Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Wegge, s. a wedge, A. i. 14. 4.

Wehee, s. a whinnying noise, A 4066. An imitative word; it occurs in P. Plowman.

Weilawey, alas! D 216.

Weke, s. week, F 1295 n.

Wel, adv. well, A 384, B 25; much, L. 1386; many, L. 11; certainly,

3. 1117; L. 452; fully, A 29, 49; T. ii. 509; about (used with numbers), A 24, F 383; wel royal, very royal, F 26; wel ny, very nearly, B 3230; wel the bet, much better, T. ii. 92; wel unethe, scarcely at all, L. 33 a; to be wel, to be in favour, 3. 845; wel is him, it is well for him, T. i. 350; well was him, it was well for him, B 4066; L. 1011; ful wel, very wel, A 122, 215. See Weel.

Welawey, int. wellaway! alas! 7. 338; 9. 318; T. iii. 1695.

Wel-come, welcome, 4. 67; T. v. 73; A 762, 854; Welcom, 5. 680; cf. D 1800, 1811.

Welcomed, pt. s. welcomed, T. v. 849.

Welde, s. weld, the name of a plant, 9. 17. See note.