g. Sigurd is said to "waste
every wrong."
_Waxen_, grown, become.
_Weal_, happiness, good-fortune.
_Wedge-array_, an arrangement of fighting men in which they stood
close together in the form of a triangle.
_Weed_, dress.
_Well up_, to rise as a spring bubbles out of the ground; used of
feelings with the meaning "to arise and grow strong," e.g. "Wrath in
his heart wells up."
_Welter_, the toss and ripple of the sea-waves.
_Wend_, to go.
_Whetted_, stirred up, made sharp or eager, e.g. "the whetted
Wrath."
_Whileome_, in the past, once upon a time.
_Whiles_, from time to time.
_Whit_, a very small particle, a trifle, e.g. never a whit, no whit.
_Wight_, a man, a creature, e.g. sea-wights, great sea-monsters.
_Wise_, way, manner, after the fashion of.
_Witch-wife_, witch. Wife here means woman.
_Wold_, a hill; often used to mean open country.
_Wood-craft_, knowledge of the woods and of all creatures in them,
e.g. "His wood-craft waxed so great, that he seemed the king of the
creatures."
_Wot_, to know.
_Wrack_, strife, destruction, ruins. _Wrack of a mighty battle_, the
dead left on the field.
_Wrights_, workmen, makers.
_Writhen_, bent, twisted out of shape, e.g. "Writhen and foul were
the hands that made it glorious."
_Written spear_, a spear carved with letters or words.
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