[weallian], w. v., to wander, rove about: pres. part. in comp. heoro-weallende, [2782].
[weard], st. m., warden, guardian; owner: nom. sg. weard Scyldinga (the Scyldings' warden of the march), [229]; weard, [286], [2240]; se weard, sâwele hyrde, [1742]; the king is called beáh-horda weard, [922]; rîces weard, [1391]; folces weard, [2514]; the dragon is called weard, [3061]; weard un-hióre, [2414]; beorges weard, [2581]; acc. sg, weard, [669]; (dragon), [2842]; beorges weard (dragon), [2525], [3067].—Comp.: bât-, êðel-, gold-, heáfod-, hord-, hýð-, land-, rên-, sele-, yrfe-weard.
[a]weard], st. m., possession (Dietrich in Haupt XI., 415): in comp. eorð-weard, [2335].
[a]weard], st. f., watch, ward: acc. sg. wearde healdan, [319]; wearde heóld, [305].—Comp. æg-weard.
[a]weard], adj., -ward: in comp. and-, innan-, ût-weard, [1288], etc.
[weardian], w. v. w. acc.: 1) to watch, guard, keep: inf. he his folme forlêt tô lîf-wraðe, lâst weardian (Grendel left his hand behind as a life-saver, to guard his track [Kemble]), [972]; pret. sg. him sió swîðre swaðe weardade hand on Hiorte (his right hand kept guard for him in H., i.e. showed that he had been there), [2099]; sg. for pl. hýrde ic þät þâm frätwum feówer mearas lungre gelîce last weardode (I heard that four horses, quite alike, followed in the traces of the armor), [2165].—2) to hold, possess, inhabit: pret. sg. fîfel-cynnes eard ... weardode (dwelt in the abode of the sea-fiends), [105]; reced weardode un-rîm eorla (an immense number of earls held the hall), [1238]; pl. þær we gesunde säl weardodon, [2076].
[wearh], st. m., the accursed one; wolf: in comp. heoro-wearg, [1268].
[wearn], st. f.: 1) resistance, refusal, [366].—2) warning?, resistance? See [un-wearnum], [742].
[weaxan], st. v., to wax, grow: pres. sg. III. ôð þät him on innan ofer-hygda dæl weaxeð (till within him pride waxeth), [1742]; inf. weaxan, [3116]; pret. sg. weôx, [8].
ge-weaxan, to grow up: pret. sg. oft þät seó geogoð ge-weôx, [66].