Chaucerian and Other Pieces / Being a Supplement to the Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

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Wittes, s. pl. wits, senses, I. iii. 5. 51.

Wivers, s. pl. vipers, serpents, snakes, I. iii. 5. 34.

Wlate, v. loathe, II. 1098.

Wo-bestad, pp. beset with woe, XXIV. 845.

Wode, adj. mad, I. iii. 7. 53.

Wodebinde, s. woodbine, VIII. 129; IX. 261.

Woir, pt. s. carried, wafted away, XVII. 165. (It seems to be merely a peculiar use of E. wore, pt. t. of wear; cf. boir, bore, in l. 166.)

Wol, s. wool, XX. 53. See Wolle.

Wolde, pt. s. subj. would wish, XVI. 272; Wold, pp. desired, V. 305.

Wolle, s. wool, I. ii. 2. 28 (see the note, p. 465); IV. 299; Woll, II. 177, 594.