Wreke, pp. avenged, 346.
Wrothe, adv. evilly, ill (lit. perversely), 73. In Rob. of Glouc., ed. Hearne, p. 31, Lear complains that Cordelia returns his love wroþe, i.e. evilly.
Wroughte, pt. pl. worked, 525; Wrought, pp. done, 51.
Wurs, adv. worse, 740.
Wyde-wher, adv. far and wide, in various lands, 13.
Wyf, pl. wives, 713. See the note.
Wyke, s. week, 687.
Y-, prefix, of past participles (and occasionally of past tenses) of verbs. Common in Southern, occasional in Midland, and unused in Northern poems. A.S. ge-, G. ge-, Goth, ga-, prefix.
Yaf, pt. s. gave, 246, 500.
Yare, adj. ready, 90. A.S. gearo.