A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Weorc], sb. work, S; see [Werk].

[ Weored], sb. a host, cohort; weordes, pl., S; wordes, S.—AS. weorod: OS. werod.

[ Weoren], pt. pl. were, S; see [Was].

[ Weorld], sb. world, S; see [Werld].

[ Weorren], v. to war, S.—AS. werrian (uerrien in Chron. ann. 1135).

[ Wepe], sb. weeping, S2; wep, S.

[ Wepen], v. to weep, S, P, C3; weopen, S; wep, pt. s., S, S2, C; weep, C2, C3; wepe, P; weop, S; wepen, pl., S; wepte, pt. s., C3; wepten, pl., P; wopen, pp., C2.—AS. wépan (pt. wéop): OS. wópian, Goth. wopjan. See [Wop].

[ Wep-man], sb. a man, a male, SD; weopmon, S; wepmen, pl., S.—AS. wæpman (Voc.), wǽpnedman (Grein). See below.

[ Wepne], sb. weapon, membrum virile, PP, S, Prompt.; wepen, C2; wapne, S; wapynnys, pl., S3, B; wapnys, B; wapen, WA.—AS. wǽpen: Goth. wēpna, pl. weapons; see Sievers, 17, and Cosijn, p. 41.

[ Wepnen], v. to arm, SD; wapnid, pp., S2; wapened, WA; wopnede, pl., S.