A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Withsitten, _v. a._ == oppose. HD. 1683
Withstand, _v. n._ == oppose. 725 B.
Withy, _sb._ == halter of withy. Alys. 4714. AS. wiie
Witless, _adj._ == mad. RG. 216; at a loss. Pilate, 242
Witness, _sb._ RG. 29
Witterli, _adv._ == certainly. Ps. cxix. 1. ON. viturlega
Witty, _adj._ == clever. RG. 189; full of knowledge. O. and N. 1187. F.
and P. 31
Witword, _sb._ == testimony. Ps. xxiv. 10. AS. wit-word
Wive, _v. n._ == marry. RG. 35
---- _v. a._ part. 'iwived.' RG. 529
Wiving, _sb._ == marriage. RG. 294
Wlak, _adj._ == lukewarm. Fr. Sci. 290 AS. wlaec
Wlate, _v. a._ == loathe. Ps. v. 7. AS. wlaettian
---- _v. n._ == feel disgust for. O. and N. 354
---- _sb._ == disgust. O. and N. 1504. AS. wlaette
Wlatful, _adj._ == loathsome, abominable. Ps. lii. 2
Wlating, _sb._ == loathing, disgust. Ps lx.x.xvii. 9. AS. wlaetung
Wlite, _v. n._ == look. Wright's L. P. p. 43. AS. wlitan
---- _sb._ == countenance. O. and N. 439; Ps. xliv. 5. AS. wlite
Wlonk, _adj._ == fair, proud. Pol. S. 156. AS. wlanc
Wluine, _sb._ == she wolf? HD. 573. Probably a metathesis of the ON.
ulfinna,
thus ulvin } vluin }
Wo, _sb._ RG. 172, 485; [wai]. O. and N. 120; [wee]. Pol. S. 152; [weye].
Alys. 3449; [wa]. Ritson's AS. viii. 152. AS. wa
Wo worth, i. e. woe be to, &c. Body and Soul, 7
Wobegone, _adj._ Body and Soul, 220
Wode, == went. See Go
Woderove, _sb._ == the woodruff; the asterula odorata of botanists.
Wright's L. P. p. 43. In Wright's Vocab. p. 140, 'wuderove' is given as the transl. of 'hastula regia' or 'muge de bois'
Wodewale, _sb._ == woodp.e.c.k.e.r. Wright's L. P. p. 26
---- == wild thyme? Alys. 6793. AS. wudufille. Palsgrave has 'wodewale, a herbe'
Woht, _sb._ == sin. See Wo?
Wolc, _sb._ == some bird. Wright's L. P. p. 26
Wold, _sb._ == power, governance. Alys. 6716
Woldeneyed, == wall-eyed. Alys. 5274. Probably from the ON. vagl i augum == festuca, pterygion. 'En hinde, som traekker sig over oiet.' B.
Haldorson.
Wole, _adj._ == evil. O. and N. 8; [wle]. O. and N. 35. AS. wol
Wolf, _sb._ RG. 369
Wolfling, _sb._ Alys. 6272
Wollen, _sb._ == wollen garment. Fr. on Seven Sins, 16
Woman, _sb._ RG. 380; [wimman]. RG. 535. pl. 'wymmen.' Wright's L. P. p.
33
Womanly, _adj._ RG. 457
Womb, _sb._ RG. 369. AS. wamb
Wombed, _adj._ RG. 377; [wemod]. Fr. Sci. 286
Wombeling, _sb._ == womb. Alys. 5674
Won, _sb._ == hope. RG. 419; [iwon]. 1022, 1712, B.; [wunne]. Pol. S. 153
---- == opinion. HD. 1972. AS. wen. ON. von
Won, _sb._ == plenty. RG. 2, 265; [iwon]. Rel. S. v. 76
---- == riches. Wright's L. P. p. 24. Alys. 5658; [wane]. Ritson's AS.
viii. 50; SS. winne, wunnen
