A Middle English Vocabulary, Designed for use with Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Whan(ne), adv. interrog. and rel. when, I 104, 161, V 163, IX 19, XI a 8, &c.; whan that, when, IX 22, XII a 28, 155, &c. (see Þat); Huanne, III 27, 31; Quen, V 206, 247, VI 18; Quhen, X 40, 171; Wanne, VIII b 1, 52, &c.; Wenne, VIII b 7; When, I 221, &c.; Whon, XIV c 110. [OE. hwonne, hwanne, hwænne.]

Whar(e), Hwar, adv. interrog. and rel. where, XIV a 7, XV a 6, XVI 294; (with subj.) wherever, II 170; Quhar, to the place where, X 18; quhar at, quhar that, where, X 38 (see At rel.), 149. As neut. pron. in: Whar(e)fore, for what (which) reason, IV b 33, XIII a 13. [OE. hwǣr, hwāra, and prob. unacc. hwær, hwara.] See Nowhar(e); Wher(e), adv.; cf. Þar(e).

Wharred, pa. t. whirred, V 135. [Echoic.]

What(e), Wat, Quat (V, VI), pron. interrog. what, II 102, XI b 195, XV e 8, XVII 163, &c.; indir. I 56, IV b 65, V 111, VIII b 38, &c.; indef. (with subj.) whatever, II 339, 450, 467; approaching rel. XII b 142 (cf. VIII a 242), XVI 174 (see note and App. p. 289); exclam. what!, XVI 101; lo! V 133-6; quat so, whatsoever, VI 206; what with ... and (as Mn.E. idiom), XVII 214. Adj. interrog. what, VI 115, &c.; indir. VI 32, VII 83, &c.; indef. (with subj.) whatever, VI 163; exclam. what!, II 234; loke what, see Loke; what man (þing), who, what, II 421, 116, &c.; what ... þat, what, VII 92; whatever, XII a 115, XIII a 58 (with subj.). [OE. hwæt.]

Wheder; Whedir. See Wheþer; Whider.

Whelp, n. whelp, pup, XIV b 78. [OE. hwelp.]

Wher(e), Quere (VI), adv. interrog. and rel. where, whither, II 194, VI 16, XVI 272, 377; wherever (with subj.), XVI 402; wher(e) þat, (to the place) where, IX 184, XII a 59, 153, &c.; in a case where, when, XII b 139; wherever, IX 177. As neut. pron. in: Werby, Wherby, on account of which, VIII b 35; by which, XII b 55; Wherfore, wherefore; why, IX 176, &c.; and so, V 210, IX 135, 202, &c.; Wher(e)of, Huerof, (out) of which, III 2, 8, IX 153, 238, XII b 120, &c.; on account of which, XII a 10, 38, 71, 190, b 159, &c.; concerning which, II 16, XII b 212, &c.; wherof that, whereby, wherefore, XII a 116, 140, b 222; Whereon, in which, II 267. [OE. hwǣr, hwēr.] See Whar(e).

Wher(e), conj., interrog. (introd. a direct question), XI b 64, 171, 197, 266, 274; (indir.) whether, XI a 51, b 207. [Reduction of Wheþer¹, q.v.]

Whestones, n. pl. whetstones, XIII a 45. [OE. hwet-stān.]

Whete, n. wheat, VIII a 9, 33, 299; adj. wheaten, VIII a 131. [OE. hwǣte; adj. hwǣten.]