Words as dictionary headwords used in the corpus, starting with w. Please note that the lexical concordance has not been reviewed and should not be referenced.

• wa (noun ?) ‘miserable, woeful; woe’1
• wac (adj.) ‘weak, slender’1
• wacan (verb) ‘wake, arise, be born; be wakeful, keep watch’4
• wacian (verb) ‘become or be weak’0
• wadan (verb) ‘move, go, wade’3
• wadu (noun n.) ‘sea, water’3
• waðum (noun m.) ‘wave’0
• wag (noun m.) ‘wall’2
• waldend (noun m.) ‘ruler, king, the Lord’16
• waldswæþ (noun n.) ‘forest track’1
• wale (noun f.) ‘female slave, maidservant’0
• walu (noun f.) ‘a protective ridge, running from front to back of a helmet’1
• wana (adj.) ‘wanting, lacking, without’0
• wancgturf (noun n.) ‘turf (from the surface of the ground)’0
• wandian (verb) ‘flinch, draw back’0
• wang (noun m.) ‘field, plain; (surface of the) earth; route, layout of the land’10
• wanhal (adj.) ‘sickly, unhealthy, weak’0
• wanhydig (adj.) ‘careless, reckless’0
• wanian (verb) ‘wane, diminish, waste away’3
• wanigean (verb) ‘lament, bewail’1
• wann (adj.) ‘dark, dusky’5
• war (noun n.) ‘seaweed’0
• warian (verb) ‘beware, defend, protect; hold, possess’4
• warnian (verb) ‘warn; take warning, take heed’0
• waroð (noun m.) ‘shore, seaside’2
• wawa (noun m.) ‘woe, evil’0
• we (pron.) ‘we’103
• wea (noun m.) ‘woe, distress, harm, grief’11
• weagesið (noun m.) ‘evil companion’0
• wealaf (noun f.) ‘woeful remnant; remnant after disaster’2
• wealand (noun n.) ‘foreign country’0
• wealcan (verb) ‘toss around’0
• weald (noun n.) ‘might, power, control, command’13
• wealdan (verb) ‘rule, control, govern, wield’19
• wealfæsten (noun n.) ‘walled stronghold’0
• wealgat (noun n.) ‘gate (in a wall)’0
• wealh (noun m.) ‘slave’0
• Wealhþeow (noun ?) ‘Wealhtheow’6
• wealic (adj.) ‘woeful, miserable’0
• weall (noun m.) ‘wall, cliff’16
• weallan (verb) ‘boil, seethe’17
• weallclif (noun n.) ‘(wall-) cliff’1
• weallfæsten (noun n.) ‘fortified dwelling; walled town’0
• weallsteap (adj.) ‘(of a cliff) steep as a wall, vertical; (of a city) having high walls’0
• wealsteal (noun m.) ‘location for walls, foundation’0
• wealwian (verb) ‘thrash about, wallow, roll around’0
• weard (noun m.) ‘guardian, protector, lord, king’15
• 1. weardian (verb) ‘guard, rule, inhabit [check]’6
• 2. weardian (verb) ‘keep, protect, dwell in [check]’0
• wearn (noun f.) ‘refusal’1
• weaspell (noun n.) ‘news of disaster’1
• weaxan (verb) ‘grow, increase’8
• weaþearf (noun f.) ‘dire need’0
• web (noun n.) ‘woven fabric, hanging, tapestry’1
• weccan (verb) ‘awake, arouse, produce, set in motion; kindle (a fire)’4
• wedd (noun n.) ‘pledge, agreement’1
• weder (noun n.) ‘weather, storm, wind’19
• Wedergeat (noun m.) ‘(Weder-) Geat’4
• Wedermearc (noun ?) ‘Wedermark, the land of the Geats (also known as Weders)’1
• wefan (verb) ‘devise, contrive; weave’0
• weg (noun m.) ‘way, road, path’7
• wegan (verb) ‘bear, wear, carry; perform, carry out; move’10
• wegbrade (noun m.) ‘plantain’0
• wegfarende (adj.) ‘wayfaring, travelling’0
• wegflota (noun m.) ‘wave-floater (a kenning for ″ship″)’1
• wel (adv.) ‘well’22
• wela (noun m.) ‘prosperity, happiness, riches’0
• Weland (noun ?) ‘Weland, a legendary smith’1
• weler (noun m.) ‘lip’2
• welhold (adj.) ‘very faithful’0
• welhwylc (pron.) ‘each and every; each and every thing’3
• welig (adj.) ‘rich, prosperous’1
• welwillendnys (noun f.) ‘benevolence’1
• welþungen (adj./verb p.p.) ‘accomplished, cultivated, excellent’1
• weman (verb) ‘persuade, convice, lead astray’0
• wemman (verb) ‘defile, profane, destroy’0
• wen (noun f.) ‘expectation, belief’9
• wenan (verb) ‘think, expect’2
• wendan (verb) ‘change, alter; turn, go; (reflex) take oneself’3
• Wendlas (noun m.) ‘name of a tribe or nation’1
• wenian (verb) ‘accustom, train, habituate, train; entice, entertain (used of rulers giving gifts to retainers)’1
• weofod (noun n.) ‘altar’0
• Weohstan (noun ?) ‘Wihstan’8
• weorc (noun n.) ‘work, labour, deed; suffering, pain’21
• weorcan (verb) ‘make, construct, make, do’5
• weorce (adj.) ‘painful, grievous, difficult’1
• weorcsum (adj.) ‘painful, trouble-causing’0
• 1. weorcþeow (noun m.) ‘slave, servant [check]’0
• weorð (adj.) ‘(w. dat of person who prizes) prized by, dear to’2
• weorðfull (adj.) ‘honoured, valued’2
• weorðian (verb) ‘honour, cherish; worship’12
• weorðlice (adj.) ‘nobly, honorably’1
• weorðmynd (noun n.) ‘honour, distinction’8
• weorðung (noun f.) ‘honour’0
• weorpan (verb) ‘throw, throw down; (reflex) change, transform’3
• weorþan (verb) ‘become, be; (impers with ge- prefix, acc of person and gen of thing) agree upon, suit’70
• wepan (verb) ‘weep, cry’0
• wer (noun m.) ‘man’17
• werg (noun ?) ‘accursed, wicked; accursed one, outlaw, criminal’2
• wergend (noun m.) ‘defender’1
• wergian (verb) ‘make weary’1
• werhþo (noun f.) ‘curse, punishment’1
• werian (verb) ‘clothe, cover; defend, protect’7
• werig (adj.) ‘weary, miserable, sad; weak, incapacitated (e.g. because of wounds)’4
• werigferhð (adj.) ‘weary’0
• werigmod (adj.) ‘miserable, weary; evil-minded’2
• werlic (adj.) ‘masculine’0
• werloga (noun m.) ‘traitor, liar, devil’0
• wermægð (noun f.) ‘human kindred, nation’0
• werod (noun n.) ‘throng, host, band, company, army’12
• wesan (verb) ‘be ( infinitive of verb that forms the past tenses of’6
• west (adv.) ‘west’0
• westan (adv.) ‘from the west’0
• Westdene (noun m.) ‘(West-) Danes’2
• weste (adj.) ‘waste, barren, desolate, uninhabited’1
• westen (noun m.) ‘wasteland, wilderness, desert’4
• wibed (noun n.) ‘altar’0
• wic (noun n.) ‘dwelling, habitation, mansion, castle’7
• wican (verb) ‘fail, break, be useless’2
• wicg (noun n.) ‘horse’6
• wician (verb) ‘camp’0
• wicing (noun m.) ‘viking’0
• wicstede (noun m.) ‘dwelling place’2
• wid (adj.) ‘wide, spacious’6
• widbrad (adj.) ‘extensive’0
• widcuþ (adj.) ‘widely-known, famous’4
• wide (adv.) ‘widely, far’25
• wideferhð (adv.) ‘always, forever; ever’3
• widewe (noun f.) ‘widow’1
• widfloga (noun m.) ‘far-flying one’2
• widfolc (noun n.) ‘extensive kindred’0
• widgil (adj.) ‘broad, ample, extensive’0
• widl (noun m.) ‘filth’0
• widland (noun n.) ‘extensive land’0
• widlast (adv.) ‘far and wide, far-wandering’0
• widlond (noun n.) ‘(broad, extensive) land’0
• widmære (adj.) ‘widely famous’0
• Wido (noun m.)2
• widscofen (adj./verb p.p.) ‘widespread, extensive’1
• widweg (noun m.) ‘distant path’2
• wið (prep.) ‘with, against; near, beside; in exchange for; (w. gen) towards, to, against, onto’63
• wiðerbreca (noun m.) ‘adversary, enemy’0
• Wiðergyld (noun ?) ‘Withergyld, a Heathobard warrior (or could be an otherwise unattested common noun, ″retribution″)’1
• wiðermedo (noun f.) ‘opposition, enmity’0
• wiðertrod (noun n.) ‘retreat, return’0
• wiðeræhtes (adv.) ‘opposite, on the other side’1
• wiðfon (verb) ‘seize, grapple with’1
• wiðgripan (verb) ‘grapple with’1
• wiðhabban (verb) ‘withstand’1
• wiðhogian (verb) ‘reject’0
• wiðre (noun n.) ‘resistance’1
• wiðsacan (verb) ‘resist, oppose, forsake’0
• wiðstondan (verb) ‘withstand, resist’0
• wif (noun n.) ‘woman, wife’22
• wifian (verb) ‘take a wife, marry’2
• wiflufu (noun f.) ‘love for a woman’1
• wifmann (noun m.) ‘woman’0
• wifmyne (noun m.) ‘love of a woman’0
• wig (noun n.) ‘war, battle’26
• wiga (noun m.) ‘warrior’4
• wigan (verb) ‘fight’1
• wigbealu (noun f.) ‘(horror of, violence of) war’1
• wigbil (noun n.) ‘war-sword’1
• wigblac (adj.) ‘(war- ) bright (i.e. having polished armor and weapons)’0
• wigbord (noun n.) ‘(battle-) shield’1
• wigcræft (noun m.) ‘strength in battle’1
• wigcræftig (adj.) ‘strong in war’1
• wigcyrm (noun m.) ‘din of battle’0
• Wigelm (noun ?) ‘Wigelm’0
• wigend (noun n.) ‘warrior’9
• wigfreca (noun m.) ‘warrior’2
• wigfruma (noun m.) ‘war-leader’2
• wiggend (noun n.) ‘warrior’0
• wiggetawe (noun f.) ‘accoutrements of war, armour’1
• wiggryre (noun m.) ‘war-terror’1
• wigheafola (noun m.) ‘war-head (a kenning for ″helmet″)’1
• wigheap (noun m.) ‘war-band’1
• wigheard (adj.) ‘battle-hard’0
• wighete (noun m.) ‘war (-hate), emnity’1
• wighryre (noun m.) ‘fall in battle’1
• Wiglaf (noun ?) ‘Wiglaf’7
• wigleoð (noun n.) ‘war-song (i.e. battle-cry? trumpet-call?)’0
• wiglic (adj.) ‘warlike’0
• wigplega (noun m.) ‘martial sport (i.e. battle)’0
• wigrod (noun f.) ‘road of battle’0
• wigsð (noun m.) ‘military expedition’0
• wigsigor (noun m.) ‘victory (in war)’1
• wigsmið (noun m.) ‘contriver of war (a kenning for ″warrior″)’0
• wigsped (noun f.) ‘success in battle’1
• wigweorðung (noun f.) ‘idol worship; offering to an idol’1
• wihaga (noun m.) ‘battle-hedge (a defensive wall of shields)’0
• wiht (pron.) ‘anything’19
• wilcuma (noun m.) ‘welcome guest’3
• wilde (adj.) ‘wild’0
• wildeor (noun n.) ‘wild animal’1
• Wilfingas (noun m.) ‘the Wilfingas, a Germanic tribe’2
• wilgeofa (noun m.) ‘giver of delight’1
• wilgesið (noun m.) ‘willing follower, willing companion’5
• willa (noun m.) ‘will, purpose, desire, wish; delight, pleasure’17
• willan (verb) ‘wish, desire, will, intend’103
• willflod (noun m.) ‘good or desired flood’0
• willgebroðor (noun m.) ‘(good) brothers’0
• willgeðofta (noun m.) ‘(good) companion’0
• willgesiðða (noun m.) ‘(good) companion’0
• willgestealla (noun m.) ‘(good) companion’0
• willgesweostor (noun f.) ‘(good) sisters’0
• wilnian (verb) ‘desire, wish for; petition for’1
• wilsið (noun m.) ‘desired expedition’1
• win (noun n.) ‘wine’3
• wincel (noun m.) ‘corner’0
• 1. wind (noun m.) ‘wind [check]’4
• 2. wind (noun m.) ‘wind [check]’0
• windan (verb) ‘wind, twist; go, fly; wave in a circular motion’6
• windblond (noun n.) ‘swirling of winds’1
• windgeard (noun m.) ‘home of the winds (a kenning for ″sea″?)’1
• windig (adj.) ‘windy, windswept’3
• windæg (noun m.) ‘day of struggle or toil’1
• wine (noun m.) ‘friend, lord’16
• winedrihten (noun m.) ‘(friend and) lord’5
• winegeomor (adj.) ‘sad because missing a friend/lord’1
• wineleas (adj.) ‘friendless, lordless’1
• winemæg (noun m.) ‘dear kinsman’2
• winetreow (noun f.) ‘promise of friendship’0
• wineþearfende (adj.) ‘in need of friends’0
• wingal (adj.) ‘drunk with wine’1
• wingeard (noun m.) ‘vineyard’0
• 2. wingedrinc (noun n.) ‘wine-drinking [check]’0
• 1. wingedrync (noun n.) ‘drinking of wine [check]’0
• winhate (noun f.) ‘invitation to drink wine’0
• winn (noun n.) ‘struggle, contention, strife, war’7
• winnan (verb) ‘fight, struggle; work; obtain, gain’6
• winreced (noun n.) ‘wine-building, i.e. hall’2
• winsad (adj.) ‘drunken’0
• winsele (noun m.) ‘(wine-) hall’3
• winsæl (noun n.) ‘wine-hall’0
• winter (noun m.) ‘winter, year’15
• winterceald (adj.) ‘winter-cold’0
• wintercearig (adj.) ‘despondent because of winter, wintry-minded’0
• winterstund (noun f.) ‘winter hour, short time’0
• winærn (noun n.) ‘wine-building, hall’1
• wir (noun m.) ‘wire; precious metal wire ornament (e.g. ring, armlet)’2
• wis (adj.) ‘wise’9
• wisa (noun m.) ‘leader, guide’2
• wisdom (noun m.) ‘wisdom’4
• wise (noun f.) ‘way, manner, conduct’8
• wisfæst (adj.) ‘wise’1
• wishycgende (adj.) ‘wise (-thinking)’1
• wishydig (adj.) ‘wise’0
• wisian (verb) ‘advise, guide; show, point out’11
• wislic (adj.) ‘true, certain’0
• wislice (adv.) ‘wisely, carefully’0
• wissian (verb) ‘make known, declare, reveal’1
• wist (noun f.) ‘abundance, plenty; food, provisions’2
• Wistan (noun ?) ‘Wistan’0
• wistfyllo (noun f.) ‘fill of food’1
• wit (pron.) ‘we two’19
• wit(t) (noun n.) ‘understanding, wit, knowledge, consciousness; head’4
• wita (noun m.) ‘wise man, king‘s councillor; witness’5
• witan (verb) ‘know, be aware of’77
• wite (noun n.) ‘torture, punishment, misery’0
• witebroga (noun m.) ‘dreadful torment’0
• witehus (noun n.) ‘house of torment’0
• witelac (noun n.) ‘punishment’0
• witelocc (noun m.) ‘tormenting lock (i.e. of hair): a kenning for ″flame″’0
• witeswinge (noun f.) ‘torment, punishment’0
• witian (verb) ‘allot, assign’1
• witig (adj.) ‘wise’5
• WiwaR (unclassified)0
• Wiwila (unclassified)0
• wiþerlean (noun n.) ‘pay-back, retaliation’0
• wlanc (adj.) ‘proud, splendid, rich’6
• wlatian (verb) ‘look for’1
• wlencu (noun f.) ‘pride, arrogance, splendour’3
• wlitan (verb) ‘gaze, look’3
• wlite (noun m.) ‘brightness, splendour, beauty’1
• wlitebeorht (adj.) ‘brilliant, brightly shining’1
• wlitesciene (adj.) ‘brilliant, bright, beautiful’0
• wliteseon (noun f.) ‘(beautiful-) sight, spectacle’1
• wlitig (adj.) ‘beautiful, bright’1
• wlitigian (verb) ‘become bright, become beautiful; make beautiful’1
• wocor (noun f.) ‘offspring, progeny’0
• wod (adj.) ‘crazy, insane’0
• wodnys (noun f.) ‘madness, insanity’0
• woðbora (noun m.) ‘speaker, counsellor, prophet’0
• woðcræft (noun m.) ‘art of poetry’0
• woðgiefu (noun f.) ‘gift of speech (or song)’0
• woh (adj.) ‘evil, perverse, twisted’2
• 2. woh (noun n.) ‘error’1
• wohbogen (adj./verb p.p.) ‘perversely twisted’1
• wolcen (noun n.) ‘cloud; the sky’10
• wollenteare (adv.) ‘with welling tears’1
• woma (noun m.) ‘tumult’0
• womcwide (noun m.) ‘evil speech’0
• womfull (adj.) ‘sinful, guilty, defiled’0
• womm (noun m.) ‘evil, sin; spot, stain’1
• womscyldig (adj.) ‘guilty, sinful’0
• wonfeax (adj.) ‘dark-haired’0
• wongstede (noun m.) ‘place’1
• wonhyd (noun f.) ‘carelessness, daring’1
• Wonred (noun ?) ‘Wonred’1
• Wonreding (noun ?) ‘son of Wonred’1
• wonsceaft (noun f.) ‘unhappiness, misery’1
• wonsæli (adj.) ‘unhappy’1
• wop (noun m.) ‘weeping, lamentation’3
• 2. worcþeow (noun f.) ‘(working-) slave [check]’0
• word (noun n.) ‘word, speech, utterance’42
• wordbeot (noun n.) ‘(verbal- ) promise’0
• wordbeotung (noun f.) ‘(verbal- ) promise’0
• wordcwyde (noun m.) ‘word, utterance, command’3
• wordgemearc (noun n.) ‘declaration’0
• wordgyd (noun n.) ‘song, poem’1
• wordhord (noun n.) ‘treasury of words’1
• wordlean (noun n.) ‘reward for words’0
• wordriht (noun n.) ‘true words; just words; fitting words’1
• worðig (noun m.) ‘enclosure surrounding a dwelling’1
• worian (verb) ‘wander, crumble, become worn’0
• worn (noun m.) ‘multitude, large number; many things’9
• worngehat (noun n.) ‘multiplicitous promise’0
• woroldræden (noun f.) ‘(wordly) leadership’1
• woruld (noun f.) ‘the world; situation, way of life’19
• woruldar (noun f.) ‘worldly honour’6
• woruldbuend (noun m.) ‘earth-dweller, human being’0
• woruldcandel (noun f.) ‘world-candle (a kenning for the sun)’1
• woruldcyning (noun m.) ‘earthly king’2
• worulddream (noun m.) ‘earthly joy’0
• woruldduguð (noun f.) ‘worldly excellence, worldly honour’0
• woruldende (noun m.) ‘the end of the world’1
• woruldfeoh (noun n.) ‘earthly goods’0
• woruldgesceaft (noun f.) ‘worldly creation, the created world’0
• woruldgestreon (noun n.) ‘earthly wealth’0
• woruldgesælig (adj.) ‘prosperous, happy, rich in earthly possessions’0
• woruldlic (adj.) ‘worldly’0
• woruldmæg (noun m.) ‘(earthly) male relative’0
• woruldnytt (noun f.) ‘worldly benefit’0
• woruldrice (noun n.) ‘(the kingdom of) the world’0
• woruldstrengu (noun f.) ‘wordly strength’0
• woruldwisdom (noun m.) ‘worldly wisdom, secular learning’0
• woruldyrmðo (noun f.) ‘earthly misery’0
• wracu (noun f.) ‘revenge, retribution; misery, distress’0
• wrað (adj.) ‘wrathful, angry; evil, cruel’5
• wraðlic (adj.) ‘evil, cruel’0
• wraðlice (adv.) ‘evilly, cruelly, with evil consequence’1
• wraðmod (adv.) ‘angrily;’0
• wrecan (verb) ‘avenge, punish; drive out, exile, expel; be exiled; speak about, utter’22
• wrecca (noun m.) ‘exile, outcast; adventurer; avenger’2
• wreccan (verb) ‘wake up’0
• wrecend (noun m.) ‘avenger’1
• wregan (verb) ‘stir up; accuse’2
• wreon (verb) ‘hide, conceal; protect’0
• wreoþenhilt (adj.) ‘having a wound or wrapped hilt’1
• wridan (verb) ‘grow, flourish’0
• wridian (verb) ‘grow, flourish’1
• writan (verb) ‘write, carve, engrave’3
• writere (noun m.) ‘writer’4
• wrixl (noun f.) ‘exchange’1
• wrixlan (verb) ‘exchange, receive in exchange; (of words) vary, substitute’2
• wriþan (verb) ‘bind, fetter; bandage’2
• wroht (noun f.) ‘crime, sin; strife, enmity; blame, condemnation’3
• wrohtgeteme (noun n.) ‘sinful host?’0
• wrohtscipe (noun m.) ‘sin, crime’0
• wræc (noun n.) ‘exile, misery; vengeance’3
• wræca (noun m.) ‘wretch, exiled person’2
• wræclast (noun m.) ‘track of exile, miserable track’2
• wræclic (adj.) ‘wretched, exiled’0
• wræcmecg (noun m.) ‘exile, banished man’1
• wræcmon (noun m.) ‘exile’0
• wræcsið (noun m.) ‘(journey of) exile’2
• wræcstow (noun f.) ‘place of exile’0
• wrægistre (noun f.) ‘(female) accuser’0
• wrætlic (adj.) ‘splendid, curious, wondrous’5
• wrætlice (adv.) ‘splendidly, wondrously’0
• wrætt (noun f.) ‘ornament, decoration, jewel’4
• wucu (noun f.) ‘week’0
• wudu (noun m.) ‘wood, forest (also kenning for ″ship,″ ″shield,″ ″cross″)’6
• wudubeam (noun m.) ‘(forest) tree’0
• wudufæsten (noun n.) ‘wooden stronghold, forest stronghold’0
• wudurec (noun m.) ‘wood smoke’1
• wuduwe (noun f.) ‘widow’0
• wuldor (noun n.) ‘glory, splendour, honour’10
• wuldorblæd (noun m.) ‘glorious fame, wondrous success’0
• wuldorcining (noun m.) ‘king of glory, glorious king’1
• wuldorfæst (adj.) ‘glorious, heavenly’0
• wuldorgast (noun m.) ‘glorious spirit’0
• wuldorgesteald (noun n.) ‘glorious dwelling’0
• wuldorsped (noun f.) ‘glorious success, glorious prosperity’0
• wuldortorht (adj.) ‘gloriously bright’1
• wulf (noun m.) ‘wolf’3
• Wulfgar (noun ?) ‘Wulfgar’2
• wulfhlið (noun n.) ‘wolf (-inhabited) hillside’1
• Wulfmær (noun ?) ‘Wulfmær’0
• Wulfstan (noun ?) ‘Wulfstan’0
• wull (noun f.) ‘wool’0
• WulþuþewaR (unclassified)0
• wund (adj.) ‘wounded’12
• wundenfeax (adj.) ‘having curly hair’1
• wundenhals (adj.) ‘″wound-necked″: having a wound or twisted prow’1
• wundenlocc (noun ?) ‘braided-haired (or perhaps curly-haired); braided-haired person (i.e. woman)’0
• wundenmæl (noun n.) ‘wound or twisted sword (i.e. sword made by pattern-welding twisted iron and steel together)’1
• wundenstefna (noun m.) ‘bound or twisted-stemmed one (i.e. ship)’1
• wunderfæt (noun n.) ‘wondrous cup, vessel’1
• wundian (verb) ‘wound’0
• wundor (noun n.) ‘wonder, marvel’13
• wundorbebod (noun n.) ‘strange command’1
• wundordeað (noun m.) ‘marvellous death, strange death’1
• wundorgiefu (noun f.) ‘wondrous gift’0
• wundorlic (adj.) ‘wondrous, marvellous, strange’3
• wundorsion (noun f.) ‘marvellous sight’1
• wundorsmiþ (noun m.) ‘marvellous smith’1
• wundrian (verb) ‘marvel, wonder, be amazed’0
• wundrung (noun f.) ‘wonder, amazement’0
• wundurmaððum (noun m.) ‘marvellous treasure’1
• wunian (verb) ‘live, dwell, remain; inhabit’16
• wunung (noun f.) ‘dwelling, house’0
• wurðe (adj.) ‘worthy, esteemed, honoured; (w. gen) worthy of, deserving of’3
• wurðlice (adv.) ‘honourably, nobly’0
• wurþian (verb) ‘honour, esteem’0
• wycce (noun f.) ‘witch’0
• wylfen (adj.) ‘wolfish, cruel, rapacious’0
• wyllan (verb) ‘boil’0
• wylleburne (noun f.) ‘stream, well-water’0
• wylm (noun m.) ‘surge, current, flame’7
• wylmhat (adj.) ‘flaming hot’0
• wyln (noun f.) ‘(female) servant, slave’0
• wyndæg (noun m.) ‘joyful day’0
• wynleas (adj.) ‘joyless’2
• wynlic (adj.) ‘beautiful, joyful’0
• wynn (noun f.) ‘joy, delight, happiness’11
• wynstre (adj.) ‘left’0
• wynsum (adj.) ‘delightful, beautiful, pleasant’2
• wyrcan (verb) ‘work, make, create; carry out, do’28
• wyrd (noun f.) ‘fate, destiny’13
• wyrdan (verb) ‘injure, destroy’1
• wyrðe (adj.) ‘worthy; (w. gen) having a right to’3
• wyrgean (verb) ‘curse’0
• wyrhta (noun m.) ‘workman, craftsman, artisan’0
• wyrm (noun m.) ‘snake, worm, dragon’22
• wyrman (verb) ‘to warm’0
• wyrmcynn (noun n.) ‘race of worms/snakes/dragons’1
• wyrmfah (adj.) ‘decorated with worms, snakes, or dragons; having serpentine decoration’1
• wyrmhord (noun n.) ‘dragon-hoard’1
• wyrmlic (noun n.) ‘body of a worm/snake/dragon? likeness of a worm/snake/dragon?’0
• wyrmsele (noun m.) ‘hall of worms or serprents’0
• wyrnan (verb) ‘refuse, deny’0
• wyrp (noun m.) ‘throwing’1
• wyrpan (verb) ‘recover’1
• wyrpel (noun m.) ‘jess (strap for a falcon‘s leg)’0
• wyrs (adv.) ‘worse’0
• wyrsa (adj.) ‘worse’5
• wyrt (noun f.) ‘plant, herb, vegetable; root’1
• wyrtruma (noun m.) ‘root, bottom, lower end’0
• wyscan (verb) ‘wish’1
• wæccan (verb) ‘wake, be awake, be watchful’3
• wæcnan (verb) ‘arise, come to exist’1
• wæd (noun f.) ‘garment, clothing’0
• wædla (adj.) ‘poor, destitute’1
• wæfersyn (noun f.) ‘spectacle, display, show’0
• wæfre (adj.) ‘restless, wandering’3
• wæg (noun m.) ‘wave; water, sea’2
• wægbora (noun m.) ‘wave-bearer, i.e. underwater creature’1
• wægbord (noun n.) ‘deck’0
• wæge (noun n.) ‘cup’2
• wægfaru (noun f.) ‘wave-passage’0
• wægholm (noun m.) ‘(wave-) sea, ocean’1
• wægliðend (noun m.) ‘sailor, sea traveller’1
• Wægmunding (noun ?) ‘a Geatish family’2
• wægstream (noun m.) ‘(wave- ) current, stream’0
• wægsweord (noun n.) ‘(wavy[ornamented]-) sword’1
• wægþreat (noun m.) ‘a host of waves’0
• wægþæl (noun n.) ‘wave-plank (a kenning for ″ship″)’0
• wæl (noun n.) ‘corpse; litter of corpses on a battlefield’6
• wælbedd (noun n.) ‘bed of slaughter; grave’1
• wælbend (noun f.) ‘death-bond’1
• wælbleat (adj.) ‘deadly’1
• wælceasega (noun m.) ‘corpse-chooser (i.e. raven)’0
• wælclomm (noun m.) ‘deadly bond, fetter’0
• wældeað (noun m.) ‘violent death, slaughter’1
• wældreor (noun n.) ‘blood of slaughter’1
• wælfag (adj.) ‘slaughter-stained, marked by death’1
• wælfeall (noun m.) ‘slaughter (perhaps a spelling of’1
• wælfus (adj.) ‘eager for slaughter’1
• wælfyllu (noun f.) ‘(plenty of) slaughter’2
• wælfyr (noun n.) ‘corpse-fire, pire; deadly fire’2
• wælfæhð (noun f.) ‘deadly feud’1
• wælgar (noun m.) ‘deadly spear’0
• wælgifre (adj.) ‘greedy for carrion’0
• wælgrimm (adj.) ‘dire, deadly’0
• wælgryre (noun m.) ‘deadly terror’0
• wælgæst (noun m.) ‘murderous spirit’2
• wælherige (noun m.) ‘death-dealing army’0
• wælhlem (noun m.) ‘deadly crash (of battle), deadly attack’1
• wælhlence (noun f.) ‘(slaughter- ) coat of mail’0
• 1. wælhreow (adj.) ‘fierce, bloody, savage [check]’1
• wælisc (adj.) ‘enslaved, foreign’0
• wællregn (noun m.) ‘murderous rain’0
• wællseax (noun n.) ‘(slaughter-) sax (i.e. long knife)’1
• wælmist (noun m.) ‘slaughter-mist (i.e. the blindness of death)’0
• wælnet (noun n.) ‘net of slaughter’0
• wælnið (noun m.) ‘deadly hostility’3
• wælrap (noun m.) ‘ropes of death (i.e. immobility)’1
• wælreaf (noun n.) ‘booty, spoils (of slaughter, i.e. battle)’1
• wælrec (noun m.) ‘deadly smoke, fumes’1
• 2. wælreow (adj.) ‘fierce, savage, bloodthirsty [check]’0
• wælrest (noun f.) ‘grave (lit. ″bed of slaughter″)’1
• wælræs (noun m.) ‘murderous attack’4
• Wæls (noun ?) ‘Wæls’1
• wælsceaft (noun m.) ‘murderous shaft (kenning for ″spear″)’1
• wælscel (noun n.) ‘carnage’0
• Wælsing (noun m.) ‘offspring of Wæls’1
• wælsleaht (noun m.) ‘deadly battle, slaughter’0
• wælspere (noun n.) ‘(deadly) spear’0
• wælsteng (noun m.) ‘corpse-pole (possibly a kenning for ″spear″)’1
• wælstow (noun f.) ‘battlefield (lit. place of slaughter)’2
• wælstream (noun m.) ‘deadly current’0
• wælsweng (noun m.) ‘deadly blow’0
• wælwulf (noun m.) ‘carnage-wolf (a kenning for ″warrior″)’0
• wæn (noun m.) ‘wagon’1
• wæpen (noun n.) ‘weapon’18
• wæpenþracu (noun f.) ‘storm of weapons, armed conflict’0
• wæpned (adj./verb p.p.) ‘male, man (lit. ″weaponed″)’0
• wæpnedcynn (noun n.) ‘male gender’0
• wæpnedmann (noun m.) ‘man, male person’1
• wær (adj.) ‘honest, trustworthy, true’2
• 2. wær (noun f.) ‘protection, keeping, promise, covenant’1
• wærfæst (adj.) ‘honourable, faithful, trustworthy’0
• wærleas (adj.) ‘faithless, treacherous, traitrous’0
• wærlice (adv.) ‘warily, guilefully’0
• wærloga (noun m.) ‘deceitful one, liar; devil’0
• wæstm (noun n.) ‘fruit, increase; stature’1
• wæt (adj.) ‘wet, moist’0
• wæta (noun m.) ‘moisture, liquid’0
• wætan (verb) ‘to wet, moisten’0
• wæter (noun n.) ‘water, river’22
• wæteregesa (noun m.) ‘water-terror, i.e. terrifying water’1
• wæteryð (noun f.) ‘(water-) wave’1
• wæterþisa (noun m.) ‘water-rusher (i.e. ship or whale)’0
• wæþrea (noun f.) ‘menace of the sea’0