A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Whate, _adv._ == quickly. Alys. 2639. AS. hwaet
Whatkin, _adj._ == what kind of. Ps. lv. 10
Whatloker, _adj._ == much rather. RG. 429, 357. 1249 B. (?) AS. hwaetlic, comp. hwaetlicor
Wheat, _sb._ Alys. 5193. AS. hw?te
Wheel, _sb._ RG. 408. AS. hweol
Whelp, _sb._ Ps. ciii. 21. AS. hwelp
When, _adv._ [wanne]. RG. 367, 378; [hwenne]. Rel. S. iv. 1; [hwanne]. O.
and N. 1416; [hwan]. O. and N. 1468; [whan]. 290 ; [wane]. O. and N. 521; [wone]. O. and N. 324
Whence, _adv._ gen. of 'when;' [whonene]. O. and N. 138; [wanene]. O. and N. 1298; [whannes]. 288 ; [whethen]. Ps. cxx. 1
Where, _adv._ [war]. RG. 40. O. and N. 526; [whar]. 1078 B.
Whereby, _adv._ [warbi]. RG. 101
Wherefore, _adv._ 126 B.
Whereof, _adv._ RG. 405
Wheresoever, _adv._ 1389 B.
Wherethrough, _adv._ [war oru]. RG. 432
Whereto, _adv._ 447 B. O. and N. 464
Whet, _v. a._ == sharpen; part. 'y-whet.' Alys. 6607. AS. hwettan
Whethen, == whence, _q. v._
Whether, _adv._ RG. 16; [whar]. 67 B; 'whether--the' == whether--or. O.
and N. 1358, 1360
---- _adj._ RG. 408
Whey, _sb._ [wei]. O. and N. 1007. AS. waeg
Which, _rel. p.r.o.n._ RG. 472; [hwucche]. O. and N. 934; [wuch]. O. and N.
1376
---- == what. 974 B. RG. 454
While, _sb._ == time. O. and N. 1589
---- with the def. art. == whilst [e wule]. RG. 377
Whilom, _adv._ == formerly (dat. pl. of while). Wright's L. P. p. 87
Whine, _v. n._ [wonie]. O. and N. 973. AS. wanian. Dut. weynen
Whining, _sb._ [wonyng]. O. and N. 311
Whistle, _v. n._ Alys. 5348, 5263. AS. hwistlian
White, _adj._ RG. 2, 228; [with]. HD. 48
---- _sb._ == white of an egg. HD. 240
Whiten, _v. a._ Ps. l. 9
Whither, _adv._ 693 B.
Whitherward, _adv._ 59 B.
Who, _rel. p.r.o.n._ [hoo]. RG. 40; [hwo]. O. and N. 1193
gen. 'was.' RG. 475
dat. and acc. 'whom.' RG. 10; 'wham.' 116 B.; 'hwam.' Rel. S. ii. 2; 'hwan.' O. and N. 1508
Who, == one, 'as who seith' == as one saith. RG. 328; 'alle ho' == every one. O. and N. 66
Whole, _adj._ == sound. RG. 377. 676
Wh.o.r.e, _sb._ RG. 279
Wh.o.r.edom, _sb._ RG. 241, 479
Wh.o.r.eling, _sb._ Rel. S. vii. 29
Wh.o.r.eson, _sb._ Alys. 880
Whoso, _p.r.o.n._ Wright's L. P. p. 26; [whose]. Ibid. p. 114
Why, _interr._ [wu]. RG. 307; [hwi]. O. and N. 1256; [wi]. O. and N. 1232
---- _rel. adv._ O. and N. 474; [whi]. 1573 B.
Wick, _adj._ == wicked. RG. 208. From AS. w?c, weak
---- == bad, wretched; 'wikke clothes.' HD. 2458
Wicke, _adj._ 'wicke tune,' O. and N. 730, means probably 'establishments.' From the AS. wic-tunas
Wicked, _adj._ Wright's L. P. pp. 24, 30; 'a wicked weed' == a wretched garment. Serm. 40
