[ût-fûs], adj., ready to go: nom. sg. hringed-stefna îsig and ût-fûs, [33].
[ût-weard], adj., outward, outside, free: nom. sg. eoten (Grendel) wäs ût-weard, [762].
ûtan-weard, adj., without, outward, from without: acc. sg. hlæw ... ealne ûtan-weardne, [2298].
*[wacan], st. v., to awake, arise, originate: pret. sg. þanon (from Cain) wôc fela geó-sceaft-gâsta, [1266]; so, [1961]; pl. þâm feówer bearn ... in worold wôcun, [60].
*on-wacan: 1) to awake (intrans.): pret. sg. þâ se wyrm on-wôc (when the drake awoke), [2288].—2) to be born: pret. sg. him on-wôc heáh Healfdene, [56]; pl. on-wôcon, [111].
[wacian], w. v., to watch: imper. sg. waca wið wrâðum! [661].
[wadan], st. v., (cf. wade, waddle) to traverse; stride, go: pret. sg. wôd þurh þone wäl-rêc, [2662]; wôd under wolcnum (stalked beneath the clouds), [715].
ge-wadan, to attain by moving, come to, reach: pret. part. ôð þät ... wunden-stefna ge-waden häfde, þät þâ lîðende land ge-sâwon (till the ship had gone so far that the sailors saw land), [220].
on-wadan, w. acc., to invade, befall: pret. sg. hine fyren on-wôd(?), [916].