water-stoups, V,91,7,8: water-buckets or pitchers.wather,wither,wuther, V,107,3,5: wether.watt, III, 199,23: know. Seewat.waught, I, 299,14: draught.wauk, walk.wauk, II, 139,5,13: watch, be awake.wauken, II, 139,11,13: waken.pret.waukenit, II, 79,38: awoke.wauken(e)dat, II, 162,12: tried to waken; perhaps, chid, expostulated with.waukrife,wakerife, IV, 389 b: watchful, wakeful.waur,war, I, 5,13,18; 422,17; 475,44; 476,J6; II, 421,26; IV, 26,4,5: worse.waur, I, 147,C1; II, 61,9; IV, 417,5,10: were.wavers wi the wind, II, 266,B1: is as restless, changeable (?).wawis, IV, 196,19: walls.way, I, 4,A13,16;B8,9; 5,D4,9; V,283,7,17: the Milky Way.way.would I way or would I wight, I, 77,13; 78,42: nonsense. Seeweight. Motherwell conjectures, would I away, or would I wait. Seewee.waylawaye, alas.ways, IV, 196,15: in a direction.wayte,wait, III, 57,18; 66,209; 83,202; 86,202; 412,21: look out for; watch, lie in wait, seek an opportunity, to do.pret.wayted, III, 72,331: lay in wait for.waythmen, III, 41 a: hunters. Seewight-men.we, V,302a,13: with.we an E an O me,we an E an O an O me, V,275a,9,10: these words have been treated as interjections. It is possible that they are corrupted from something like, were a’ foald in a yeir to me, III, 370,9; cf. II, 465,9.wea, see your body wea, V,226b,7:=wae, suffering? (strange expression, see II, 305,7, you red and blue.)wead, would.weal, III, 310,60: “clench so as to leave marks, mark with wales”(?). “Perhaps read wringe and wayle.” Skeat.weame, IV, 505,56: belly. Seewamb(e),weme.wean, II, 136 a,16; III, 253,R; 397,A b2: wee an, little one, child.wear.sare a man a wear, I, 301,2: sair, supply, a man, of, with, his wear, clothing.wear,pret., V,221,21: wore.Wearie, I, 55 f.,3,4,6, etc.: the Devil.wearied,wearit. Seewearyd.wearifu, V,115,7: tiresome, vexatious, cursed.wearin’s wa, I, 333,6: wearing his way, growing less and less, slowly vanishing.weary fa, IV, 389 b: a curse befall.weary,wearie, I, 310,16; II, 131 f.,11,16; 231,1; III, 319,24; IV, 56,A3,B3; 57,C3,6; 133,G6; V,16,1,2,5,8; 192,25: sad, unhappy, distressed. IV, 44,6; 290,B c5; 359,6; 480,3: vexatious, hateful, horrid, cursed.weary, weary high hat, III, 184,13: monstrously, deucedly.wearyd,wearied,wearit, III, 261 f.,8,10; IV, 128,5; 132,8: troubled, afflicted.wearyin for me in, V,155,6: longing to have me indoors.weate, III, 341,47: corrupt. Possibly, I weate, wit, know.weather, IV, 213,17,18: storm of rain or snow.wed,wedd(e),wad, III, 66,214; 71,298; 110,7,8,12,13; 356,34: pledge, fine, forfeit (ley a wed, 110,7,8,=leffe, leave a wed,12,13). sette to wedde, III, 59,54: put in pledge.wed,v., I, 481,42: wager. Seewad.wed, proudest wed, III, 4,5: proudest dressed (from wede)wede,weed, II, 28,28; III, 61,97; 74,368,371; IV, 212,2,7; 213,10,15; V,306,13: clothing, garment.wee, I, 163,J1,2, etc.; 164,K1,2, etc.: little. I, 203,5; IV, 412,15; 413,18; 421,25: short time.wee.would I wee or would I way, I, 77,12; 78,41: would I (stay) wi (him) or (go) away, is all the meaning this can have. Motherwell conjectures, would I wait or would I away. Seeway.weed.Seewede.weel, well. Seewell.weel.the weel gae wi his body, IV, 129,21,23-25: prosperity.weel,well. weel fa! good luck befall, I, 388,B5. for my weel, II, 461,8; 466,24: well, advantage (461,9, for my better). Euphemism for God: weel met thee save! I, 324,3(MS. thou); well met ye (you) save! IV, 455,4; V,195,9; well (weel, weill) may ye (you) save! IV, 195,13; 198 f.,G4,21. So III, 268,31, originally; thefar betterin the line following, is nonsense.weel,weil, IV, 517,19: a pot, deep place, or whirlpool in a river.weel that was her own, II, 73,20: seems to mean that the roses and ribbons were indeed hers by right.weel-busked, hat, IV, 199,9: handsomely adorned.weel-fared,weel-fart,weil-faurit, etc.: well-favored. Seefared.weel-worst, V,214a,1: very worst.ween, II, 132,21: whimper, whine, lament.ween, heigh a ween and oh a ween (whereamay beI), II, 504,27: exclamation of distress.weep,n., V,241a,4,5: weeping, tears.weer, I, 72 f.,6,61: weird, fortune.weer, war. Seeweir.weesh,pret.of wash, V,213,6.weet, II, 293,13: know.weet,n., III, 160,6; IV, 379,15: rain, shower of rain.weet,weit,v., III, 401,7: wet.weetie,weety, IV, 197,9,17; 258,25: rainy.weighed more, II, 455,57: made more account.weight, IV, 224,23: wight, strong.weight, was he weel or was he weight, I, 80,9: nonsense;weightwould be wight, strong, etc., which has no pertinency. The same of, would I way or would I wight, 77,13. Seeway.weil,weel, IV, 182,G8: a pot, deep place, or whirlpool in a river. weil-head, II, 153,17: vortex of a whirlpool.weil,wile, V,10,2: wale, choose. Seewale.weil=well, very. Seewell.weir,weer,were, III, 480,9; 491,6; IV, 432,14; V,183,21: war.weir, bot weir, I, 140N: without doubt. (Pinkerton.)weir-window,wire-window, IV, 44,10; 46,11,7: seems to be a window grated with iron bars.weird,wierd,weer,n., I, 69,42,47; 71,37; 72 f.,6,61; 77,6; 309,B1; 482,E: fate, fortune, destiny.weird,v., I, 311,3: destine.weird, I, 107,1: the reading at this place is compounded from, weird her a grit sin, IV, 445,1, and ward her in a great sin, IV, 446,1; the reading of IV, 445, would mean, destined, put her in the way of, a great sin;ward inof the other text does not give an easy sense, andwardis perhaps a corruption ofweird.weirdless, III, 391,H3: unlucky.weit, I, 140,N(Pinkerton): know.welde, III, 112,52: would.well, euphemism for God. Seeweel.well, III, 112,48: will.well, the well o wine gaed in, IV, 428,16: perhaps wale, choice, the best; but since the wine was poisoned, this must be meant ironically.well,weel,weil, very, right. well good, II, 46,43; III, 132,5; 478 f.,15,34; V,49,11: very good. weil gaucy, V,152,3. well warst, V,180,14,16; 214 a,1: very worst. well faire mayde, II, 439,3,8, should perhaps be well-fared.well and wellsome, II, 159,16: should probably be wae and waesome (sad and woful).well o Spa, IV, 286,6: a spring to the west of Aberdeen.well or wae, was he well or was he wae, I, 80,8: whether he liked or disliked. (The passage is variously corrupted, and the original reading probably nowhere preserved.)well-a-woo, III, 77,438: a variety of well-a-way. (A. S. wá-lá-wá.)well-bespoke, V,149,9-11: well spoken.well-strand, I, 165,M4; IV, 172,15; 174,16: stream from a spring.well-wight, III, 3 f.,12,16,21; 487,5,7; IV, 165,7; 222,9(wiel-wight); 428,4: very strong, sturdy, stalwart; but, sometimes, brave, see III, 4,16. Seewall-wight.welt,pret.of wield, III, 74,366: disposed of.welth(e), III, 77,436: either, simply, his money, or, more probably, his well-being, his palmy days; so III, 287,65. III, 295,5,6; 296,15, (rich) booty.weme (of ring), III, 412,21: belly, hollow. Seeweame.wen, III, 200,3: win, get, go. V,256,7:pret.of win.wend, III, 38,104: gone (gone,b).wend,went, V,80,42;81,14: weened.wenion, with a, III, 138,11: wanion, a curse, bad luck (waniand, waning (of the moon). Skeat).wenking, winking.went.Seewend.were, I, 334,11: war. Seeweir.were, vulgar English, he were, II, 4,2; 8,8.werne, II, 139,23: were.werre, I, 327,20: worse.werryed, I, 273,37: worried.werschepyd, III, 109,3: showed respect to.west,p. p., III, 113,70: wist.west-airt lands, II, 73,30: western. Seeairt.westlan,westlin,westryn, II, 258,34; III, 431,20; 435,E7; IV, 240,18: western.wet,wete, III, 63,141; 70,287; 112,50: know.wether, I, 210,14; III, 430,2; 432,19(perhaps=whether): whither.wex,weks,n., V,283,11,21: wax.weynde, III, 297,41: wend, go.wha, who.wha’s(whae’s)aught. Seeaucht.whall, white as whall, II, 478,7: that is, whale’s bone.whang, I, 19,11; II, 168,A5: thong. In II, 217,1,3, lace his middle with a whang, the reading should no doubt bebandas in other versions.whang(of cheese), V,115,8: slice.whar,whaur, I, 164,K1,3,L1,5: where.whas, whose.what an a,whaten a,whatna,whattna,whatten, I, 169,B4; 203,C18; 441,19; II, 195,34; III, 433,2; 434,2; 453,12,13; V,162,C2: what sort? what (in particular)? what a! So, what for a? V,160,3; what like a ? V,163,5;164,E b2.wheder, III, 57,11: whither.wheen, a wheen blackguards, IV, 67,5,6: number, pack, etc.whether, II, 455,62; III, 92,26: which of the two.whether, whither.whew,whue,whute, III, 440,10: whistle.whidderand,whithering, V,191,16: (of arrows) whizzing, moving with a whiz.whight.Seewight.whikety whack, V,304,9: whick-whack (whick, doublet of whack).while, the other, I, 414,18: the remaining time, henceforth (?).while, I, 232,A2: for a while.while,whyll(e), II, 223,F1,2; III, 201,23,31; 298,50,54; 309,47: till.whiles, I, 115,B1;C1; 131,G9; 256,2; II, 470,59: at times.whiles,whilest,whileste,whilste,whyllys,the whyles, III, 87,278; 107 b,7; 357,38,45; 358,83; 361,b,c38,43,c41: while.whilk, IV, 373,10; 476,1: which.whin,whun, win, fun, II, 116,10,18; 117,4,12; 360,5,7: furze.whirpled, V,106,E5: evidently whipped, stripped (but I have not found the word elsewhere).whistling(of ladies moving), II, 386,19: whisking.white bookes, III, 357,58: clear of oppressive charges.white bread, II, 88,15,16,22,23; wheat bread, as in 89,4; 92,5,6(white meal is contrasted with corn and oats, II, 88,17,18). So 96,J5,6; fite bread, whit bread, V,220f.,6,7,9.white-fish, II, 129,8; IV, 436,10,18,19; V,122,1;124,1;274,10(fait fish): haddock, cod, ling, etc., as distinguished from gray-fish, coal-fish; in Banff, as opposed to salmon, trout, herring.white-fisher, IV, 436,18,19: one who fishes for haddock, cod, etc. (as distinguished from salmon).white-land, IV, 213,14: wheat-land.white meal and gray, II, 261,12; IV, 494,29; V,238,29: oat-meal as distinguished from barley-meal (oat-meal and grey, II, 462,30). But white meal, II, 88,17,18, being contrasted with corn (oats), must there be wheat.white money,monie, I, 464,7; 471,11,12; 473,12; II, 352 f.,E5,7; 473,7,8,14; 475,13,14; 476,10,13; III, 389,17,18,20,22: silver.white rigs, IV, 131,14: of grain (to distinguish from crops which remain green).whithering,whidderand, V,191,16;199b,16: whizzing.who would, III, 163,87: if one would.whorle, V,116,10;118,4;119,7;120,5: the fly of a spinning-rock.whue.Seewhute.whummil, I, 255,2: wimble, gimlet.whun,fun, III, 5,D7; 6,12: whin, furze. Seewhin.whunnie, IV, 69,22: covered with whins, furze.whute,fute,whue,whew,n.andv., III, 125,29-31: whistle. 126B,b29-31, whues.why, V,264,5: whey.whyles, the whyles, III, 70,278: while. Seewhiles.whyll(e), till. Seewhile.whyllys, III, 309,37: while. Seewhiles.wiald, wield.wicht.Seewight.wicker,wigger, III, 125,20; 126 f.,b,d-f: willow. (Wycker, osier. Palsgrave. Swed. and Dan. dialects, vikker, vægger, willow. Skeat.)wicker, IV, 31,6: twist.wid, IV, 456,15: would.wide, I, 55 f.,B4,6,8; II, 88,5; 94,3; 96,I5; IV, 424,11: wade. (Speltwade, but rhymed with -ide, II, 462,7; 465,19; III, 493,14.)pres. p.widen, IV, 68,6.pret.wade, wad.p. p.wooden.widifu,widdifu,widifau,widdefu, IV, 84,7,10,11,13; 85,3; V,253f., No 203,D2,8: one qualified to fill a widdie or halter.widna,widne, would not.wiel-wight, IV, 222,9: bold, stanch. Seewell-wight.wierd.Seeweird.wigger.Seewicker.wight,wyght,wicht,whight, I, 330 f.,A3,B3,C3; 333,4; II, 409,16; III, 63,152; 414,49: strong; but also, denoting bodily activity, brisk, as III, 117,20; III, 63,148, of John, who has shot well. III, 27,97; 65,195; 75,389; 78,448, Adam Bell, Clim, and William, and Robin Hood’s men are wight youngmen. III, 91 f.,6,8, Guy of Gisborne is a wight yeoman: sturdy. Seewell-wight. wighty, III, 94,48, has perhaps caught the y from the word following. Seewighty.wightdom, III, 488,26: weight.wightlye, II, 58,10: with vigor, or briskness.wight-men, II, 433,7: waith-men, hunters. (Icel. veiði-maðr, Germ. weidmann.) Seewaythmen.wightsmen, IV, 432,1: wechtsmen, winnowers. wecht is “an instrument for winnowing corn, made of sheep’s skin, in the form of a sieve, but without holes.”wighty, III, 32,45,50; 94,48; 362,70:==wight, strong. Seewight.wil, IV, 472 f.,24,25: wild, perhaps vile.wild, I, 334,6: would.wild-fire, III, 281,12: ignis fatuus. (slack here is marsh.)wild-wood swine,steer, drunk as, II, 144,3,4; 368,7: a popular comparison like, drunk as a dog.wile, vile.wilfull, III, 92,24, wilfull of my way: (Scottish will, Icel. villr) astray, lost;and of my morning tydemay be that he does not know the hour, or, he has lost his time as well as his road. Seewill.wile,wyle,weil,wale, I, 428,13; 429,7,8; II, 344,12; IV, 287,14; V,127,20,21;157,9: choose.will,pret.wald, walde, wad, wade, wild, wid, wud.will,would,ellipsis of. as muckle guid canvas as wrap the ship a’roun, II, 28,22. there’s nane come, win, II, 89,34; 99 b,34. So, II, 26,11; 375,23; IV, 131,13; 379,11; 380,7; 381,8,10; 382,13; V,177,9;184,38;276,14.will, V,16,10,15,20: bewildered, at a loss what to do. will of his way, V,70b: lost, astray. Seewilfull.willinglye, I, 272,22: at will, freely.williwa, IV, 19,C6: wellaway, interjection of (affected) reluctance.willy, willow.wilsome, IV, 235,3: erratic, intricate.win, I, 72,22,23: whin, furze, gorse. Seewhin.win,wynne,won,wonne,hay, III, 295,1; 299,B1,C1; V,243,1: dry by airing.win,wine,wynne,wen,won, make your way, arrive. III, 71,314; IV, 314,15: get, go. IV, 189,2,4,6: arrive, get there. win down, I, 481,39. win frie, III, 453,11. lat me win in, II, 148,25: get in. win up, I, 368 f.,34,36,44,47: get up. win on, I, 388, A7: go on, keep on. win through, I, 21 b,4: transitively, allow, cause, to pass through. win to, I, 466,13; V,262,17: get to, arrive at.pret.wan.p. p.wone, wan, win, wine, wen.win,p. p.of win, I, 101,15; IV, 189,15; 220,3; 446,17; 467,8,9.win your love aff me, II, 207, B2: detach your love from me.wine,p. p.of win, V,276,22.winder, I, 430,1: wonder, wondrous. Seewonder.windie, II, 362,3: window.windling sheet, III, 245, B13: winding-sheet.winking, II, 463,16: with eye closed as if blind.winn, in your barn, IV, 323,6: do harvest work generally, dry corn, etc., by exposing to the air. (unless meant for winna, winnow.)winna, IV, 326,7: winnow.winna,winnë, will not.winten, V,248,7: (wanting) without.winter,wynter, III, 58,47; 64,162; 285,20: year(s).wir, I, 217,9: our.wire-window.Seeweir-window.wis, I, 217,9: us.wis, you wis, IV, 233,13: know.wis, III, 319,20,24; V,206a, No 2,4: was.wish,pret.of wash, V,36,14.wiss,n., I, 420,12; II, 194,8: wish.wiss,wis,v., I, 22,6,8; 217,3; III, 453,3; IV, 168,E15; 169,12; 461,8,9: wish.pret.wist, II, 423,A1; III, 434,20; V,248,18.wiss, I wiss, III, 223,10: perhaps for I wot (not i-wiss). wist, III, 187,32; 222,34: know. (I wist, 187,32==assuredly.)wist,pret.of wiss, wish. Seewiss.wiste,wist,pret.of wat, etc., I, 243,6; 334,6; 368,23; 413,37.p. p.west, III, 113,70.wit,witt,n., III, 393,22,23; 419,8,12; IV, 509 a,11; 512,16,17: knowledge, information.wit,wite,wyte, I, 334,6; II, 307,34; III, 67,230; 385,15,16; 396, M8; IV, 98,2; 221,5; 508,10,11; 513,6,7; V,81,7;82,23: know.p. p.wit, IV, 98,2.wite, I wite, II, 160,18; IV, 260,12; 277,5: I know-indeed. Seewat,wyte.wite,wyte,witt,n., I, 350,12; II, 145,25; 146,8; 312,30; IV, 33,28; 127,1; 207,21; V,171,5; 247,11: blame.wite,wyte,v., I, 397,13; II, 271,19; 273,25; III, 357,53: blame.pret.wate, II, 273,25.with, I, 334,7: wit, know (orthography doubtful).with,wyth, III, 297,42; 358,75; 434,23: by.with that, II, 478,5; III, 76,414; V,298a: on condition that.wither,wather, V,105,B7,8: wether.witherlands,witherlins, IV, 378,5; 380,11: (-lins, -lingis as in Scottish backlingis, backlins, English sidelins, sidelong; -lands a corruption of -lins) in a contrary, unwished-for, direction.withershins, II, 318a,2: (M. H. Germ, widersinnes) in the wrong direction, in a direction contrary to the usual, or the desired (contrary to the course of the sun, often, but not necessarily here).within me, lept, III, 127, Play12: inside of my guard (?).withouten,withowghten, I, 425,f9,10; III, 272,6; 296,18: without. Seewythowtten.witt, knowledge. Seewit.witt,n., blame, V,247,11. Seewite.witted, V,132,2: minded.witter, I, 399,A b8:-wittering, information.wittering, I, 394,8: information, indication.witty, III, 131,3: corruption of wight, wighty.wo,woo,woe, II, 59,33; 86,16; 139,20; III, 23,23; 27,101; 70,297; 97,19: sad, unhappy. a woe ses me, II, 504,27: exclamation of distress; perhaps corruption of, woe is.wobs, I, 305 a,A3: webs (of cloth).wod,wode, mad. Seewood.wode, III, 54,3: went.wode, V,283,9,19: wood.wode-shawe.grene-wode shawe, greenwood shaw, III, 57,14; 70,284; IV, 427,1: thicket of the wood. (wood-shaw is of rather frequent occurrence and Halliwell cites, under the shawe of the wood, Morte d’Arthur, I, 374).wodewale,woodwele,woodweele, I, 326,2; III, 91,2: wood-lark (?).woe.Seewo.wol,v., V,283,1, etc.: will.wolt,v., V,283,4: wilt.wolwarde, III, 77,442: with skin against wool, that is wearing a woolen fleece directly against the skin.won,wone, one.won, I, 18,I1; 174,1; 246,1; 299,6,17; II, 419,44,51; III, 71,315; IV, 19,C5; 26,15: dwell.won,wonne,win, hay, III, 293 a; IV, 432,1; 499,1: dry by airing.won,win, I, 464,15; 506,7; II, 89,32; 140,22; 172,24; 256,K2; 407,12; IV, 242 a; 259,21,23: get, go, come, arrive. II, 316,3,7; IV, 115,D9: gain, earn. (spelt one, IV, 284,23; corrected to win.)p. p.wone, V,276,20. Seewun.wonder, III, 411,2: bewilderment? disaster?wonder, V,283,1: wondrous. Seewinder.wone, III, 98,25: number, plenty.wone, withowtyn, withowt wone, V,78f.,9,23: fail.wonige, I, 334,7: dwelling. Qy. wonninge?wonynge, wonning, III, 63,148; 86,148: dwelling.woo, wool.woo.Seewo.wood,woode,wode,wod,wud, I, 242,7; 244,9; 328,51; 348,12,18; II, 183,26; 242,30; 245,27; V,80,42: mad.woodcock(e), III, 199,27; 201,31: tropically, fool (from the bird’s reputation for folly). (A proverb, perhaps.)wooden,p. p.of wide, wade, I, 324,B6.woodweele,wodewale, III, 91,2(MS. woodweete): woodwale, woodlark? (generally explained as woodpecker; sometimes as thrush, red-breast).woon,won,v., III, 146,16: dwell.woone, III, 358,77: domicile.woot, V,82,26,41: wolt, wilt.word, att a, I, 411,9: in short.wordie, III, 269,12: worthy.wordlye make, II, 86,18,20: earthly mate, consort. Seewarld.wordy, IV, 135,16: worthily.worrie,worry,v., (of smoke, flame) III, 434,15; 435,14; 437,24; IV, 514,20: choke.worselaid, V,217,H2: wrestled.worset, worset lace, III, 11,J1: worsted;lacemust be meant for web; it cannot mean cord, and seems quite out of place.worth, wat sal worth of, I, 334,11: come, come to pass. wo the worth, worth the! III, 65,189; 70,296; 400,1: come, be, to thee. woe worth you, wae worth ye, II, 245,27; V,247,10;248,11. wae mat worth, IV, 236,28; 428,6; V,166,10;306,10: may wo come to.wou, I, 244,13: how.wouche, III, 308,26: (A. S. wóh, Scott, wouch) evil, harm.would,ellipsis of, II, 375,23; IV, 131,13; V,177,9;184,38; etc. Seewill.wound,pret., II, 148,4; IV, 15,19; 392,19: wounded.wow, I, 101,20; 299,8,10,12; II, 260 f.,1,11,14: exclamation of distress. IV, 65,1; V,272a,9: exclamation of admiration, sorrowful surprise. II, 2822; IV, 271,A3,4,7,9; V,197,6: of confirmation, (vow!). Seevow.wrack, ruin.wrack, V,122,11: mischief! devil!wraft, I, 424,b12,13: waft (woof) misspelt.wraikit, III, 427, note ‡: wrecked, destroyed.wraith, wroth.wraith, I, 134,N15; III, 505,12: apparition.wreck, sea-wreck, IV, 442,7: whatever is thrown up by the sea.wreke,p. p., I, 243,6: avenged.wril, V,73a: a drinking-word, in response to pril.wrist, III, 179,4; 181,16; 188,3: ankle, instep. (Icel. rist, instep, ristar-liðr, instep-joint; Germ, rist, instep or wrist; fotwerst, fotwriust, hondriust, Richthofen, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch.)writer,writter, IV, 131,18; 135,25: scrivener. IV, 180,D2,3; 181,3; V,256a,2,3: attorney (?).writhe of, III, 413,34: (pret.of writhe, twist) twisted off.writs(things written), papers.writter.Seewriter.wrobbe, I, 326,4: wrabbe, warble? or Scottish wrable, warble, wriggle? J. A. H. Murray.wrocht, wrought.wrocken,wroken,p. p., III, 91,3: avenged.wrongeous, II, 129,25: unjust.wrought,p. p., II, 46,40: rought, recked.wrought,pret., I, 286,51: raught, reached.wrthe, I, 243,5: worthy.wruched, I, 286,47: thrown up (ruck, a heap, to gather in heaps); perhaps, thrown ashore as wrack (Icelandic rek, originally vrek, reki, originally vreki, a thing drifted ashore).wrye, I, 326,4: twist.wud, II, 249,19: mad. Seewood.wud, I, 78,53: would.wuddie, IV, 69,18: widdie, withy, a rope of willow-twigs.wuman, V,304b,1,2: woman.wun,n., II, 315,E6: wind.wun,v., II, 190,4,10: win, gain. Seewon.wundouten nay, I, 334,9: without, beyond contradiction, truly.wus, V,304b,1: was.wush,pret.of wash, III, 386,20; IV, 166,C7.p. p.wushen, I, 490,22.wuther, V,304b,3,4: wether.wyght,adj., strong, sturdy, active. Seewight.wyȝth,n., V,283,14: wight.wyld, III, 307,6: (like Germ. wild) deer; or, perhaps, an adjective with noun to be supplied, of which there are several cases in the ballad.wyle, choose. Seewile.wyled, they wyled the bonny lassie by, IV, 205,26: the meaning cannot be that they (a troop of gentlemen) enticed the lassie aside. Mr. Forbes suggests, very plausibly, wyled (waled, took) their way past the lassie.wyliecot, V,107,2: under-vest.wynd, alley, lane.wynke, III, 77,441: shut the eyes.wynne, III, 296,22: joy, pleasure.wynne,v.Seewin.wynter,winter, III, 58,47; 64,162; 285,20: year(s).wyse in, V,156,Bafter16: show the way in (?), let in.wystly, III, 76,410: observingly, thoughtfully.wyte, I wyte, I, 332,G3; II, 376,25; IV, 32 f.,6,17,19,27; 136,13; 278,21; 410,25; V,299b,1, 300,14,17,18: (I know) indeed, assuredly. II, 307,34: I know, simply. Seewit,wyte.wyte,n.andv., blame. Seewite.wyth,with, III, 297,42; 358,75; 434,23: by.wythe, I, 334,11: wight, strong. (Orthography questionable.)wythowtten, drede, III, 296,8: without, beyond doubt. withowghten naye, 296,18: beyond denial. wythowghten (withouten) stryffe (strife), 295,2; 299,B2: beyond contestation. Seewithouten.
water-stoups, V,91,7,8: water-buckets or pitchers.
wather,wither,wuther, V,107,3,5: wether.
watt, III, 199,23: know. Seewat.
waught, I, 299,14: draught.
wauk, walk.
wauk, II, 139,5,13: watch, be awake.
wauken, II, 139,11,13: waken.pret.waukenit, II, 79,38: awoke.
wauken(e)dat, II, 162,12: tried to waken; perhaps, chid, expostulated with.
waukrife,wakerife, IV, 389 b: watchful, wakeful.
waur,war, I, 5,13,18; 422,17; 475,44; 476,J6; II, 421,26; IV, 26,4,5: worse.
waur, I, 147,C1; II, 61,9; IV, 417,5,10: were.
wavers wi the wind, II, 266,B1: is as restless, changeable (?).
wawis, IV, 196,19: walls.
way, I, 4,A13,16;B8,9; 5,D4,9; V,283,7,17: the Milky Way.
way.would I way or would I wight, I, 77,13; 78,42: nonsense. Seeweight. Motherwell conjectures, would I away, or would I wait. Seewee.
waylawaye, alas.
ways, IV, 196,15: in a direction.
wayte,wait, III, 57,18; 66,209; 83,202; 86,202; 412,21: look out for; watch, lie in wait, seek an opportunity, to do.pret.wayted, III, 72,331: lay in wait for.
waythmen, III, 41 a: hunters. Seewight-men.
we, V,302a,13: with.
we an E an O me,we an E an O an O me, V,275a,9,10: these words have been treated as interjections. It is possible that they are corrupted from something like, were a’ foald in a yeir to me, III, 370,9; cf. II, 465,9.
wea, see your body wea, V,226b,7:=wae, suffering? (strange expression, see II, 305,7, you red and blue.)
wead, would.
weal, III, 310,60: “clench so as to leave marks, mark with wales”(?). “Perhaps read wringe and wayle.” Skeat.
weame, IV, 505,56: belly. Seewamb(e),weme.
wean, II, 136 a,16; III, 253,R; 397,A b2: wee an, little one, child.
wear.sare a man a wear, I, 301,2: sair, supply, a man, of, with, his wear, clothing.
wear,pret., V,221,21: wore.
Wearie, I, 55 f.,3,4,6, etc.: the Devil.
wearied,wearit. Seewearyd.
wearifu, V,115,7: tiresome, vexatious, cursed.
wearin’s wa, I, 333,6: wearing his way, growing less and less, slowly vanishing.
weary fa, IV, 389 b: a curse befall.
weary,wearie, I, 310,16; II, 131 f.,11,16; 231,1; III, 319,24; IV, 56,A3,B3; 57,C3,6; 133,G6; V,16,1,2,5,8; 192,25: sad, unhappy, distressed. IV, 44,6; 290,B c5; 359,6; 480,3: vexatious, hateful, horrid, cursed.
weary, weary high hat, III, 184,13: monstrously, deucedly.
wearyd,wearied,wearit, III, 261 f.,8,10; IV, 128,5; 132,8: troubled, afflicted.
wearyin for me in, V,155,6: longing to have me indoors.
weate, III, 341,47: corrupt. Possibly, I weate, wit, know.
weather, IV, 213,17,18: storm of rain or snow.
wed,wedd(e),wad, III, 66,214; 71,298; 110,7,8,12,13; 356,34: pledge, fine, forfeit (ley a wed, 110,7,8,=leffe, leave a wed,12,13). sette to wedde, III, 59,54: put in pledge.
wed,v., I, 481,42: wager. Seewad.
wed, proudest wed, III, 4,5: proudest dressed (from wede)
wede,weed, II, 28,28; III, 61,97; 74,368,371; IV, 212,2,7; 213,10,15; V,306,13: clothing, garment.
wee, I, 163,J1,2, etc.; 164,K1,2, etc.: little. I, 203,5; IV, 412,15; 413,18; 421,25: short time.
wee.would I wee or would I way, I, 77,12; 78,41: would I (stay) wi (him) or (go) away, is all the meaning this can have. Motherwell conjectures, would I wait or would I away. Seeway.
weed.Seewede.
weel, well. Seewell.
weel.the weel gae wi his body, IV, 129,21,23-25: prosperity.
weel,well. weel fa! good luck befall, I, 388,B5. for my weel, II, 461,8; 466,24: well, advantage (461,9, for my better). Euphemism for God: weel met thee save! I, 324,3(MS. thou); well met ye (you) save! IV, 455,4; V,195,9; well (weel, weill) may ye (you) save! IV, 195,13; 198 f.,G4,21. So III, 268,31, originally; thefar betterin the line following, is nonsense.
weel,weil, IV, 517,19: a pot, deep place, or whirlpool in a river.
weel that was her own, II, 73,20: seems to mean that the roses and ribbons were indeed hers by right.
weel-busked, hat, IV, 199,9: handsomely adorned.
weel-fared,weel-fart,weil-faurit, etc.: well-favored. Seefared.
weel-worst, V,214a,1: very worst.
ween, II, 132,21: whimper, whine, lament.
ween, heigh a ween and oh a ween (whereamay beI), II, 504,27: exclamation of distress.
weep,n., V,241a,4,5: weeping, tears.
weer, I, 72 f.,6,61: weird, fortune.
weer, war. Seeweir.
weesh,pret.of wash, V,213,6.
weet, II, 293,13: know.
weet,n., III, 160,6; IV, 379,15: rain, shower of rain.
weet,weit,v., III, 401,7: wet.
weetie,weety, IV, 197,9,17; 258,25: rainy.
weighed more, II, 455,57: made more account.
weight, IV, 224,23: wight, strong.
weight, was he weel or was he weight, I, 80,9: nonsense;weightwould be wight, strong, etc., which has no pertinency. The same of, would I way or would I wight, 77,13. Seeway.
weil,weel, IV, 182,G8: a pot, deep place, or whirlpool in a river. weil-head, II, 153,17: vortex of a whirlpool.
weil,wile, V,10,2: wale, choose. Seewale.
weil=well, very. Seewell.
weir,weer,were, III, 480,9; 491,6; IV, 432,14; V,183,21: war.
weir, bot weir, I, 140N: without doubt. (Pinkerton.)
weir-window,wire-window, IV, 44,10; 46,11,7: seems to be a window grated with iron bars.
weird,wierd,weer,n., I, 69,42,47; 71,37; 72 f.,6,61; 77,6; 309,B1; 482,E: fate, fortune, destiny.
weird,v., I, 311,3: destine.
weird, I, 107,1: the reading at this place is compounded from, weird her a grit sin, IV, 445,1, and ward her in a great sin, IV, 446,1; the reading of IV, 445, would mean, destined, put her in the way of, a great sin;ward inof the other text does not give an easy sense, andwardis perhaps a corruption ofweird.
weirdless, III, 391,H3: unlucky.
weit, I, 140,N(Pinkerton): know.
welde, III, 112,52: would.
well, euphemism for God. Seeweel.
well, III, 112,48: will.
well, the well o wine gaed in, IV, 428,16: perhaps wale, choice, the best; but since the wine was poisoned, this must be meant ironically.
well,weel,weil, very, right. well good, II, 46,43; III, 132,5; 478 f.,15,34; V,49,11: very good. weil gaucy, V,152,3. well warst, V,180,14,16; 214 a,1: very worst. well faire mayde, II, 439,3,8, should perhaps be well-fared.
well and wellsome, II, 159,16: should probably be wae and waesome (sad and woful).
well o Spa, IV, 286,6: a spring to the west of Aberdeen.
well or wae, was he well or was he wae, I, 80,8: whether he liked or disliked. (The passage is variously corrupted, and the original reading probably nowhere preserved.)
well-a-woo, III, 77,438: a variety of well-a-way. (A. S. wá-lá-wá.)
well-bespoke, V,149,9-11: well spoken.
well-strand, I, 165,M4; IV, 172,15; 174,16: stream from a spring.
well-wight, III, 3 f.,12,16,21; 487,5,7; IV, 165,7; 222,9(wiel-wight); 428,4: very strong, sturdy, stalwart; but, sometimes, brave, see III, 4,16. Seewall-wight.
welt,pret.of wield, III, 74,366: disposed of.
welth(e), III, 77,436: either, simply, his money, or, more probably, his well-being, his palmy days; so III, 287,65. III, 295,5,6; 296,15, (rich) booty.
weme (of ring), III, 412,21: belly, hollow. Seeweame.
wen, III, 200,3: win, get, go. V,256,7:pret.of win.
wend, III, 38,104: gone (gone,b).
wend,went, V,80,42;81,14: weened.
wenion, with a, III, 138,11: wanion, a curse, bad luck (waniand, waning (of the moon). Skeat).
wenking, winking.
went.Seewend.
were, I, 334,11: war. Seeweir.
were, vulgar English, he were, II, 4,2; 8,8.
werne, II, 139,23: were.
werre, I, 327,20: worse.
werryed, I, 273,37: worried.
werschepyd, III, 109,3: showed respect to.
west,p. p., III, 113,70: wist.
west-airt lands, II, 73,30: western. Seeairt.
westlan,westlin,westryn, II, 258,34; III, 431,20; 435,E7; IV, 240,18: western.
wet,wete, III, 63,141; 70,287; 112,50: know.
wether, I, 210,14; III, 430,2; 432,19(perhaps=whether): whither.
wex,weks,n., V,283,11,21: wax.
weynde, III, 297,41: wend, go.
wha, who.
wha’s(whae’s)aught. Seeaucht.
whall, white as whall, II, 478,7: that is, whale’s bone.
whang, I, 19,11; II, 168,A5: thong. In II, 217,1,3, lace his middle with a whang, the reading should no doubt bebandas in other versions.
whang(of cheese), V,115,8: slice.
whar,whaur, I, 164,K1,3,L1,5: where.
whas, whose.
what an a,whaten a,whatna,whattna,whatten, I, 169,B4; 203,C18; 441,19; II, 195,34; III, 433,2; 434,2; 453,12,13; V,162,C2: what sort? what (in particular)? what a! So, what for a? V,160,3; what like a ? V,163,5;164,E b2.
wheder, III, 57,11: whither.
wheen, a wheen blackguards, IV, 67,5,6: number, pack, etc.
whether, II, 455,62; III, 92,26: which of the two.
whether, whither.
whew,whue,whute, III, 440,10: whistle.
whidderand,whithering, V,191,16: (of arrows) whizzing, moving with a whiz.
whight.Seewight.
whikety whack, V,304,9: whick-whack (whick, doublet of whack).
while, the other, I, 414,18: the remaining time, henceforth (?).
while, I, 232,A2: for a while.
while,whyll(e), II, 223,F1,2; III, 201,23,31; 298,50,54; 309,47: till.
whiles, I, 115,B1;C1; 131,G9; 256,2; II, 470,59: at times.
whiles,whilest,whileste,whilste,whyllys,the whyles, III, 87,278; 107 b,7; 357,38,45; 358,83; 361,b,c38,43,c41: while.
whilk, IV, 373,10; 476,1: which.
whin,whun, win, fun, II, 116,10,18; 117,4,12; 360,5,7: furze.
whirpled, V,106,E5: evidently whipped, stripped (but I have not found the word elsewhere).
whistling(of ladies moving), II, 386,19: whisking.
white bookes, III, 357,58: clear of oppressive charges.
white bread, II, 88,15,16,22,23; wheat bread, as in 89,4; 92,5,6(white meal is contrasted with corn and oats, II, 88,17,18). So 96,J5,6; fite bread, whit bread, V,220f.,6,7,9.
white-fish, II, 129,8; IV, 436,10,18,19; V,122,1;124,1;274,10(fait fish): haddock, cod, ling, etc., as distinguished from gray-fish, coal-fish; in Banff, as opposed to salmon, trout, herring.
white-fisher, IV, 436,18,19: one who fishes for haddock, cod, etc. (as distinguished from salmon).
white-land, IV, 213,14: wheat-land.
white meal and gray, II, 261,12; IV, 494,29; V,238,29: oat-meal as distinguished from barley-meal (oat-meal and grey, II, 462,30). But white meal, II, 88,17,18, being contrasted with corn (oats), must there be wheat.
white money,monie, I, 464,7; 471,11,12; 473,12; II, 352 f.,E5,7; 473,7,8,14; 475,13,14; 476,10,13; III, 389,17,18,20,22: silver.
white rigs, IV, 131,14: of grain (to distinguish from crops which remain green).
whithering,whidderand, V,191,16;199b,16: whizzing.
who would, III, 163,87: if one would.
whorle, V,116,10;118,4;119,7;120,5: the fly of a spinning-rock.
whue.Seewhute.
whummil, I, 255,2: wimble, gimlet.
whun,fun, III, 5,D7; 6,12: whin, furze. Seewhin.
whunnie, IV, 69,22: covered with whins, furze.
whute,fute,whue,whew,n.andv., III, 125,29-31: whistle. 126B,b29-31, whues.
why, V,264,5: whey.
whyles, the whyles, III, 70,278: while. Seewhiles.
whyll(e), till. Seewhile.
whyllys, III, 309,37: while. Seewhiles.
wiald, wield.
wicht.Seewight.
wicker,wigger, III, 125,20; 126 f.,b,d-f: willow. (Wycker, osier. Palsgrave. Swed. and Dan. dialects, vikker, vægger, willow. Skeat.)
wicker, IV, 31,6: twist.
wid, IV, 456,15: would.
wide, I, 55 f.,B4,6,8; II, 88,5; 94,3; 96,I5; IV, 424,11: wade. (Speltwade, but rhymed with -ide, II, 462,7; 465,19; III, 493,14.)pres. p.widen, IV, 68,6.pret.wade, wad.p. p.wooden.
widifu,widdifu,widifau,widdefu, IV, 84,7,10,11,13; 85,3; V,253f., No 203,D2,8: one qualified to fill a widdie or halter.
widna,widne, would not.
wiel-wight, IV, 222,9: bold, stanch. Seewell-wight.
wierd.Seeweird.
wigger.Seewicker.
wight,wyght,wicht,whight, I, 330 f.,A3,B3,C3; 333,4; II, 409,16; III, 63,152; 414,49: strong; but also, denoting bodily activity, brisk, as III, 117,20; III, 63,148, of John, who has shot well. III, 27,97; 65,195; 75,389; 78,448, Adam Bell, Clim, and William, and Robin Hood’s men are wight youngmen. III, 91 f.,6,8, Guy of Gisborne is a wight yeoman: sturdy. Seewell-wight. wighty, III, 94,48, has perhaps caught the y from the word following. Seewighty.
wightdom, III, 488,26: weight.
wightlye, II, 58,10: with vigor, or briskness.
wight-men, II, 433,7: waith-men, hunters. (Icel. veiði-maðr, Germ. weidmann.) Seewaythmen.
wightsmen, IV, 432,1: wechtsmen, winnowers. wecht is “an instrument for winnowing corn, made of sheep’s skin, in the form of a sieve, but without holes.”
wighty, III, 32,45,50; 94,48; 362,70:==wight, strong. Seewight.
wil, IV, 472 f.,24,25: wild, perhaps vile.
wild, I, 334,6: would.
wild-fire, III, 281,12: ignis fatuus. (slack here is marsh.)
wild-wood swine,steer, drunk as, II, 144,3,4; 368,7: a popular comparison like, drunk as a dog.
wile, vile.
wilfull, III, 92,24, wilfull of my way: (Scottish will, Icel. villr) astray, lost;and of my morning tydemay be that he does not know the hour, or, he has lost his time as well as his road. Seewill.
wile,wyle,weil,wale, I, 428,13; 429,7,8; II, 344,12; IV, 287,14; V,127,20,21;157,9: choose.
will,pret.wald, walde, wad, wade, wild, wid, wud.
will,would,ellipsis of. as muckle guid canvas as wrap the ship a’roun, II, 28,22. there’s nane come, win, II, 89,34; 99 b,34. So, II, 26,11; 375,23; IV, 131,13; 379,11; 380,7; 381,8,10; 382,13; V,177,9;184,38;276,14.
will, V,16,10,15,20: bewildered, at a loss what to do. will of his way, V,70b: lost, astray. Seewilfull.
willinglye, I, 272,22: at will, freely.
williwa, IV, 19,C6: wellaway, interjection of (affected) reluctance.
willy, willow.
wilsome, IV, 235,3: erratic, intricate.
win, I, 72,22,23: whin, furze, gorse. Seewhin.
win,wynne,won,wonne,hay, III, 295,1; 299,B1,C1; V,243,1: dry by airing.
win,wine,wynne,wen,won, make your way, arrive. III, 71,314; IV, 314,15: get, go. IV, 189,2,4,6: arrive, get there. win down, I, 481,39. win frie, III, 453,11. lat me win in, II, 148,25: get in. win up, I, 368 f.,34,36,44,47: get up. win on, I, 388, A7: go on, keep on. win through, I, 21 b,4: transitively, allow, cause, to pass through. win to, I, 466,13; V,262,17: get to, arrive at.pret.wan.p. p.wone, wan, win, wine, wen.
win,p. p.of win, I, 101,15; IV, 189,15; 220,3; 446,17; 467,8,9.
win your love aff me, II, 207, B2: detach your love from me.
wine,p. p.of win, V,276,22.
winder, I, 430,1: wonder, wondrous. Seewonder.
windie, II, 362,3: window.
windling sheet, III, 245, B13: winding-sheet.
winking, II, 463,16: with eye closed as if blind.
winn, in your barn, IV, 323,6: do harvest work generally, dry corn, etc., by exposing to the air. (unless meant for winna, winnow.)
winna, IV, 326,7: winnow.
winna,winnë, will not.
winten, V,248,7: (wanting) without.
winter,wynter, III, 58,47; 64,162; 285,20: year(s).
wir, I, 217,9: our.
wire-window.Seeweir-window.
wis, I, 217,9: us.
wis, you wis, IV, 233,13: know.
wis, III, 319,20,24; V,206a, No 2,4: was.
wish,pret.of wash, V,36,14.
wiss,n., I, 420,12; II, 194,8: wish.
wiss,wis,v., I, 22,6,8; 217,3; III, 453,3; IV, 168,E15; 169,12; 461,8,9: wish.pret.wist, II, 423,A1; III, 434,20; V,248,18.
wiss, I wiss, III, 223,10: perhaps for I wot (not i-wiss). wist, III, 187,32; 222,34: know. (I wist, 187,32==assuredly.)
wist,pret.of wiss, wish. Seewiss.
wiste,wist,pret.of wat, etc., I, 243,6; 334,6; 368,23; 413,37.p. p.west, III, 113,70.
wit,witt,n., III, 393,22,23; 419,8,12; IV, 509 a,11; 512,16,17: knowledge, information.
wit,wite,wyte, I, 334,6; II, 307,34; III, 67,230; 385,15,16; 396, M8; IV, 98,2; 221,5; 508,10,11; 513,6,7; V,81,7;82,23: know.p. p.wit, IV, 98,2.
wite, I wite, II, 160,18; IV, 260,12; 277,5: I know-indeed. Seewat,wyte.
wite,wyte,witt,n., I, 350,12; II, 145,25; 146,8; 312,30; IV, 33,28; 127,1; 207,21; V,171,5; 247,11: blame.
wite,wyte,v., I, 397,13; II, 271,19; 273,25; III, 357,53: blame.pret.wate, II, 273,25.
with, I, 334,7: wit, know (orthography doubtful).
with,wyth, III, 297,42; 358,75; 434,23: by.
with that, II, 478,5; III, 76,414; V,298a: on condition that.
wither,wather, V,105,B7,8: wether.
witherlands,witherlins, IV, 378,5; 380,11: (-lins, -lingis as in Scottish backlingis, backlins, English sidelins, sidelong; -lands a corruption of -lins) in a contrary, unwished-for, direction.
withershins, II, 318a,2: (M. H. Germ, widersinnes) in the wrong direction, in a direction contrary to the usual, or the desired (contrary to the course of the sun, often, but not necessarily here).
within me, lept, III, 127, Play12: inside of my guard (?).
withouten,withowghten, I, 425,f9,10; III, 272,6; 296,18: without. Seewythowtten.
witt, knowledge. Seewit.
witt,n., blame, V,247,11. Seewite.
witted, V,132,2: minded.
witter, I, 399,A b8:-wittering, information.
wittering, I, 394,8: information, indication.
witty, III, 131,3: corruption of wight, wighty.
wo,woo,woe, II, 59,33; 86,16; 139,20; III, 23,23; 27,101; 70,297; 97,19: sad, unhappy. a woe ses me, II, 504,27: exclamation of distress; perhaps corruption of, woe is.
wobs, I, 305 a,A3: webs (of cloth).
wod,wode, mad. Seewood.
wode, III, 54,3: went.
wode, V,283,9,19: wood.
wode-shawe.grene-wode shawe, greenwood shaw, III, 57,14; 70,284; IV, 427,1: thicket of the wood. (wood-shaw is of rather frequent occurrence and Halliwell cites, under the shawe of the wood, Morte d’Arthur, I, 374).
wodewale,woodwele,woodweele, I, 326,2; III, 91,2: wood-lark (?).
woe.Seewo.
wol,v., V,283,1, etc.: will.
wolt,v., V,283,4: wilt.
wolwarde, III, 77,442: with skin against wool, that is wearing a woolen fleece directly against the skin.
won,wone, one.
won, I, 18,I1; 174,1; 246,1; 299,6,17; II, 419,44,51; III, 71,315; IV, 19,C5; 26,15: dwell.
won,wonne,win, hay, III, 293 a; IV, 432,1; 499,1: dry by airing.
won,win, I, 464,15; 506,7; II, 89,32; 140,22; 172,24; 256,K2; 407,12; IV, 242 a; 259,21,23: get, go, come, arrive. II, 316,3,7; IV, 115,D9: gain, earn. (spelt one, IV, 284,23; corrected to win.)p. p.wone, V,276,20. Seewun.
wonder, III, 411,2: bewilderment? disaster?
wonder, V,283,1: wondrous. Seewinder.
wone, III, 98,25: number, plenty.
wone, withowtyn, withowt wone, V,78f.,9,23: fail.
wonige, I, 334,7: dwelling. Qy. wonninge?
wonynge, wonning, III, 63,148; 86,148: dwelling.
woo, wool.
woo.Seewo.
wood,woode,wode,wod,wud, I, 242,7; 244,9; 328,51; 348,12,18; II, 183,26; 242,30; 245,27; V,80,42: mad.
woodcock(e), III, 199,27; 201,31: tropically, fool (from the bird’s reputation for folly). (A proverb, perhaps.)
wooden,p. p.of wide, wade, I, 324,B6.
woodweele,wodewale, III, 91,2(MS. woodweete): woodwale, woodlark? (generally explained as woodpecker; sometimes as thrush, red-breast).
woon,won,v., III, 146,16: dwell.
woone, III, 358,77: domicile.
woot, V,82,26,41: wolt, wilt.
word, att a, I, 411,9: in short.
wordie, III, 269,12: worthy.
wordlye make, II, 86,18,20: earthly mate, consort. Seewarld.
wordy, IV, 135,16: worthily.
worrie,worry,v., (of smoke, flame) III, 434,15; 435,14; 437,24; IV, 514,20: choke.
worselaid, V,217,H2: wrestled.
worset, worset lace, III, 11,J1: worsted;lacemust be meant for web; it cannot mean cord, and seems quite out of place.
worth, wat sal worth of, I, 334,11: come, come to pass. wo the worth, worth the! III, 65,189; 70,296; 400,1: come, be, to thee. woe worth you, wae worth ye, II, 245,27; V,247,10;248,11. wae mat worth, IV, 236,28; 428,6; V,166,10;306,10: may wo come to.
wou, I, 244,13: how.
wouche, III, 308,26: (A. S. wóh, Scott, wouch) evil, harm.
would,ellipsis of, II, 375,23; IV, 131,13; V,177,9;184,38; etc. Seewill.
wound,pret., II, 148,4; IV, 15,19; 392,19: wounded.
wow, I, 101,20; 299,8,10,12; II, 260 f.,1,11,14: exclamation of distress. IV, 65,1; V,272a,9: exclamation of admiration, sorrowful surprise. II, 2822; IV, 271,A3,4,7,9; V,197,6: of confirmation, (vow!). Seevow.
wrack, ruin.
wrack, V,122,11: mischief! devil!
wraft, I, 424,b12,13: waft (woof) misspelt.
wraikit, III, 427, note ‡: wrecked, destroyed.
wraith, wroth.
wraith, I, 134,N15; III, 505,12: apparition.
wreck, sea-wreck, IV, 442,7: whatever is thrown up by the sea.
wreke,p. p., I, 243,6: avenged.
wril, V,73a: a drinking-word, in response to pril.
wrist, III, 179,4; 181,16; 188,3: ankle, instep. (Icel. rist, instep, ristar-liðr, instep-joint; Germ, rist, instep or wrist; fotwerst, fotwriust, hondriust, Richthofen, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch.)
writer,writter, IV, 131,18; 135,25: scrivener. IV, 180,D2,3; 181,3; V,256a,2,3: attorney (?).
writhe of, III, 413,34: (pret.of writhe, twist) twisted off.
writs(things written), papers.
writter.Seewriter.
wrobbe, I, 326,4: wrabbe, warble? or Scottish wrable, warble, wriggle? J. A. H. Murray.
wrocht, wrought.
wrocken,wroken,p. p., III, 91,3: avenged.
wrongeous, II, 129,25: unjust.
wrought,p. p., II, 46,40: rought, recked.
wrought,pret., I, 286,51: raught, reached.
wrthe, I, 243,5: worthy.
wruched, I, 286,47: thrown up (ruck, a heap, to gather in heaps); perhaps, thrown ashore as wrack (Icelandic rek, originally vrek, reki, originally vreki, a thing drifted ashore).
wrye, I, 326,4: twist.
wud, II, 249,19: mad. Seewood.
wud, I, 78,53: would.
wuddie, IV, 69,18: widdie, withy, a rope of willow-twigs.
wuman, V,304b,1,2: woman.
wun,n., II, 315,E6: wind.
wun,v., II, 190,4,10: win, gain. Seewon.
wundouten nay, I, 334,9: without, beyond contradiction, truly.
wus, V,304b,1: was.
wush,pret.of wash, III, 386,20; IV, 166,C7.p. p.wushen, I, 490,22.
wuther, V,304b,3,4: wether.
wyght,adj., strong, sturdy, active. Seewight.
wyȝth,n., V,283,14: wight.
wyld, III, 307,6: (like Germ. wild) deer; or, perhaps, an adjective with noun to be supplied, of which there are several cases in the ballad.
wyle, choose. Seewile.
wyled, they wyled the bonny lassie by, IV, 205,26: the meaning cannot be that they (a troop of gentlemen) enticed the lassie aside. Mr. Forbes suggests, very plausibly, wyled (waled, took) their way past the lassie.
wyliecot, V,107,2: under-vest.
wynd, alley, lane.
wynke, III, 77,441: shut the eyes.
wynne, III, 296,22: joy, pleasure.
wynne,v.Seewin.
wynter,winter, III, 58,47; 64,162; 285,20: year(s).
wyse in, V,156,Bafter16: show the way in (?), let in.
wystly, III, 76,410: observingly, thoughtfully.
wyte, I wyte, I, 332,G3; II, 376,25; IV, 32 f.,6,17,19,27; 136,13; 278,21; 410,25; V,299b,1, 300,14,17,18: (I know) indeed, assuredly. II, 307,34: I know, simply. Seewit,wyte.
wyte,n.andv., blame. Seewite.
wyth,with, III, 297,42; 358,75; 434,23: by.
wythe, I, 334,11: wight, strong. (Orthography questionable.)
wythowtten, drede, III, 296,8: without, beyond doubt. withowghten naye, 296,18: beyond denial. wythowghten (withouten) stryffe (strife), 295,2; 299,B2: beyond contestation. Seewithouten.