[wêsten], st. n., waste, wilderness: acc. sg. wêsten, [1266].
[a]wêsten], st. f., waste, wilderness: dat. sg. on þære wêstenne, [2299].
[weal], st. m.: 1 wall, rampart: dat. instr. sg. wealle, [786], [892], [3163]; gen. sg. wealles, [2308].—2) elevated sea-shore: dat. sg. of wealle, [229]; acc. pl. windige weallas, [572], [1225].—3) wall of a building: acc, sg. wið þäs recedes weal, [326]; dat. sg. be wealle, [1574]; hence, the inner and outer rock-walls of the dragon's lair (cf. Heyne's essay: Halle Heorot, p. 59): dat. sg., [2308], [2527], [2717], [2760], [3061], [3104]; gen. sg. wealles, [2324].—Comp.: bord-, eorð-, sæ-, scyld-weal.
ge-[wealc], st. n., rolling: acc. sg. ofer ýða ge-wealc, [464].
ge-[weald], st. n., power, might: acc. sg. on feónda ge-weald (into the power of his foes), [809], [904]; so, [1685]; geweald âgan, häbban, â-beódan (w. gen. of object = to present) = to have power over, [79], [655], [765], [951], [1088], [1611], [1728]. See on-[weald].
[wealdan], st. v., to wield, govern, rule over, prevail: 1) absolutely or with depend, clause: inf. gif he wealdan môt (if he may prevail), [442]; þær he ... wealdan môste swâ him Wyrd ne ge-scrâf (if [where?] he was to prevail, as Weird had not destined for him), [2575]; pres. part. waldend (God), [1694]; dat. wealdende, [2330]; gen. waldendes, [2293], [2858], [3110].—2) with instr. or dat.: inf. þâm wæpnum wealdan (to wield, prevail with, the weapons), [2039]; Geátum wealdan (to rule the Geátas), [2391]; þeáh-hordum wealdan (to rule over, control, the treasure of rings), [2828]; wäl-stôwe wealdan (to hold the field of battle), [2985]; pret. sg. weóld, [465], [1058], [2380], [2596]; þenden wordum weóld wine Scyldinga (while the friend of the S. ruled the G.), [30]; pl. weóldon, [2052].—3) with gen.: pres. sg. I. þenden ic wealde wîdan rîces, [1860]; pres. part. wuldres wealdend(waldend), [17], [183], [1753]; weard, [2514]; the 'dragon is called ylda waldend, [1662]; waldend fira, [2742]; sigora waldend, [2876] (designations of God); pret. sg. weóld, [703], [1771].
ge-wealdan, to wield, have power over, arrange: 1) w. acc.: pret. sg. hâlig god ge-weóld wîg-sigor, [1555].—2) w. dat.: pret. cyning ge-weóld his ge-witte (the king possessed his senses), [2704].—3) w. gen.: inf. he ne mihte nô ... wæpna ge-wealdan, [1510].
ge-wealden, pret. part., subject, subjected: acc. pl. gedêð him swâ gewealdene worolde dælas, [1733].
[weallan], st. v.: 1) to toss, be agitated (of the sea): pres. part. nom. pl. wadu weallende (weallendu), [546], [581]; nom. sg. brim weallende, [848]; pret. ind. weól, [515], [850], [1132]; weóll, [2139].—2) figuratively (of emotions), to be agitated: pres. pl. III. syððan Ingelde weallað wäl-nîðas (deadly hate thus agitates Ingeld), [2066]; pres. part. weallende, [2465]; pret. sg. hreðer inne weóll (his heart was moved within him), [2114]; hreðer æðme weóll (his breast [the dragon's] swelled from breathing, snorting), [2594]; breóst innan weóll þeóstrum ge-þoncum, [2332]; so, weóll, [2600], [2715], [2883].
[weall-clif], st. n., sea-cliff: acc. sg. ofer weall-clif, [3133].