ge-weaxan to, to grow to or for something: pret. sg. ne ge-weôx he him to willan (grew not for their benefit), [1712].

[weá], w. m., woe, evil, misfortune: nom. sg., [937]; acc. sg. wean, [191], [423], [1207], [1992], [2293], [2938]; gen. pl. weána, [148], [934], [1151], [1397].

[weá-lâf], st. f., wretched remnant: acc. pl. þâ weá-lâfe (the wretched remnant, i.e. Finn's almost annihilated band), [1085], [1099].

[weá-spel], st. n., woe-spell, evil tidings: dat. sg. weá-spelle, [1316].

ge-[weoldum]. See ge-[wild].

[weorc], st. n.: 1) work, labor, deed: acc. sg., [74]; (war-deed), [1657]; instr. sg. weorce, [1570]; dat. pl. weorcum, [2097]; wordum ne (and) worcum, [1101], [1834]; gen. pl. worda and worca, [289].—2) work, trouble, suffering: acc. sg. þäs gewinnes weorc (misery on account of this strife), [1722]; dat. pl. adv. weorcum (with labor), [1639].—Comp.: bædo-, ellen-, heaðo-, niht-weorc.

ge-weorc, st. n.: 1) work, deed, labor: nom. acc. sg., [455], [1563], [1682], [2718], [2775]; gen. sg. ge-weorces, [2712]. Comp.: ær-, fyrn-, gûð-, hond-, nîð-ge-weorc.—2) fortification, rampart: in comp. land-geweorc, [939].

[weorce], adj., painful, bitter: nom. sg., [1419].

[weorð], st. n., precious object, valuable: dat. sg. weorðe, [2497].

[weorð], adj., dear, precious: nom. sg. weorð Denum äðeling (the atheling dear to the Danes, Beówulf), [1815]; compar. nom. sg. þät he syððan wäs ... mâðme þý weorðra (more honored from the jewel), [1903]; cf. [wyrðe].