Law (a) The distraining of a deforcer’s personal goods in order to force restoration of that which he has illegally taken; also, a writ authorizing this action (b) a distress authorized by one civic……

(a) Knowledge, certainty; the action or fact of knowing something (b) at (bi, to, unto) min witing, min witing, to my knowledge, as far as I know; bi his witing, to theire witing, to his (their)……

(a) ?To bear witness on behalf of (sb.); (b) to provide legal written documentation (that sth. is so); also, give a legal account of (sth.); (c) to provide evidence of (sth.). …

(a) Wise, prudent; knowledgeable; also, cunning, skilled, able [the precise gloss is determined by the context]; witter and wale (ware, wise), wise and witter; witter of eie, observant (b) requiring……

(a) To give information to (sb. about sth.); provide information about (what sb. will be); inform (sb. that sth. is so, what sth. is, etc.); (b) to teach (sb. to do sth.). …

Knowingly; skillfully; cleverly [sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 2.(b)]. …

(a) The common European wolf (Canis lupus); also, the wolf as an animal of venery [quots. c1425 & c1475]; a route of wolfes, a wolf pack (b) in cpds. and combs.: wolf bicche, bicche of the wolf, she……

(a) A sapling; also fig.; a cutting; also, a branch; tre (treen) wond; under wond, in the woods; wode wond, coll. branches (b) in stock similes and prov. expressions; (c) wond penies, a customary……

(a) Hesitation, vacillation; also [last quot.], ?a reason for hesitation; ?error for won(e n.(3) 1.(a); withouten wond; (b) fear; haven wond, to be afraid. …

?The evil one, the devil; ?coll. moles. …

(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) A building or structure for human residence, a house, dwelling, an abode; also fig. and in fig. context;—also pl.; also, a castle; west-minster won; won sheld, a protector of one’s dwelling; in……

(a) An expedient, a course; an alternative, a choice; (b) expectation, hope; wil of won, without hope; distraught; also, bewildered; (c) luck, fortune. …

(a) A piece or tract of land; a field, plain, meadow, etc.; wong stede [OE wang-stede], a place, locale; corner wong; lond (mede) wong, meadow land (b) ?length; (c) in surnames; (d) in place names……

(a) The risk of harm or injury, danger, peril; a potential injury, a danger, perilous circumstance or situation [occas. difficult to distinguish from (b) and vice versa] (b) harm, injury; an injury;……

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

(a) Law That which washes ashore from the sea, esp. from a wrecked ship; also, the right to take that which washes up on a certain stretch of seashore; ?also, a wrecked ship, a shipwreck [quot……

(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……

To fight, struggle; wrinnen ayen, resist. …

(a) An isolated or remote place, an out-of-the-way spot; a corner, nook; also, fig. a passage in a text [quot. c1400]; from ech a wro, from every nook and cranny, from everywhere;—used in fig.……