 2629.

wicg, st. neut., horse, steed, 1400, 286, etc., pl. wicg, 2174.

wīc-stede, st. m., [wick-stead] dwelling-place, 2462, 2607.

wīd, adj., wide, extended, long, of space and time, 935, 877, 1859, 2014, etc.

wīd-cūð, adj., [wide-couth] widely known, 1256, etc.; gen. absolutely, wīd-cūðes (i.e. Hrothgar), 1042.

wīde, adv., widely, 18, 2135, 2913, 3099, etc.; qualifying a superlative, wīde mǣrost, “the greatest far and wide, greatest of all,” 898.

wīdre, compar.; wīdre gewindan, “to flee away more widely, escape further,” 763.

wīde-ferhð, st. m., [wide-life] ever, only used as acc. of time, 702, 937; ealne wīde-ferhð, “for all time to come,” 1222.

wīd-floga, w. m., wide-flier (the dragon), 2830, 2346.

widre, see wīde.

wīd-scofen, see under scūfan.

wīd-weg, st. m., wide-way, highway; acc. pl. geond wīd-wegas, “along the highways,” 840, “far and wide,” 1704.

wīf, st. neut., wife, woman, 2120, 1284, 2028, 993, etc.

wīf-lufu, w. f., wife-love, love for one’s wife, 2065.

wīg, st. m.:

(1) war, battle, 23, 65, 1084, etc.; dat. wigge, 1656, 1770, 1783.

(2) war-prowess, valour, might, 350, 1042, 2323, etc.

wiga, w. m.., warrior, 629, 1543, 2395. [“Beiträge” x. 511.]

wīgan, st. v., war, fight, 2509, 599.

wīg-bealu, st. neut., war-bale, the evils of war, 2046.

wīg-bil, st. neut., war-bill, war-sword, 1607.

wīg-bord, st. neut., [war-board] war-shield, 2339.

wīg-cræft, st. m., war-craft, war-might, 2953.

wīg-cræftig, adj., war-crafty, mighty in battle, 1811.

wīgend, st. m. (pres. part.), warrior, 3099, 1125, 429, etc.

wīg-freca, w. m., war-wolf, warrior, 1212, 2496.

wīg-fruma, w. m., war-chief, 664, 2261.