ge-wendan, w. acc.: l) to turn, turn round: pret. sg. wicg gewende (turned his horse), [315].—2) to turn (intrans.), change: inf. wâ bið þäm þe sceal ... frôfre ne wênan, wihte ge-wendan (woe to him that shall have no hope, shall not change at all), [186].
on-wendan, to avert, set aside: 1) w. acc.: inf. ne mihte snotor häleð weán on-wendan, [191].—2) intrans.: sibb æfre ne mäg wiht on-wendan þam þe wel þenceð (in, to, him that is well thinking friendship can not be set aside), [2602].
[wer], st. m., man, hero: nom. sg. (Grendel), [105]; acc. sg. wer (Beówulf), [1269], [3174]; gen. sg. on weres wästmum (in man's form), [1353]; nom. pl. weras, [216], [1223], [1234], [1441], [1651]; dat. pl. werum, [1257]; gen. pl. wera, [120], [994], [1732], [3001]; (MS. weora), [2948].
[wered], st. n., (as adj. = sweet), a sort of beer (probably without hops or such ingredients): acc. sg. scîr wered, [496].
[were-feohte], f., defensive fight, fight in self-defence: dat. pl. for were-fyhtum (fere fyhtum, MS.), [457].
[werhðo], st. f., curse, outlawry, condemnation: acc. sg. þu in helle scealt werhðo dreógan, [590].
[werian], to defend, protect: w. vb., pres. sg. III. beaduscrûda ... þät mîne breóst wereð, [453]; inf. wit unc wið hron-fixas werian þôhton, [541]; pres. part. w. gen. pl. wergendra tô lyt (too few defenders), [2883]; pret. ind. wäl-reáf werede (guarded the battle-spoil), [1206]; se hwîta helm hafelan werede (the shining helm protected his head), [1449]; pl. hafelan weredon, [1328]; pret. part. nom. pl. ge ... byrnum werede (ye ... corselet-clad), [238], [2530].
be-[werian], to protect, defend: pret. pl. þät hie ... leóda land-geweorc lâðum be-weredon scuccum and scinnum (that they the people's land-work from foes, from monsters and demons, might defend), 939
[werig], adj., accursed, outlawed: gen. sg. wergan gâstes (Grendel), [133]; (of the devil), [1748].
[werod, weorod], st. n., band of men, warrior-troop: nom. sg. werod, [652]; weorod, [290], [2015], [3031]; acc. sg. werod, [319]; dat. instr. sg. weorode, [1012], [2347]; werede, [1216]; gen. sg. werodes, [259]; gen. pl. wereda, [2187]; weoroda, [60].—Comp.: eorl-, flet-werod.