[wyn-leás], adj., joyless: acc. sg. wyn-leásne wudu, [1417]; wyn-leás wîc, [822].
[wyn-sum], adj., winsome, pleasant: acc. sg. wudu wyn-suman (the ship), [1920]; nom. pl. word wæron wyn-sume, [613].
[wyrcan], v. irreg.: 1) to do, effect, w. acc.: inf. (wundor) wyrcan, [931].—2) to make, create, w. acc.: pret. sg. þät se äl-mihtiga eorðan worh[te], [92]; swâ hine (the helmet) worhte wæpna smið, [1453].—3) to gain, win, acquire, w. gen.: subj. pres. wyrce, se þe môte, dômes ær deáðe, [1388].
be-wyrcan, to gird, surround: pret. pl. bronda betost wealle be-worhton, [3163].
ge-wyrcan: 1) intrans., to act, behave: inf. swâ sceal geong guma gôde gewyrcean ... on fäder wine þät ... (a young man shall so act with benefits towards his father's friends that ...), [20].—2) w. acc., to do, make, effect, perform: inf. ne meahte ic ät hilde mid Hruntinge wiht ge-wyrcan, [1661]; sweorde ne meahte on þam aglæcan ... wunde ge-wyrcean, [2907]; pret. sg. ge-worhte, [636], [1579], [2713]; pret. part. acc. ic þâ leóde wât ... fäste ge-worhte. [1865].—3) to make, construct: inf. (medo-ärn) ge-wyrcean, [69]; (wîg-bord) ge-wyrcean, [2338]; (hlæw) ge-wyrcean, [2803]; pret. pl. II. ge-worhton, [3097]; III. ge-worhton, [3158]; pret. part. ge-worht, [1697].—4) to win, acquire: pres. sg. ic me mid Hruntinge dôm ge-wyrce, [1492].
[Wyrd], st. f., Weird (one of the Norns, guide of human destiny; mostly weakened down = fate, providence): nom. sg., [455], [477], [572], [735], [1206], [2421], [2527], [2575], [2815]; acc. sg. wyrd, [1057], [1234]; gen. pl. wyrda, [3031]. (Cf. Weird Sisters of Macbeth.)
[wyrdan], w. v., to ruin, kill, destroy: pret. sg. he tô lange leóde mine wanode and wyrde, [1338].
â-wyrdan, w. v., to destroy, kill: pret. part.: äðeling monig wundum â-wyrded, [1114].
[wyrðe], adj., noble; worthy, honored, valued: acc. sg. m. wyrðne (ge-dôn) (to esteem worthy), [2186]; nom. pl. wyrðe, [368]; compar. nom. sg. rîces wyrðra (worthier of rule), [862].—Comp. fyrd-wyrðe. See [weorð].
[wyrgen], st, f., throttler [cf. sphinx], she-wolf; in comp. grund-wyrgen.