[wât]. See witan.
[wäcean], w. v., to watch: pret. part wäccende, [709], [2842]; acc. sg. m. wäccendne wer, [1269]. See [wacian].
[wäcnan], w. v., to be awake, come forth: inf., [85].
[wäd], st. n., (the moving) sea, ocean: nom. wado weallende, [546]; wadu weallendu, [581]; gen. pl. wada [508].
[wäfre], adj., wavering (like flame), ghostlike, without distinct bodily form: nom. sg. wäl-gæst wäfre (of Grendel's mother), [1332];—flickering, expiring: nom. sg. wäfre môd, [1151]; him wäs geômor sefa, wäfre and wäl-fûs, [2421].
be-[wägnan], w. v., to offer: pret part, him wäs ... freónd-laðu wordum be-wägned, [1194].
[wäl], st. n., battle, slaughter, the slain in battle: acc. sg. wäl, [1213], [3028], blôdig wäl, [448]; oððe on wäl crunge (or in battle, among the slain, fall), [636]; dat. sg. sume on wäle crungon (some fell in the slaughter), [1114]; dat. sg. in Fr...es wäle (proper name in MS. destroyed), [1071]; nom. pl. walu, [1043].
[wäl-bed], st. n., slaughter-bed, deathbed: dat. sg. on wäl-bedde, [965].
[wäl-bend], st. f., death-bond: acc. sg. or pl. wäl-bende ... hand-gewriðene, [1937].
[wäl-bleát], adj., deadly, mortal, cruel: acc. sg. wunde wäl-bleáte, [2726].