(a) To be confident; also refl.; also, take heart, take courage [quot. c1384, 1st]; trusten in (of, on, to, unto, upon), have confidence in (sb., sth., oneself); rely on (sb. or sth.) for guidance……

(a) To form (a thread) by twisting filaments together, spin; also, of a Fate: spin (the thread of life); twinede thred; (b) to intertwine (threads, filaments, etc.), braid; entwine (a feather into a……

Indescribable, beyond recounting; ?also, innumerable, beyond counting. …

In comb.: vlet line, part of the rigging of a ship, prob. some kind of flat plaited cord, ?a gasket. …

A fishing net. …

A coarse woolen cloth, used for horse collars, sacks, etc. …

A prefix in over 25 words, chiefly nouns but also a few adjectives, verbs, and gerunds, one adverb, and one participle. The prefix usu. expresses simple negation (with meanings such as ‘not’, ‘no’……

(a) A wave of water, esp. in the sea; ?also, a current; gon in wawes, to become tempestuous (b) pl. the sea, seen as a collection of individual waves; (c) used metonymically: the sea; water; wau of……

(a) To make sounds associated with pain, distress, sorrow, etc (b) to make various characteristic animal noises: of a dog: whine, whimper; of a pig: squeal; of a horse: whinny; of a human being:……

(a) A small circular weight placed on a spindle to serve as a flywheel, a pulley used in the operation of a spinning wheel, a spindle whorl; ?also, a small circular object serving to attach or hold……

(a) A whirlwind, tornado; also, a windstorm, tempest; ?a swirling wind; storm of whirl-wind; (b) fig. trouble, affliction; also, an excessive emotion or manifestation. …

A northern European species of the cod family, a whiting (Merlangus merlangus);—also coll. …

(a) To make (sth.) wide, extend; enlarge (a garden); also, spread (boards) out to make a table; (b) to separate (plants) by a wide space. …

(a) To fail, flag; also, refl. give way; (b) ben weken, to be yielded up. …

In cpds. and combs.: yarn (garn) windel, a wooden reel from which a hank or thread of yarn may be wound into a ball, a yarn-winder; yarn (garn) windel blade, one of the crossed arms of a yarn-winder. …

A measure of volume equivalent to that contained in a person’s hands cupped together. …