unperceived, v. i. 22.

warely, carefully, warily, 1. xii. 36.

war-hable, fit for war, 11. x. 62.

wariment, caution, Iv. iii. 17.

wesand.

weather, to expose to the air, v. iv. 42, Muiop. 184.

weaued, fret. wavered, v. iv. 10.

65, Bellay 44.

war-monger, a mercenary soldier, III. x. 29. warne, to deny, forbid, prevent, Clorinda 12. warrant, rule, licence, Two Lett. pp. 639, 640. warrayd, -eyd, -eid, pret. waged war on, attacked, I. v. 48, 11. x. 21, 50; intr. struggled, warred (fig.), 11. v. 48; pa. part. assailed, Amor. Son. 44.

warre, sb. knob or protuberance on a tree, S. C. Aug. 26.

warre, adv. in a worse manner, iv. viii. 31. Cf. war.

warriouresse, female warrior, v. vii. 27. wasserman, male sea-monster of human form, II. xii. 24.

wast, sb. waist, II. xi. 12, V. x. 8. wast(e), adj. idle, useless, wasted, 1. i. 42, S. C. Feb. 133; stray, deserted, S. C. Sept. 198. wast, vb. to lay waste, devastate, iv. i. 45; wasted, pa. part., S. C. Jan. 19

wast(e)full, desolate, waste, barren, 1. iii. 3, 11. vii. 2, xii. 8, 111. xi. 53, 1v. viii. 8, S. C. June 50; devastating, S. C. Jan. 2. wastnesse, wilderness, 1. iii. 3.

watchet, light or pale-blue colour, 111. iv. 40, IV. xi. 27, Elegie 3.

weed (e), weeds, clothes, dress, attire, 1. Prol. I, vii. 19, 11. iii. 27, iv. 29, viii. 16, p. 409, S. C. July 168, Hubberd 1321, Clout 711. weeke, wick, 11. x. 30.

weeldlesse, unwieldy, 1v. iii. 19. ween(e), -en, to expect, suppose, think, 1. i. 10, x. 58, 11. iv. 28, viii. 26, 111. ii. 13, vi. 54, v. ii. 25; to tell, Iv. xi. 27.

weet(e), -en ', to know, learn, perceive, discover, 1. iii. 6, vi. 34, vii. 1 1, 11. iii. 11, m. i. 19, ii. 6, v. 31, Iv. i. 41, 43, vI. ii. 30; to w. =tc wit, 1. iii. 17, III. vi. 54, Iv. iv. 40, xi. 28, v. x. I, VI. iii. 3.

weet, to wet, iv. ix. 33. weeting, knowledge, v. x. 39. weetingly, wittingly, knowingly, vI. iii. 11, Past, Elegie 22.

weetlesse, unconscious, ignorant, thoughtless, III. ii. 26, ix. 41, vi. viii. 47, S. C. July 35. weft, sb. waift, III. x. 36, v. ii. 4, v. iii. 27, VI. i. 18.

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weft, vb.: pa. part. wafted, carried, 11. vi. 18, VI. V. 23; waived, avoided, 11. iv. 36. weighing, fres. part. considering, S C. p. 417. Cf. way.

IV. iii. 25.

wav'd, pa. part. watered, having a sort of pattern on which there is a changeable play of light, iv. xi. 45.

wawes, waves, 11. xii. 4.

waxe, to grow, become, 11. x. 30; waxen, pa. part., Hubberd 599. Cf. wex, wox(en). way, to weigh, v. ii. 46, 49; to consider, esteem, vii. vi. 55; to weigh (fig.), consider, VII. viii. I; wayd, fret. 1. x. 40; pa. part. VII. vii. 58; fa. part. weighed, determined, IV. i. 7.

way'd, pret. journeyed, 1v. ii. 12.

wayle, to bewail, lament, mourn, Daphn. 510; wayld, pa. part. 1. v. 23. wayment, sb. lamentation, III. iv. 35, R. 7'.

390.

wayment, vb. to lament, 11. i. 16, Teares 355. weale, happiness, Past. Aeglogue 134. weanell, weanling, a lamb or kid newly weaned, S. C. Sept. 198.

weare, to pass, spend (time), 1. i. 31. wearish, wizened, withered, iv. v. 34.

Sept. 58.

weld(e), to wield, 1. xi. 28, S. C. May 206; to govern, manage, control, iv. Prol. 1, v. ix. II, vI. viii. 11, R. T. 447, Hubberd 1232, Clout 130; to bear, S. C. Oct. 40; intr. to exert oneself, IV. i. 37. wele, weal, v. xi. 16.

welfare, may (it) prosper, 111. ii. 42. welhead, -hed, well head, source, fountain (lit. and fig.), 11. ii. 6, vii. 15, v. ix. 26. welke, to fade, wane, 1. i. 23; welked, 1 pl. adj., S. C. Jan. 73; pa. part., S. C. Nov. 13. welkin, sky, heaven, 1. iv. 9 (attrib.), 111. ix. 11, S. C. Sept. 187.

well, sb. weal, happiness, 1. ii. 43. well, vb. to pour forth (lit, and fig.), 11. x. 26, VI. Prol. 7.

well away, wel-, wellawaye, interj. alas! 11. vi. 43, viii. 46, v. i. 15, S. C. Aug. 19. well to donne, welldoing, 1. x. 33. weltre, to roll, wallow, S. C. July 197. wend', to turn, go, 1. i. 28, iv. viii. 50. wend 2, fret, thought, v11. vi. 11.

Cf. ween.

wene, to think, S. C. March 25. C. ween. went, course, journey, iv. v. 46; resort, haunt, IV. ii. 47; turning, veering, vi. vi. 3. wesand, windpipe, v. ii. 14, S. C. Sept. 210. west, to set (of the sun), v. Prol. 8. wex, sb. wax, III. viii. 6.

wex(e), vb. to wax, grow, become, 1. ii. 4, iv. 30, 11. iii. 9, x. 20, 111. i. 47, vii. 24, ix. 13, vi. i. Arg., xii. 11, S. C. Feb. 124, June 103, Clout 851; wexen, 3rd pers. plur. pres., S. C. Aug. 96, Oct. 42; pa. part., R. T. 472. wext, pa. part. increased, IV. ii. 52. wexen, waxen, S. C. Dec. 68.

wey, to weigh, consider, Hubberd 112. Cf. way. whally, having a greenish tinge, 1. iv. 24. what, fare, things, vi. ix. 7.

what (is he) for a (ladde), what kind of (a lad is he), S. C. Apr. 17. wheare, place, 11. iv. 19.

whelky, knobby, 1ounded, Gnat 105. whelmd, pa. part. 11. ii. 43; pret. v. vi. 53: overwhelmed, crushed. whelming, ppl. adj. II. iv. 17.

whenas, when, 1. ii. 32, 11. ix. 10, 14, p. 413. whereas, where-as, where, 11. xii. 42, vii. vi. 17, 47, 48.

whet, pa. part. whetted, sharpened, vi. viii. 45. whether, pron., adj. which (of two), 1. ii. 37, Iv. iii. 37, ix. 1, 10, v. ii. 17, vII. vii. 57, Hubberd 997.

whether, adv. whither, v. viii. 48, Clout 251. whight, white, 11. iii. 26.

while, time, iv. i. 7, S. C. Jan. 8; the whyles =while, v1. vi. 44.

whilere, whyl-, -eare, erewhile, lately, formerly, 1. ix. 28, 111. vi. 26, x. 17, iv. v. 8, Past. Aeglogue 142; already, 11. ix. 13. whiles, while, 11. iv. 34.

whilom, -e, whyl-, formerly, once, 1. Prol. I, III. vii. 47, p. 410, S. C. Apr. 23. whirlpooles, sea-monsters of the whale kind, 11. xii. 23.

whist, pa. part. silenced, vii. vii. 59. whistler,? plover or pewit, 11. xii. 36.

wield, to sway, influence, v. x. 24. wight, sb.1 creature, person, human being, 1. ii. 30, 42, v. 36, ix. 23, 11. xi. 8, 11. iii. 60, ix. 21, IV. vii. 10, xii. 19, v. Prol. 9, S. C. Apr. 47. wight, sb.2 blame, S. C. June 100. Cf. wite, sb. wight, adj. nimble, active, S. C. March 91. wightly, quickly, S. C. Sept. 5. wildings, crab-apples, 111. vii. 17. wile, wyle, to beguile, 111. x. 5. will, sb. desire, Beautie 158.

will, vb. to wish, request, v. xii. 8, 9. wild, pret. ordered, vi. vii. 35. will or nill = willy nilly, 1. iii. 43.

wimble, nimble, S. C. March 91.

wimple, covering of linen worn by women on the head, cheeks, and neck, 1. xii. 22. wimpled, pa. part. 1. i. 4; pret. vII. vii. 5 : laid, lay in plaits or folds.

win, to reach, get to, vi. i. 23.

winde, to perceive or follow by the scent, v. ii. 25.

wine-fats, vats of wine, v11. vii. 39. wisards, sages, wise men, wizards, 1. iv. 12, 11. ix. 53, v. Prol. 8.

wise, wize, manner, guise, 111. i. 55, ii. 24, VI. ix. 6, VII. vii. 18, Teares 170. wishful, desirable, v. ix. 10. wist, pret. knew, 1. ii. 40, 111. ii. 23, 1v. i. 7, xii. 17. Cf. wot.

wit, witt, knowledge, intelligence, 11. xii. 44, III. i. 12, 1v. iv. 39; mind, Clout 707. witche, witch-elm, S. C. June 20. wite, b. blame, censure, vi. iii. 16, xii. 41. wite, witen, wyte, vb. to blame, reproach, censure, 11. xii. 16, 1. iv. 52, 1v. Prol. 1, v. xi. 57, S. C. May 159, July 210, Aug. 136, Hubberd 348, Clout 749, 916. witelesse, blameless, S. C. Aug. 136. withdraw, to carry off, iii. xi. 30. with-hault, pret. withheld, II. xi. 9. without, outside, vII. vii. 52.

withouten, without, 11. viii. 47, Iv. vii. 2, v. xii. 39, VII. vii. 53, S. C. Oct. 29, Hulberd 158, 186.

white, mark, Three Lett. p. 619.

whot, whott(e), hot, 1. x. 26, 11. i. 58, viii. 11, ix. 29, 111. vii. 49, S. C. March 41, Sept. 112. whotest, hottest, S. C. p. 447. wicked, baneful, cruel, 11. xi. 24. widder, wider, S. C. Sept. 210.

wide, wyde, round about, vi. xi. 18; away, 1. i. 34, xi. 5, II. viii. 36.

widow, bereaved, Past. Aeglogue 112. widowhead, widowhood, Teares 240.

books), Three Lett. p. 625.

wittily, wisely, sensibly, 11. ix. 53. wiuehood, state of being a wife, 1v. v. 3. wiuely, wifelike, iv. v. 3.

wo, woe, sad, 11. viii. 53, 1v. i. 38. womanhead, -hed, womanhood, womankind, 11. xii. 55, v. ix. 45, Muiop. 345; womanliness, vi. ii. 15, Clout 512. womanhood, womanly feeling, vi. viii. 51. won, wonne, sb. abode, dwelling-place, retreat, 11. vii. 20, xii. 11, 111. iii. 7, viii. 37,

won, vb.1: did won was wont, used, 111. ix. 21. wonned, pret. was wont, S. C. Feb. 119. wonst, is wont, Muiop. 11. wondred, wonderful, 11. xii. 44, IV. xi. 49. won(e), wonne, vb.2 to dwell, live, abide, 1. vi. 39, 11. i. 51, iii. 18, vii. 49, xii. 69, 1. i. 3, ii. 14, iii. 26, v. 27, 1v. vi. 5, xi. 37, vi. ii. 25, S. C. Feb. 184, Clout 307.

wonne, vb.: pret. 1. vi. 39 (intr.); pa. part., Hubberd 751 (tr.): conquered. wonning, dwelling-place, vi. iv. 13. wont, ppl. adj. wonted, accustomed, v. iii. 1. Cf. won, vb.

wont, pret. was, were accustomed, iv. vii. 6, 40; used to be, S. C. Feb. 108. wontes, wonts, is accustomed, 11. ii. 42, Amor. Son. 39. Cf. won, vb.

wontlesse, unaccustomed, Beautie 2.

wood, mad, furious, 1. iv. 34, v. 20, II. iv. II, Iv. ix. 29, S. C. March 55, Aug. 75, Hubberd 1352

woodnesse, madness, 111. xi. 27.

wooe, to obtain by solicitation, iv. x. 57. woon, to dwell, Gnat 18, Clout 774. Cf. won, vb.2

word, motto, Iv. iv. 39.

wore, pret. passed, iv. ix. 19. Cf. weare. world: worlds pride earthly magnificence,

R. R. 422.

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worship, glory, honour, 1. i. 3, 11. ii. 8. worth, sb.: in w., in good w. = in good part, pp. 411, 412, 413.

worth, vb.: wo worth woe betide, 11. vi. 32, Epitaph (2) 13.

worthy, deserved, 1. i. 26, S. C. June 100. wot, wote, to know, 1. i. 13, 32, ii. 18, ix. 43, 11. iii. 16, 111. ix. 7, vII. vi. 33, S. C. Feb. 85, March 102.

wound, pa. part. weaved, 11. xii. 82. woundlesse, unwounded, S. C. Oct. 41. wowed, pret. wooed, vi. xi. 4, Past. Elegie 67. wox(e), pret.waxed, became, grew, 11. viii. 9, 47, x. 17, xii. 22, 111. iii. 17, iv. 52, 1v. viii. 31, v. ix. 46, S. C. Jan. 5, Hubberd 1103. woxen, pa. part. become, grown, 1. iv. 34, x. 29, III. v. 29, x. 60, vII. vi. 6, p. 411, Past. Aeglogue 113. wrack(e), wreck, destruction, I. vi. I, Iv. ix. 25, Teares 400; violence, S. C. Feb. 10. wrackfull, avenging, destructive, v1. ix. 27. wrast, to wrest, v. xii. 21.

wrastling, wrestling, Three Lett. P. 616. wrate, pret. wrote, III. xii. 31.

wrawling, pres. part. mewing (as a cat), v1. xii. 27.

wreak, -e, vb. to avenge, 1. iv. Arg., 11. iii. 14, Iv. i. 39, 52, vi. 38 (intr.), Gnat 579. wreakfull, avenging, v. i. 8.

wreath, to turn, twist, 11. i. 56, Bellay 74. wreathed, ppl. adj. writhing, Gnat 253; twisted, Clout 245.

wrecke, to avenge, v. iv. 24.

wreckfull, destructive, vi. viii. 36.

wrest, vb. to wrench, twist, turn, 11. xii. 81, v. xii. 34, Beautie 158.

wrest1, wrist, I. v. 6, 11. ii. 21, viii. 22, 111. vii. 2, IV. xi. 51.

wrest, wrench, 11. xi. 42. wretch, wretched, vI. ix. 30. wrethed, ppl. adj. twisted, coiled, 1. i. 18. wrigle, wriggling, S. C. Feb. 7. wring, to distress, 1. xi. 39; to turn, twist, vi. vii. 9; to turn or divert the course of, to affect, Worlds Vanitie 126.

writ, written document, 1. xii. 25. writs, plur. writings, III. ii. 1, IV. ii. 33, VI. xii. 41, Teares 582.

wrizled, ppl. adj. wrinkled, shrivelled, 1. viii. 47. wroke, II. v. 21, Iv. vii. 26; wroken, 1v. ii. 21, VI. ii. 7, S. C. March 108, Muiop. 99; pa. part. avenged.

wrought, pa. part. app. released, freed, v. v. Arg.

wrye, awry, S. C. Feb. 28. wull, will, Epith. 252.

wynd, to extricate, vi. iv. 26.

Y

y-, archaic prefix used to form the past participle, e. g. ybrought, brought, 1. V. 5. ymounted, mounted, 1. ii. 29. yate, gate, S. C. May 224. ybent, turned, 111. iv. 47. ybet, beaten, Iv. iv. 9.

yblent, blinded, dazzled, 1. ii. 5, 11. vii. 1, S. C. Apr. 155.

ybore, born, III. iv. 21.
ybrent, burnt out, 111. ix. 53.
yclad, ycled, clothed, 1. i. I, iv. 38.
ycleepe, to call, Clout 65.
ycleped, called, named, III. v. 8.
ycond, learnt, S. C. May 262.
ydlesse, idleness, vi. ii. 31.

ydrad, dreaded, 1. i. 2, v. xi. 3, xii. 37.
yearne, to earn, vi. i. 40, vii. 15.
yede, yeed, yead, to go, 1. xi. 5, 11. iv. 2,
S. C. July 109, Sept. 145.

yeeld, to admit, grant, 11. ix. 38.