[wlitig], adj., beautiful, glorious, fair in form: acc. sg. wlitig (sweord), [1663].

[wlîtan], st. v., to see, look, gaze: pret. sg. he äfter recede wlât (looked along the hall), [1573]; pret. pl. on holm wliton (looked on the sea), [1593]; wlitan on Wîglâf, [2853].

[geond-wlîtan], w. acc., to examine, look through, scan: inf. wräte giond-wlîtan, [2772].

[woh-bogen], pret. part., (bent crooked), crooked, twisted: nom. sg. wyrm woh-bogen, [2828].

[wolcen], st. n. m., cloud (cf. welkin): dat. pl. under wolcnum (under the clouds, on earth), [8], [652], [715], [1771]; tô wolcnum, [1120], [1375].

[wollen-teár], adj., tear-flowing, with flowing tears: nom. pl. wollen-teáre, [3033].

[wom]. See [wam].

[won]. See [wan].

[worc]. See [weorc].

[word], st. n.: 1) word, speech: nom. sg., [2818]; acc. sg. þät word, [655], [2047]; word, [315], [341], [390], [871], [2552]; instr. sg. worde, [2157]; gen. sg. wordes, [2792]; nom. pl. þâ word, [640]; word, [613]; acc. pl. word (of an alliterative song), [871]; instr. pl, wordum, [176], [366], [627], [875], [1101], [1173], [1194], [1319], [1812], etc.; ge-saga him wordum (tell them in words, expressly), [388]. The instr. wordum accompanies biddan, þancian, be-wägnan, secgan, hêrgan, to emphasize the verb, [176], [627], [1194], [2796], [3177]; gen. pl. worda, [289], [398], [2247], [2263](?), [3031].—2) command, order: gen. sg. his wordes geweald habban (to rule, reign), [79]; so, instr. pl. wordum weóld, [30].—Comp.: beót-, gylp-, meðel-, þryð-word.