An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 963
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 963
Teut. _welter-en_, Sw. _weltr-a_, id.
2. To overturn.
_Douglas._
WELTH, _s._
1. Welfare.
_Wyntown._
2. Abundance, S.
WEM, _s._ Stain.
A. S. _wem_, _wemm_, labes, macula.
_Barbour._
~Wemeless~, _adj._ Blameless.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _wemleas_, faultless.
~Wemmyt~, _part. pa._ Scarred.
_Barbour._
A. S. _wemm_, a scar, a blemish.
_To_ WENDIN, _v. n._ To wane.
A. S. _wan-ian_, to decrease.
WENE, _s._ _But wene_, doubtless.
A. S. _wene_, conjecture.
~Wene~, _s._ A mark by which one traces his way.
A. S. _wene_, conjecture.
_Douglas._
WENG, _v. a._ To avenge.
_Barbour._
Fr. _veng-er_, id.
WENNYNG.
V. ~Wonnyng~, _s._
_Barbour._
WENSDAY, _s._ Wednesday, S.
Belg. _Weensdagh_, Isl. _Wonsdag_, the day consecrated to _Woden_.
_To_ WENT, _v. n._ To go.
_Barbour._
A. S. _wend-an_, to go.
~Went~, _s._
1. A course.
_Douglas._
2. A pa.s.sage.
_Douglas._
3. The course of affairs.
_Id._
Alem. _went-en_, vertere.
_To_ WER, WERE, WEIRE, _v. a._ To guard.
_Barbour._
A. S. _wer-ian_, Belg. _weer-en_, to defend.