waak a.

weak

< OE wāc ( weak, soft)

wad v.

would

??? < Ang. walde,

wag n.

an individual in charge of horses on a farm

< Du. wagen (cart)

wag v.

to play truant

< ME. waggen (to wander, to go)

wahday n.

See warty

wahr a.

worse

< ME. wars f. OE. wæ rsa

wahr n.

war

< ME. warre f. OF. werre

wahty clooas n.pl.

See warty clooas

wahty n.

See warty

wairty n.

See warty

waller a.

See wallow

wallop n.

a heavy blow; approximate amount, as in bit' wallop, byrule of thumb.

< ONF. walop

wallow a.

weak ; tasteless; also waller

< OE. wealȝ (??? nauseous)

wame n.

belly; stomach; also weeam

< OE. wamb ( belly, stomach; bowel)

wang n.

molar; back or side tooth;

< OE. wange (cheek, jaw)

wang v.

to throw;

< ON. vængir (wing of a bird)

wankley a.

unsteady; weak;

< OE wancol (unstable, unsteady, weak)

warda n.

See warty

warday n.

See warty

warder n.

See warty

wark 1n.

an ache; a pain

< OE. wærc

wark 2n.

work

< OE. weorc

warp 1 n.

alluvial sediment deposited by water after flooding

??? < ON varp (casting of a net)

warp 2 n.

the threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom

< OE. wearp

warridge n.

the withers (of a horse)

orig. obscure

wartday n.

See warty

warterday n

See warty

warty clooasn.pl.

working cl o th es; also wahty clooa s

??? < ON. hverr ( every) + dagr ( day) + OE clāðas (clothes)

warty n.

a workday; also wahday, wartday, warterday, warda, warday, warder

??? < ON. hverr ( every) + dagr ( day).

wathstead n.

a ford

< ON. vað (ford) + OE. stede (place, locality)

watter n.

water (

< OE. waeter

wearish a.

irritable; peevish

< LME. werische

weasen n.

the windpipe; also wizzand

OE wāsend (windpipe, gullet)

web n.

a whole piece of cloth in process of being woven

< OE webb (woven work, tapestry)

wed ppl.a.

married

See wed v.

wed v.

to marry

< OE. weddian, (to pledge)

weeam n.

See wame

weeat-shod a.

See wet-shod

weel a. & adv.

well

< OE. wel (well, very)

weet a. & adv.

wet

< Ang. wēt

wekken v.

to wake up; to awake;

< OE. wæcnan (to awake)

welt v.

to beat; to thrash

??? < Ang. *walt

wemble v.

See whemmel

wemle v.

See whemmel

wemmel v.

See whemmel

wemmle v

See whemmel

wer a. & pron.

our

??? ME. wre, wr

wersel pron.

ourselves; also wersen

??? ME. wre, wr + seluen (self)

wersen pron.

See wersel

wesh v.

to wash

< OE. waescan

wesp n.

a wasp

< OE. wæsp

wether n.

a castrated lamb

< OE. weðer (sheep, ram)

wet-shod a.

having wet feet; also witchered, weeat-shod, wit-shod

< Ang. w ēt (wet) + OE scōde (shod)

weyve v.

to weave

< OE. wefan

whang n.

a bootlace; a thong; also wheng

< OE. þwang (thong, strap)

wharter n.

See warty

wheeare adv. & conj.

where

< OE. hwār, hwǣr

whemmel v.

to l o se balance; also w e mm le, whemmle, wemble, wemle, wemmel, wimmel

metathetic form of whelm f. OE. *hwelman

whemmle v.

See whemmel

wheng n.

See whang

whew n

mill whistle

echoic

while prep.

up to the time that; until

< OE. hwīle

whinge v.

to complain; to whine,

< North. form of OE. hwinsian (to whine)

whinny n.

common furze or gorse,

< ME. whinne ??? f. ON cf. Da. hvine ,

whisht n. & int.

silence; be quiet!

< ME. whisht

wick a.

alive; lively;

< ME. whikke f. OE cwic (living, alive)

wick n.

a week

< OE. wicu

wicken n.

the mountain ash or rowan tree; also wiggin

< ME quiken (mountain ash, rowan) f. OE. cwic (living thing) + -en (orig. uncertain)

wickens n. pl.

couch grass; also wicks, wicky

< ME. quiken f. OE. cwice (couch grass)

wicks n. pl.

See wickens

wicky n

See wickens

widdy n.

See withy

wig n.

a type of cake

< MLG. or MDu. wigge (wedge, wedge-shaped cake)

wiggin n.

See wicken

wike n.

a corner of the mouth

< ON. vik as in munnvik (corner of the mouth)

wimble n.

a gimlet, a tool used for boring a hole

< AF. *wimble

wimmel v.

See whemmel

wishin n.

a cushion

< NME. whishin (cushion) f. OF. cuissin

witchered a.

See wet-shod

withy n.

a willow; also widdy

OE. wīþiȝ (willow)

wit-shod a.

See wet-shod

wizzand n.

See weasen

wolt v.

to overbalance; to tilt;

< ME walten (to be overturned) ??? f. OE. wæltan (to roll)

wossup n.

a wasp; cf. wesp

< OE. wæsp

wotchet n.

See wutchet

wots n.pl.

oats

< ME. wote

wrang a. & adv.

wrong; also wreng

< OE. wrang , f. ON. *wrangr, rangr (awry, unjust)

wrastle v

to fight; to wrestle; to struggle with

< OE.*wrǣstlian

wreckle v.

to poke, to stir (a fire); also reckle

??? < MLG wriggeln (lever)

wreckling n.

See reckling

wreet n.

a wheelwright,

< North. wyrihta , wyrihte, wyrchta

wreng a. & adv.

See wrang

wummel n.

a l arge corkscrew

< AF. *wimble

wun n.

wound

< OE. wund

wurrum n.

a worm

< OE. wyrm

wutchet n.

an orchard; also wotchet

< OE. ortȝeard

wuthering a.

blustery; stormy; wild,;

< OE. wederung ,(bad weather) f. wed (e)rian (to exhibit a change of weather)