(a) Large-scale military conflict between countries, peoples, rulers, etc. or between factions or forces within a single country, war, warfare;—also pl.; wer faringe, q.v.; open (pleine) wer, open……
(a) To wage war, go to war; attack, do battle, fight, harry; werreien forth; werreien samen, wage mutual war, fight each other
(b) werreien ayen (ayenes), to engage in war against (sb., a city),……
(a) A soldier, warrior, fighter; one who conducts warfare; also, a nation of warriors, a fighting people [quot. a1387]
(b) one who conquers by warfare, a conqueror (of the world);
(c) one who makes……
(a) To wage war, go to war; fight, attack, do battle, harry; werren forth
(b) to make war against one another, fight each other; werren samen (togeder), wage mutual war;
(c) werren ayen (ayenes, on,……
(a) A small door, usu. set within a larger door or gate; a small doorway; also fig.; also, an opening into a beehive [quot. ?1440]; wiket gate
(b) an opening in a wall, a window [sometimes difficult……
(a) An act of deceit, a deception, trick; an underhanded scheme, a subterfuge; a plot, machination; also, a clever maneuver, tactic, cunning strategy; also person. [quot. c1400(?a1387)]; wile and……
(a) An auger used in woodworking, a gimlet, wimble; also person.; axel-man wimble, a wheelwright’s wimble; frensh wimble, ?a specially adapted variety of wimble associated with French designs or……
(a) A woman’s headdress covering the top, back, and sides of the head, including the cheeks and chin, and wrapped so as to cover the neck; also, a veil; also, a wimple as part of a nun’s official……
(a) To kick out or recoil suddenly; start; also fig.; fig. rebel; rebel (against God, God’s will, etc.), contend; wincen ayen the prike (prikel), struggle against a goad, resist
(b) to turn or move……
(a) An apparatus for hoisting or hauling, a windlass, winch; windas rolle, some part of a windlass, ?a pulley; windas stok, a post for mounting a windlass, a windlass bitt; water windas, a windlass……
(a) An alcoholic drink, usu. made from crushed whole grapes or from grape juice; also fig. and in fig. context; couchen win, to place a stock of wine in storage; fillen the win, give (sb.) the wine……
(a) A course of movement or travel; actual or intended progress in a particular direction or along a particular route; comen in woie, to come within (a warrior’s) reach during battle; stonden in the……
