(a) To give notice of some existing circumstance or a past or coincident event, make something known
(b) to inform (sb., sb. of sth.), notify, advise;
(c) to announce (sth. to sb.), proclaim,……
(a) To move back and forth; shift, swing; move unsteadily, totter; also in fig. context [quot. a1450, 2nd occurrence]; also, bob; ben wavered, shift position
(b) to wander; waveren abouten (here and……
(a) To increase in size through natural growth, grow; also in fig. context; waxen up; ben (haven) waxen; ppl.waxinge, growing, alive; also in fig. context
(b) haven waxen, to have achieved full……
(a) To utter cries of sorrow, anguish, etc., moan, wail aloud; be in distress (because of sth., for sb. who is suffering); weilen and wepen, wepen and weilen; ppl.weilinge, sorrowing, crying aloud……
(a) To cause (sb.) to suffer (ruin, shame, etc.); contrive (injury) against (sb.), inflict (harm) on (sb.); do (sb. a bad turn); ?also, threaten (sb.) with (pain) [1st quot.]
(b) to do (sb. a good……
(a) To move to and fro, sway; flutter, flap; also, swing, dangle; of a ship: be tossed about; of smoke: be blown about, swirl; wind-waiving, swaying in the wind
(b) to wander, stray; fig. go without……
To choose (sb. or sth.), select; also, with partitive prep. phrase: welen of, choose from among (victims); welen oute, pick out (persons), choose out; welen the werse, determine the greater (of two……
(a) To topple, fall over; also, fall in defeat; welten bakwardes (upright)
(b) to overturn (walls); overset (sb.), throw over; welten doun; welten over; throw or toss (a body) over something;
(c) fig……
(a) To provide (sb.) with arms, equip (an army, a soldier, etc.) with defenses, weaponry, etc.; ppl.wepened, armed
(b) refl. to arm oneself, prepare oneself for combat;
(c) fig. to provide (sb.,……
(a) To dress habitually, be dressed; ppl.weringe, ?to be worn, for wearing
(b) to be clad or dressed in (an inner or outer garment, clothing, furs, skins, etc.), dress oneself in; wear (shoes,……
(a) To be painful, hurt, ache; also, cause pain [quot. c1440]; werken with; ppl.werkande, aching, sore; also, grievous, hurtful
(b) of an injured or ailing body part: to cause pain to (sb.), grieve;……
(a) To be stinting
(b) to deny a request to (sb.);
(c) to refuse to give or share (sth.); refuse (sth. to sb., sb. sth.);—occas. with obj. in gen. or of phrase; also, refuse (sb. a request);
(d) to……
(a) To practice the craft of weaving; also fig.; ppl.wevinge, weaving; also, as noun: a weaver
(b) to interlace (threads, yarn, etc.) to form a fabric; weven togeder; weven togeder to hem-self, of……
(a) To invert (a contrivance and its occupants), turn upside down; whelven up-the-doun
(b) to move (a stone) by rolling it over and over, roll into place [cp. welwen v.(2) (a)];
(c) to cover (sth.)……
(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) To move in a circular, whirling motion, turn, revolve, swirl; also, move about quickly and erratically, go swiftly; also fig.; whirlen abouten (oute, up); whirlinge se (whele); whirlinge wind, a……
