Wa
pron. who, S; see Who.

Waast
sb. waist, C2; see Waste.

Wacche
sb. vigil, watch, PP, HD; wecche, S; wach, one who keeps a lookout; wecche, pl., S; wecchess, S; wacchis, WA; wachis, sentinels, S3.—AS. wæcce.

Wacchen
v. to watch, SkD; vachit, pp., S2.—AS. wacian.

Wachet
sb. a sort of blue cloth, CM. See Philolog. Soc. Trans. 1885, p. 329.

Waden
v. to wade, PP; vayd, S2. Der.: vading, wading, S2.—AS. wadan, pt. s. wód, pp. gewaden.

Waff
v. to waft, lift up, raise, bear, SkD, JD; wafte, pt. s., S2.—Icel. váfa, to wave, vibrate.

Wafre
sb. a thin small cake, wafer, CM, PP; wafur, Prompt., Voc.—AF. wafre (F. gaufre); ODutch wafel (see Kilian); cp. OHG. waba, honey-comb (Tatian); see Weigand (s.v. waffel).

Wafrere
sb. a maker of wafer-cakes, confectioner, PP; wafereres, pl., C3.

Wafrestre
sb. a female maker or seller of wafer-cakes, PP.

Wage
sb. a gage, pledge, pay for service, WA, Prompt.; wages, pl., PP.—AF. wage, gage; Low Lat. wadium, a pledge; Goth. wadi; cp. Lat. uas (uadi-). Cf. Wed.

Wagen
v. to engage, to go bail, P, Prompt.—OF. gagier; Low. Lat. wadiare, from wadium. See above.

Waggen
v. to shake to and fro, Prompt., CM, PP; waggid, pp., W.

Waghe
sb. wall, H; wah, S; see Wowe.

Waille
v. to wail, C2; see Weilen.

Wait
pr. s. knows, S3; see Witen (1).

Waith
sb. danger, peril, B, JD; wathe, WA; vath, B.—Icel. váði.

Waith
v. to hunt, fish.—Icel. veiða, to catch, hunt; cp. AS. wǽðan, to hunt, to wander (Grein). Related to F. gagner (see Brachet). See Gaignage.

Waith
sb. game, sport, a ‘take,’ S3, JD.—Icel. veiðr; cp. OHG. weida (Otfrid), see Weigand (s.v. weide).

Waithing
sb. what is taken in hunting or fishing, JD, S3.

Wak
adj. wet, moist, S3, SkD (s.v. wake). Der.: waknes, moistness, JD.—Cp. Du. wak, Icel. vökr; cp. Icel. vök (vaka-), a hole in ice.

Wake
sb. a watch, vigilia, Cath. Comb.: wakepleyes, ceremonies attending the vigils for the dead, C.

Waken
v. to be awake, to wake, cease from sleep, S, PP, S2; woc, pt. s., S; wok, S; wook, S2, C3.—AS. wacan, pt. wóc, pp. wacen.

Wakien
v. to watch, to awake, S, PP; waky, S2; wakede, pt. s., S, PP; waked, pp., S.—AS. wacian, pt. wacede.

Waking
sb. a watch, S2, C2; wakynge, W.

Waknen
v. to be aroused from sleep, SkD, PP.—AS. wæcnan.

Wal
sb. wall, murus, paries, Prompt., S, S2, C2; wall (= Lat. maceria), H, WA; walles, pl., S; wallen, S.—AS. weall, wall, rampart; Lat. uallum.

Wald
sb. wold, wood, WA.—AS. weald; cp. OHG. wald.

Wale
v. to choose, WA.—Cp. Goth. waljan.

Walette
sb. bag, wallet, Prompt.; walet, C.—Perhaps a corruption of Watel; see SkD.

Walk
Valk), v. to watch, S2, S3, B.—So written for wakk (vakk). See Wakien.

Walke
sb. a walk, WA.

Walken
v. to roll, walk, S; welk, pt. s., SkD; welke, HD; walke, pp., S.

Wallare
sb. stone-mason, murator, Prompt. See Wal.

Walle
sb. a spring of water, HD. Comb.: walle-heued, a springhead, S2.

Wallen
v. to boil, to well, to turn about, S, S2, PP; weallen, S. Comb.: wal-hat, boiling hot, S. Der.: wally, surging, S3.—AS. weallan, pt. wéol, pp. weallen.

Walme
sb. a bubble in boiling, HD.

Walshe
adj. and sb. foreign, a foreigner, Welshman, P. Comb.: walshe note, walnut, CM.—AS. wælisc, foreign, Welsh (SkD); from wealh, a foreigner, a Welshman.

Walt
pt. s. possessed, S2; see Welden.

Walten
v. to roll, to roll over, overturn, to fall, to well out, S2; welt, pt. s., SkD (s.v. welter); welte, HD; walt, S2.—AS. wealtan.

Walter
sb. water, S3; see Water.

Walteren
v. to roll about, welter, S2, S3, PP; weltyn, Prompt. Der.: waltrynge, a weltering, Prompt.; weltering, a turning over, S3.

Walwen
v. to roll, CM, PP; welwyn, Prompt.; walowand, pr. p., WA; walewide, pt. s., W.—AS. wealwian: Goth. walwjan (in compounds).

Walwyng
sb. a rolling, W.

Wambe
sb. belly, womb, WA; wame, WA.

Wan
adj. wan, pale, C3, W; wanne, Prompt.; won, S2. Comb.: wannesse, lividness (= Lat. liuor), W2.—AS. wann (wonn).

Wand
sb. a rod (= Lat. uirga), H (Ps. 109. 3), WA; wande, H (Ps. 44. 8).—Cp. OSwed. wand.

Wand
sb. hesitation, S2. See Wonden.

Wandren
v. to wander, to walk, S2, PP, W; wondren, S2, PP.—AS. wandrian.

Wane
sb. weening, thought, judgment, B; wan, S2; vayn, S2, B; veyn, doubt, B.—AS. wén. See Wenen.

Wane
sb. a quantity, a number, S2, S3; see Woon.

Wane
sb. want, deficiency, misery, S, S2, WA; wone, S.—AS. wana.

Wanelasour
sb. one who rouses and drives game, alator, Voc. See HD (s.v. wanlace).

Wanen
v. to wane, to fail, to grow less, C, C2, S2; wanye, P; wanne, to ebb, S3; woned, pp., S2.—AS. wanian (wonian).

Wanene
adv. whence, S; see Whanene.

Wangeliste
sb. evangelist, S2.—Church Lat. euangelista (Vulg.).

Wangtooth
sb. molar tooth, C2; see Wonge.

Wankel
adj. tottery, unstable; wankyll, S2.—AS. wancol (SkD, s.v. wench); cp. OHG. wank, tottering (Otfrid).

Wanne
adv., conj. when, S, S2; see Whanne.

Wannes
adv. whence, S3; see Whannes.

Want
adj. deficient; wannt, SkD; wonte, sb. deficiency, SkD.—Icel. vant, n. of vanr, deficient.

Wanten
v. to be lacking, carere, Cath.; wonte, S, S2; wantede, pt. s., S; wayntyt, pl., S3.—Icel. vanta.

Wapne
sb. weapon, S; see Wepne.

Wapnid
pp. armed, S2; see Wepnen.

Wappen
v. to lap, wap (said of water), to yelp, S3, Prompt.

Wappynge
sb. barking of hounds, Prompt.

War
adj. cautious, wary, S, S2, C2, G, W, W2, PP; wear, S; warliche, adv. cautiously, S; wearliche, S; warly, H; warli, W. Der.: warschipe, prudence, S.—AS. (ge)wær: OHG. gi-war (Otfrid). See I-war (p. 123).

War
pt. s. subj. were, S2; war . . ne, unless, S2; see Was.

War
adv. where, S; see Wher.

Warant
sb. a warrant, guarantee, SkD; protector, Prompt.—AF. warant, OF. garant, Low Lat. warentem (Diez, p. 177); OHG. werento, pr. p. of weren, warjan, to protect, to take heed. Cf. Warice.

Waranten
v. to warrant, C3.

Ward
sb. a guard, SD; wardes, pl., SD.—AS. weard (m.), ‘custos’.

Ward
sb. world (Lancelot of the Laik, E.E.T.S. No. 6). See Werd.

Warde
sb. ward, custodia, S; ward, care, heed, regard, S2; keeping, Prompt.—AS. weard (f.), ‘custodia.’ Comb.: warde-motes, meetings of a ward, P.

Warden
v. to guard, S; warded, pp., S2.—AS. weardian.

Wardeyne
sb. warden, Prompt.; wardeyn, CM, Voc.; wardane, B; wardeynes, pl., umpires, G.—AF. wardein.

Wardone
sb. a kind of pear, volemum, Prompt.

Wardrobe
sb. a house of office, CM.

Ware
sb. merchandise, S2, C3, G, SkD.—Icel. vara; cp. AS. waru, care, custody, (Grein).

Ware
sb. host, collection, S2. Comb.: helleware, the host of hell, SD; watres ware, waters, S2; windes ware, winds, S2.—AS. -waru (Grein), see Fick, 7. 291. Cf. Were.

Ware
sb. spring, H; wayr, ver, Cath.; were, B.—Icel. vár.

Ware
sb. weir, dam, HD; wore, S2; were, CM.—AS. wer (SkD); cp. Icel. vörr.

Ware
adj. comp. worse, H; see Werre.

Ware
v. to lay out, to spend, S2, HD, JD, Palsg. (p. 452); wayr, commutare, Cath., JD; war, JD.—Icel. verja, to clothe, to invest money, to spend. See Werien.

Wareyne
sb. a warren, Prompt.; warrayne, HD. Der.: warnere, warrener, Prompt.; warner, P, HD, Bardsley.—AF. warenne (garenne, garreyne); Low Lat. warenna; from OHG. war- in warjan. See Warant.

Warh
in compounds), an outlawed felon. Comb.: warh-treo, the felon’s tree, the gallows (used of the cross of Christ), S.—AS. wearh, an outlawed felon, a wolf; cp. Icel. vargr, a wolf, an outlaw. With warh-tréo cp. OS. warag-treo, Icel. varg-tré, also AS. wearh-ród (Voc.).

Warice
v. to heal, cure, to be cured, C3; warschyn, convalesco, Prompt.; warisch, WA; warysshe, Palsg.; warisshed, pp., Prompt. (n).—OF. wariss-, pr. p. stem of warir, garir (F. guérir), of Teut. origin; OHG. warjan, to protect. Cf. Warant.

Warien
v. to curse, S, S2, S3, W, H (Ps. 108. 27), C3; werien, H; varyit, pt. s., S2; wereged, pp., S.—AS. wergian; cp. OHG. (fur)wergen (Tatian). AS. wergian, from wearh, an accursed person, an outlawed felon. See Warh.

Warien
v. to be on the watch, S (9. 132); waren, S; ware þe, imp. s., PP; war yow, pl., C2.—AS. warian, to take heed.

Warke
sb. work, S2; see Werk.

Warlaȝe
sb. a warlock, sorcerer, deceiver, WA.—AS. wǽrloga, covenant-breaker, often used of the devil (Grein).

Warnin
v. to warn, moneo, S, C2; warnon, Prompt.; warnyt, pt. s., B; warnede, PP.—AS. wearnian, from wearn, a denial, refusal. Cf. Wernen.

Warnishen
v. to fortify, protect, SkD (s.v. garnish); warenyss, H; warnist, warnyst, warnyscht, pp., H; warnised, HD. Der.: warnysynge, protection, defence, H; warnyshynge, H.—AF. warniss-, pr. p. stem of warnir; of Teut. origin. See Warnin.

Warpen
v. to throw, cast, utter, to lay (eggs), PP, S2, S, Cath.; werpen, S, H; worpen, S; warp, pt. s., S, PP; warpe, PP; werp, S2; worpen, pp., S.—AS. weorpan, pt. wearp, pp. worpen: OS. werpan; cp. OHG. werphan (Tatian).

Warrok
v. to fasten with a girth, PP; warrick, HD.

Warrok
sb. a girth, Voc.

Warysone
sb. reward, donativum, possessio, Prompt.; waryson, WA; warison, CM; warysoun, S2, B; waresun, Voc.; warisoune, B.—OF. warison, help, protection, from warir (guarir, garir). See Warice.

Was
pt. s. was; wæs, S; wees, S2; wes, S, S2; watz, S2; was, 2 pt. s., S; wes, S; were, S, W2; wæren, pl., S; wærenn, S; waren, S; weren, S; wer, S; war, S2; weoren, S; woren, S; wern, S2; wore, S; ware, S; wear, S3; ware, pt. s. subj., S; war, S2; war . . . ne, were . . . not, unless, S2, H; were, S2.—AS. wæs, 1 and 3 pt., wǽre, 2 pt. (pl. wǽron), subj. wǽre (pl. wǽren). See Wæs.

Waschen
v. to wash, S; waische, W2; wasshen, S; weschen, S; wessche, S2; wassen, S; wasse, S; wesch, pt. s., S; wessh, S, S2; wesh, C2, C3; weis, S; waischide, W, W2; wesse, pl., S; wosschen, S2; wisschen, G; wesshen, P; wasshe, pp., C3; wasschen, G; waischun, W; ȝe-wasse, S.—AS. wascan, pt. wósc (wóx), pp. wascen (wæscen).

Waselen
v. to wade in mire; waseled, pt. s., S3.—Icel. vasla, to wade in ooze, from vás, wetness, cp. AS. wós (wór). See Wose, Wori.

Wassail
wassel, ND; wassayl, S; wæshail, S. See Wæs.

Wast
sb. wasteful expenditure, C3 (p. 48).

Waste
adj. solitary, S; vast, S2.—AF. wast.—OF. guaste. See below.

Waste
v. to waste away, C2; vast, to waste, S2.—OF. waster (gaster); cp. MHG. wasten; Lat. uastare; see Mackel, Germ. Elemente, p. 72.

Waste
sb. waist, a man’s middle, Prompt.; wast, Prompt.; waast, C2.—Probably a deriv. from Wexen (to grow); see SkD.

Wastel
sb. a cake made of the finest flour, P, Prompt.; wastell, libum, Voc.; wastelle, Voc., Cath. Comb.: wastel breed, cake-bread, CM, C.—AF. wastel, gastel (F. gâteau).

Wastme
sb. growth, form, personal appearance, S, SkD (s.v. waist); westm, fruit, S.—AS. wæstm. See Wexen.

Wastoure
sb. a destroyer, WA; a wasteful person, P.

Wat
pron. what, S, S2; see What.

Wat
1 and 3 pr. s. know, knows, S, S2, S3; see Witen (1).

Wat
pt. s. quoth, S; see Queðen.

Wate
sb. chance, luck, S; see Whate.

Watel
sb. a hurdle woven with twigs, a bag of woven stuff, the baggy flesh on a bird’s neck, wattle, SkD. Comb.: watelful, wallet-full, PP.—AS. watel, hurdle, covering. Cf. Walette.

Watelen
v. to wattle, to strengthen with hurdles, SkD; watelide, pt. s., PP.

Water
sb. water, S2; weater, S; vattir, S2; walter, S3; watres, pl., S2. Comb.: watirbank, shore, W; waterles, without water, C. Der.: watrand, watering, S2.—AS. wæter: OS. watar; cp. OHG. wazzar (Tatian).

Watloker
adv. comp. sooner, S2; see What.

Wattri
adj. venomous, S2; see Attrie.

Waueren
v. to waver, to wander, Prompt.; waverand, pr. p., B; vauerand, S2, B; wawerand, B; waweryt, pt. s., B; vaueryt, S2.—Icel. vafra.

Wawe
sb. wall, WA; waghe, WA.—AS. wáh; cp. Goth. waddjus. See Wowe.

Wawe
sb. wave, S2, C3, W, PP, Prompt.; wawes, pl., WA, S2, S3, C3; waweȝ, S2; waȝeȝ, S2; quawes, S2.—Icel. vágr; cp. AS. wég: Goth. wegs; see Kluge (s.v. woge).

Wawen
v. to move from side to side, P; wawid, pp., shaken, SkD (s.v. wag).—AS. wagian (Grein).

Wax
sb. wax, Prompt.; wex, C, C3; wexe, W2. Comb.: wax-bred, a board covered with wax, a writing-tablet, S; wax-lokes, wax-flakes, S2.—AS. weax, wax; wæxbred, a board covered with wax.

Waxen
v. to grow, S, S2; see Wexen.

Way
interj. wo!, S; see Wo.

Wayke
adj. weak, Cath., S2, C, C3, PP; wayk, S2, C2; waik, PP, B; waiker, comp., S3.—Icel. veikr; cp. AS. wác. Cf. Woc.

Waykely
adv. watchfully, carefully, S3.—AS. wacollice, adv. from wacol (Voc.). See Waken.

Waymenten
v. to lament, Prompt., Spenser (2).—AF. weimenter, guaimenter.

Waymentynge
sb. lamentation, C, CM, H; weymentynge, C.

Wayne
sb. wain, cart, Prompt., G; waines, pl., S.—AS. wægn: OHG. wagan (Otfrid).

Wayowre
sb. a wager, Prompt.; waiour, S2.—OF. wageure (F. gageure), from wage (gage). See Wage.

Wayryngle
sb. a little villain, WA.

Wayte
sb. watchman, waker, spy, Prompt.; waites, pl., S2. See below.

Wayten
v. to watch, expect, C2, S2, PP; waiten, S, S2, S3, C2, PP; i-wayted, pp., S2.—AF. wayter, OF. guaiter (Roland): OHG. wahten, to watch (Otfrid).

Wayue
v. to send, put away, WA; wayfe, WA.—Cp. Low Lat. wayviare; see Ducange (s.v. wayf). Cf. Weyuen.