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Virelays, a kind of songs
Visnomie, physiognomy, visage, as-
pect

Umbriere, the visor of the helmet
Uncouth, unusual, strange, harsh;
odd, deformed
Underfong, attempt by unfair and in-
direct means

Undertime, the afternoon, towards
the evening, B. iii. C. 7, St. 13
Undight, not dight, disordered;

loosened, untied Unneath, difficult, scarcely, with difficulty. Sometimes it signifies

almost

Unhele, to discover, to bewray
Unherst, took them from the hearse
or temporary monument where
they were usually hanged, B. v.
C. 3, St. 87

Unkempt, unadorned, or void of grace
or elegance
Unkend, not known
Unlich, unlike

Unpervuide, unprovided, not fur-
nished

Unrest, disquiet, uneasiness

Unsoot, unsweet

Watchet, pale blue

Wawes, waves, Upton. Wawes, waves,
perhaps for woes, Hughes
Way, weigh, value, esteem
Wayment, to bewail, lament
Wayne, Waine, chariot
Weal-away, Wele-away, alas!
Ween, Weenen, imagine, judge
Weet, to know.
Weetless, unknowing
Weeten, to wit
Wefte,wafted. Wefte, waved, avoided,
put off

Weft (noun), a stray; whatever
wanders and is lost
Well, did well, spring, flow.

To

Weld, to move, to wield, to govern Wele, weal, welfare

Welke, to set, decrease, wither; to
grow faint

Welkin, the sky, firmament
Welter, to wallow

Wend, to go. Wend, for
Weened, imagine

Went, way, journey, Upton. Going,
course, Hughes

West, to, to set in the west
Wer, to increase, to grow
Whally, full of whales
Whatso, whatsoever
Whenso, whensoever

Whilome, Whylome, formerly, some-
while ago

Whist, hushed, silenced

Unwares, unexpectedly, incautiously, Whit, a little part

unwarily

Unweeting, unknowing, unawares,
ignorant

Unwist, not thought of, unknown
Upbrast, burst open

Upbrayes, upbraidings, reproaches
Upwreaked, unrevenged.

W.

Whot, hot

Whyleare, erewhile, sometime before
Wicked herbes, noxious, poisonous
Wield, Weld, manage, handle, govern,
direct, turn, sway, &c.

Wight, creature, person
Wightly, quickly

Wimble, shifting to and fro

Wage, a pledge; likewise reward, Wise, guise, appearance

Wimpled, folded over like a veil

wages

Waift, a stray

War, worse

War-hable, able or powerful in war
Ware, wary, cautious. Ware, did wear
Wareless, stupified

War-old, old in war or strife

Warray, to make war upon, to ha
rass with war

Warriouresse, a woman-warrior, an
Amazon

To Wis, to know. Wist, thought, knew

Wite, blame, reproach

Withhault, withholden, withdrew Woe begonne, far gone in wce, overwhelmed

Wonne, is used in two senses; in the first, for to overcome, gain the victory, from to win. In the second place, for to dwell, to inhabit from the German women

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