(a) To take a wife or husband, marry;—usu. used of a man; also refl.; sometimes in proverbs; wiven on (o), of a man: marry (a woman), wed; ille wiwande, of a man: unhappily married (b) of a man: to……

To speak indistinctly, mumble, stammer; of the tongue: make a lisping sound. …

(a) To become nauseated; feel physical disgust; also in fig. context;—also refl. [1st quot.] (b) to feel physical disgust for (sb. or sth.); be nauseated by (food, drink, etc.); also in fig. context……

To see, apprehend. …

To be lukewarm or tepid [last quot.]; also, heat (sth.) to lukewarm, warm up; ppl. ȝewlehte, made tepid; lukewarm. …

To exalt (one’s soul); refl. pride oneself (on sth.), take pride (in sth.). …

To speak with a stammer or lisp; also, utter a hissing sound [quot. 1440]; ?articulate slowly or indistinctly [quot. a1398]. …

Of a bird: to chirp, warble; wliten mid stevene, of a person: sing aloud. …

Hunt. To take to the woods, conceal oneself in the woods;—also refl.; ben woded. …

(a) To be or go mad, be or go out of one’s mind; behave wildly, be frenzied, go out of control (b) to be or become furious, rage; with that clause: rage (that sth. is the case); (c) to strive……

To run wild, become mad. …

(a) To become physically weak or feeble; fail, deteriorate (b) to become less vigorous in fighting, quail; (c) to become less severe, diminish; (d) woken mid werk, ?to grow irresolute in one’s……

To become feeble, lose strength. …

?To wipe or rub (diseased skin) with wool. …

(a) To hold back because of doubt or indecision, hesitate, delay; also, hesitate to speak (to sb.) [quot. a1375, 2nd]; with inf. or that clause: hesitate (to do sth.) (b) to hold back because of……

(a) To be struck with awe or amazement; feel wonder (about sth.);—also refl.; also with noun clause in apposition to pron. in gen. [quot. a1200(?OE), 2nd]; ben wondred (b) to marvel (that sth. is……

(a) To live (somewhere), reside, dwell; also fig.; ppl. woninge, residing [quots. a1400 Usages Win. & ?c1400] (b) to remain (somewhere for a period of time), sojourn; (c) to take up habitation (with……

(a) To moan, wail, complain; also, fig. of a bell: sound [quot. a1400 Cursor (Frf)]; wonen forth; wonen and wepen (greden, gronen), wepen and wonen, etc.; wanning care, plaintive lamentation (b) to……

(a) To accustom (sb. to sth.); (b) ben wonted, to be accustomed (to do sth.). …

(a) To speak; also, engage in discussion; converse, chat; worden togedere (togederes); (b) to say (sth.); (c) mirie-worded, pleasingly spoken, facile of speech, witty. …

(a) To wander; (b) to become troubled [quot. c1225(?c1200) St.Marg., 2nd]; distract (sb. or sth.), confuse, trouble, disturb; (c) to dry up; also in fig. context. …

(a) To hold (sb. or sth., a quality, a day, etc.) in honor, esteem highly, respect;—also refl.; also, treat (sb.) respectfully, show honor to; honor (a parent or spouse), treat with due affection and……

To deteriorate, specif. become unhealthy. …

(a) To exist, be; also, come into being, come into existence; (b) present tense with future sense; worthe non him ilich, no one like him shall exist, there shall be nobody like him. …

(a) To honor (sb. or sth.), praise, treat with respect; also, honor (sb.) by doing something [1st quot.] (b) to give or show reverence to (God, an idol, etc.), worship;—also without obj. [quot.……

To show respect for (sth.), honor. …

(a) To escape in minute quantities through pores or similar openings, through a permeable substance, etc., be exuded; of groundwater: well up, trickle forth; wosen oute (b) physiol. to pass in minute……

(a) To attempt to win the love of someone, usu. a woman, with honorable intent; seek a wife; also in fig. context; also iron. [quot. a1450 Gener.(1)]; wouen togeder, ?engage in a mutually agreeable……

To howl. …

(a) To inflict a wound, pierce or cut the flesh; also, in partitive construction: wounden of, wound some of (a group of persons); ppl. wounding as adj.: causing a wound, hemorrhagic (b) to wound……

(a) Of a person or God: to exact vengeance, inflict punishment for wrong done; display vindictive anger [last quot.]; exact vengeance (on sb. or a god); also, inflict punishment (on sb.) (b) to……

To suffer shipwreck. …

(a) To fold back or bend (one’s body) upon itself, form into coils; refl. roll oneself up; wrallen in knottes (rounde as a bal) (b) ben) wralled, to be) full of twists and turnings, be) spiral in……

(a) To contend (with sb.) in a test of strength;—used in fig. context; also, engage in captious dispute (with the law); (b) as surname. …

To wind (sth. around a part of the body), wrap; wrappen (al) abouten, wrappen bouten. …

(a) To be or become angry, rage; also in fig. context [quot. a1500(a1400)]; of God: be or become righteously wrathful; of a person, God, etc.: be angry (with sb. or sth.); fig. of the sea: rage, storm……

(a) To be or become angry; also, anger (sb.) [1st quot.]; (b) ppl. wrauid, perverse, contrary; ?also, deceitful, malicious [1st quot.]. …

?To make a hostile sound, roar, or the like. …

To engage in wrestling as a sport or a ritualized form of combat, wrestle; also, contend (with sb.) in a test of strength;—used in fig. context. …

(a) To avenge (someone’s blood); also, take vengeance on (sb.) [1st quot.]; refl. avenge oneself (on sb.), mete out retribution (b) to vent (anger); (c) to become angry with (sb.); (d) to provoke……

To recover (sth.) through vigorous action. …

(a) To make (sth.) perceptible or visible; also in fig. context [last quot.] (b) to make known the location of (a stolen object, a hunted quarry); don wreien, make known the existence of (a letter);……

(a) To drive (sb. or sth.) out or away, remove; also fig.; also, expel (sb.), banish; convey (sb. to a place unwillingly) [quot. a1450 Dial.Bern.& V.(2)]; wreken awei (oute) (b) to cast up (sb. or……

(a) To twist, turn; also, turn aside, turn away; twist about or writhe in distress [last quot.]; wrenchen awei-ward, wrenchen to and fro (b) to twist (sth.), contort, sprain; also fig.; also,……

(a) To prop oneself up (upon sb.), lean;—used in fig. context; also, refl. support oneself (by or with the help of sb.) [2nd quot.]; (b) to rely (on God or a written authority);—also refl. …

(a) To turn or twist about, writhe; also, extricate oneself (from a grip) by twisting or writhing; of the wind: change direction;—used in fig. context (b) to pull with a twisting motion; (c) to……

(a) To engage in grappling combat, struggle; also, wrestle for sport or show; struggle or wrestle (with sb.); wrestlen togeder (b) to twist about, be contorted; writhe, wriggle, squirm; (c) wrestlen……

(a) To be or become angry, rage; be angry (with sb.); of God: be or become righteously wrathful (b) of anger: to be kindled (against sb.); (c) to become angry with (sb.); (d) refl. to be or become……

(a) To twist about in anguish or agony; refl. of a hart: twist or rotate its antlers; wrethen awei, turn away;—used in fig. context; wrethen ayen, ?bend backward, turn back (b) to twist the limbs of……

To flourish, burgeon. …

(a) To lie over the surface of (sth.), cover; of a shadow: be cast over (sb.);—used in fig. context (b) to serve as a roof, shield, or defensive structure for (sb. or sth.), protect;—usu. used in fig……

(a) To turn; also, writhe, wriggle; wrien awei-ward, twist in all directions, be askew; ppl. wriinge, moving in a twisting or contorted way, staggering (b) to avert one’s body or face, turn away; go……

To wag (one’s tail);—used fig.; wriggen with the tail, of a bird: twist or flap its tail. …

To construct (sth.); ?also, error for thwiten v. …

To move to and fro, flit back and forth; also in fig. context. …

(a) To twist and squeeze (a wet sponge, garment, fleece, etc.) so as to express the liquid from it, wring; also, in hyperbole: wring dry (a sweaty horse); wringen oute (b) to press (fruit, herbs, raw……

(a) To cause (sth.) to become corrugated, produce wrinkles in (sth.); wrinklen togeder; maken wrinkled, wrinkle (sth.) (b) med. to cause (the eyelids) to shrink up or shrivel; (c) ben wrinkled, to be……

To fight, struggle; wrinnen ayen, resist. …

(a) To form symbols, letters, words, etc.; write (in a book, on a wall, etc.); also fig.; also, carve (into a stone), incise (b) to form (runes, designs, letters, etc.); writen gold, produce gold……

(a) To twist (sth.) into the shape of a wreath or coil; also, fashion (sth.) into a braid, weave, plait; ppl. writhen, twisted, coiled; also, woven, plaited; of an ornamental object: decorated with a……

To chirp, warble. …

(a) To alter (someone’s mind or mental faculties), effect a change in; also, confuse (sb.), confound (b) to exchange (opinions), speak (one’s mind); (c) ppl. wruxeled, adorned, clad; ?also, built up……

To babble on, prattle; wrobben ayenes, voice complaints; also, rail against (God). …

(a) To do harm or injustice; be unjust or unfair (to sb., opposed parties); also, perpetuate evil or unjust practices [quot. a1393, 1st] (b) to cause injury to (sb.), harm; also, treat (sb.)……

(a) Of an animal: to dig in the earth with its snout, root around; wroten in, Fig. of a military formation: attack in a wedge (b) of a worm: to slither about, wriggle; (c) of a person: to dig, work……

(a) To become angry;—also refl.; be or become angry (with sb.); also, quarrel [quot. a1500(?a1400)]; (b) to provoke (sb.) to wrath, anger. …

(a) To glorify (God, Christ, etc.); (b) ppl. wuldrigende as adj.: radiating glory, glorious; (c) to be vainglorious, gloat;—also refl.; be proud (of sth.), glory (in sth.). …

To recover from an illness. …

(a) To prepare (sb., sth, oneself), make ready; prepare (sb. or oneself for sth. or to do sth.); (b) to make (sth.) possible, promote, provide; (c) ?to bring it about (for sb. that sth. be the case). …

(a) To make (sth.) ready, prepare; also in fig. context [3rd quot.]; also, have (a feast) prepared; yarken toward, prepare (a ship) to go to (a place) (b) to make (sb., oneself) ready, prepare;……

To prepare (sth., oneself), make ready; ppl. iȝearcnodne as adj., of bread: prepared, i.e., ?baked. …

To wail; also, bellow. …

To sing or speak formally or poetically;—sometimes with certain specified words following; also, converse [last quot.]; also, speak in epigrams [quot. c1230]. …

(a) Of a person or creature: walked; also, was able to walk [quot. c1440]; yede on fot, yede on his fet, yede upright, etc.; yede afote, was on foot (b) walked (in a certain manner); (c) in……

To address (sb.) as ‘ye’, address politely or formally. …

(a) To call or cry out loudly in anger, grief, etc., shout, wail (b) with directly quoted speech: to utter (certain specified words) in a loud voice, cry out, announce; (c) to announce (sth.) for……

(a) To be useful or profitable, avail, help; (b) to oppose (a bird or an animal), counter, meet. …

To beat (sb.), thrash. …

(a) To relinquish (sb. or sth.) voluntarily, give up; also, surrender (an office, a token of office) willingly; also, forego (sth.), lay aside; yelden up (b) to entrust (oneself) to the care of God……

(a) Of a person, devil, etc.: to make a loud cry because of grief, joy, etc., cry out; also in metonymy [quot. a1382] (b) to exclaim loudly, shout; chant or sing loudly; (c) to utter (sth., certain……

(a) To boast, brag; refl. speak exaggeratedly about oneself, one’s abilities, etc.; vaunt oneself (b) yelpen for (of), to brag about (sb. or sth., oneself), speak proudly of, boast about;—also refl.;……

To become yellow, turn yellow. …

(a) To pay attention, take heed; with gen. or prep. phrase: take heed (of sth.); take notice (of sth., of God), attend (to sth., to God); also, look carefully (upon sth.) (b) to stand guard, protect;……

To buy (sb. or sth.) back, redeem; theol. redeem (mankind), ransom. …

(a) To recall (the mind from sth.), draw away; (b) to evoke (a memory), call back to mind. …

To return. …

To restrain (sb. or sth.), halt, or turn back. …

To recover (sth.), regain. …

(a) To spread one’s jaws, open one’s mouth wide; also, let the mouth fall or hang open; gape, as in astonishment or scorn; ppl. ȝeninge, open-mouthed, with the mouth hanging open; ȝeninge with open……

To return, come out or back. …

To argue successfully against (sb.), refute. …

(a) To speak in opposition to (sb. or sth.); take issue with (sb. or God); argue successfully against (sth.), refute; also, utter (a word) in rebellion or resistance [quot. a1449]; also [quot……

To express a contrary opinion, speak in opposition. …

(a) To take a stand in opposition, refuse to cooperate [last quot.]; mount a campaign or defense against (an enemy, a hostile or opposing force), stand against; also, put up an argument against……

?To block (sth.) off, close; yenstoppen of. …

To put up a struggle, resist. …

To give (sth. to God) in return, give back; also, ?repay (sb.), requite. …

(a) To beat (sb.) with a rod; (b) ppl. ȝerdit, of urine: streaked, barred. …

(a) To make a request, ask;—in as clause; also, ask (about sth.) (b) to ask for (sth.), request; also, ask (sth. of sb.), demand [1st quot.]; (c) to desire (sth.), long for; also with that clause as……